According to the policy of rearranging administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City, Ban Co Ward was officially merged to establish a new administrative unit by merging Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3, Ward 5, and part of the natural area and population size of Ward 4 (District 3) into a new ward called Ban Co Ward. This important change means that businesses and investment projects with headquarters or locations of operation in the old area are also changed according to the new administrative boundaries. However, do enterprises have to adjust the Investment Registration Certificate, Viet An Law would like to guide customers through the article below.
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According to Official Letter 4370/BTC-DNTN in 2025, guiding business registration in case of change of administrative boundaries.
“Enterprises, business households, cooperatives, cooperative unions, and cooperative groups continue to use the issued Enterprise Registration Certificates, Business Household Registration Certificates, Cooperative Registration Certificates, Cooperative Group Registration Certificates, Certificates of Operation Registration of Branches/Representative Offices/Business Locations.
2. Business registration agencies may not request enterprises, business households, cooperatives, cooperative unions and cooperative groups to register changes in address information due to changes in administrative boundaries. Enterprises, business households, cooperatives, cooperative unions and cooperative groups shall update information on addresses due to changes in administrative boundaries on enterprise registration certificates, business household registration certificates, cooperative registration certificates, cooperative group registration certificates, etc Certificate of registration of operation of branches/representative offices/business locations when there is a need or at the same time when registering changes, notifying changes in other contents in the registration of enterprises, business households, cooperatives, unions of cooperatives, cooperative groups.”
Therefore, the adjustment of Investment Registration Certificate in this case is not mandatory. Enterprises have the right to take the initiative to do so when there is a need, or combine in other times of registration to change content in the future.
According to Article 41 of the Law on Investment 2020, in case the adjustment of the investment project changes the content of the Investment Registration Certificate, the investor shall carry out the procedures for adjusting the Investment Registration Certificate. Specifically, cases that change the content of the Investment Registration Certificate include:
🗂 Components of a dossier of adjustment of an investment registration certificate
1. Written request for adjustment of the investment project
→ According to Form A.I.1 issued together with Circular 25/2023/TT-BKHDT.
(Specify the contents, reasons for adjustment, and information about existing projects.)
2. Report on the implementation of the investment project up to the time of adjustment
→ Present the implementation progress, capital contribution, difficulties and remedial plans,…
3. The investor’s decision on the adjustment of the investment project
→ the original or a certified copy (for organizations); clearly stating the adjusted contents.
4. Legal documents of the investor:
o Individual: ID card/CCCD/Passport (true copy, still valid).
o Organization: Certificate of establishment, business registration or equivalent document (consular legalization if it is a foreign organization).
5. Proposal of investment projects after adjustmen
→ Clearly state the contents of changes:
o Objectives and scale;
o Total investment capital and capital structure;
o Place of implementation (specify the address in Ban Che Ward if changed);
o Duration, schedule, labor, incentives, technology (if any).
6. Financial statements for the last 02 year
→ Or a commitment to financial support from the parent company/credit institution (if it is a newly established enterprise or has not generated revenue).
7. Documents proving the contents of the adjustment
→ Depending on the case:
o Site/land lease contract (if the project headquarters is changed);
o Capital contribution contract / transfer contract (if the investor changes);
o Specialized licenses (if conditional business lines are adjusted);
o Minutes of meetings, resolutions of members/shareholders (if adjusting the scale, capital, or organizational structure).
📎 Practical notes in Ban Co Ward
o Confirmation of valid head office address (land use right certificate or lease contract with business function).
o Certification of planning – fire protection – environment (if the industry has conditions).
Pursuant to Article 39 and Clause 2, Article 41 of the Law on Investment 2020, the competent authority to receive dossiers of adjustment of Investment Registration Certificate in Ho Chi Minh City includes:
The Department of Finance of Ho Chi Minh City shall adjust the Investment Registration Certificate for investment projects located outside industrial parks, export processing zones, hi-tech parks and economic zones.
Currently, the Department of Planning and Investment has been merged into the Department of Finance.
The Management Board of Hi-Tech Parks and Industrial Parks of Ho Chi Minh City shall adjust the Investment Registration Certificate for investment projects in industrial parks, export processing zones, hi-tech parks and economic zones.
The investment registration agency shall check the validity within 07 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier. In case of adjustment of an investment project related to the change of the name of the investment project or the name of the investor in the investment registration certificate, in case of adjustment of the implementation schedule and operation duration of the investment project or the investor wishing to update information on the location of the investment project on the basis of arranging the application administrative departments and local government organizations at two levels, the time for processing dossiers will be 03 working days, there will be two cases as follows:
All difficulties and problems related to the adjustment of Investment Registration Certificate in Ban Co Ward after the merger, please contact the legal consultancy department of Viet An Law Firm for detailed advice and the most effective support!
