Adjust Investment Registration Certificate in Hoa Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City

The establishment of the new Hoa Hung Ward in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the policy of rearranging administrative units, has created an impact on businesses and investors who have projects in the area. Information about the location of the project recorded on the existing Investment Registration Certificate is no longer consistent with the actual administrative landmark. Investors have the following general questions: Is the obligation to adjust the Investment Registration Certificate mandatory immediately? And what are the processes and procedures for implementing this adjustment? Viet An Law will guide the above procedure through the article below.

Information on the merger of new administrative boundaries of Hoa Hung Ward

Pursuant to Resolution No. 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025, Hoa Hung Ward was established based on the following criteria:

“To arrange the entire natural area, population size of Ward 12, Ward 13 and Ward 15 (District 10), the rest of Ward 14 (District 10) after being rearranged according to the provisions of Clause 25 of this Article (Dien Hong Ward) into a new ward called Hoa Hung Ward”

Procedures for adjusting investment registration certificate in Hoa Hung Ward

Step 1: Prepare documents

According to Clause 16, Article 1 of Decree 239/2025/ND-CP amending Decree 31/2021/ND-CP guiding the Law on Investment, a dossier to carry out procedures for adjusting the Investment registration certificate includes the following documents:

• Written request for adjustment of the investment project (Form A.I.1 according to Circular 25/2023/TT-BKHDT);
• Report on the implementation of the investment project up to the time of adjustment;
• The investor’s decision on the adjustment of the investment project for the institutional investor;
• Copy of identity card/ID card/passport (for individual investors) or certificate of establishment/equivalent documents (for institutional investors);
• Proposal of the investment project, clearly stating the contents of adjustment (objectives, scale, investment capital, location, duration, schedule, labor, investment incentives);
• Financial statements of the last 02 years or commitment to financial support from the parent company/financial institution;
• Documents related to the content of the adjustment (e.g. land lease contract if the project location is changed).

Step 2: Submit the application for adjusting the investment registration certificate

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:

Department of Finance of Ho Chi Minh City

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.

• Address: 32 Le Thanh Ton, Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City.
• Phone: (028).38.293.179 – (028).38.227.495
• Email: stc@tphcm.gov.vn

Currently, the Department of Planning and Investment has been merged into the Department of Finance.

Management Board of Hi-Tech Parks and Industrial Parks of Ho Chi Minh City

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.

• Address: 35 Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Phone: 84-28.38290.414 – 38290.405
• Email: hepza@tphcm.gov.vn

Step 3: The competent authority to process the dossier

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:

• Amendment and supplementation (if necessary): If the dossier is invalid, the investment registration agency shall notify the enterprise to supplement it.
• Issuance of adjustment certificate: If the dossier is valid, the investment registration agency shall issue an adjusted investment registration certificate.

Notes when carrying out procedures for adjusting investment registration certificate in Hoa Hung Ward

After the merger, many businesses wonder whether to change the Investment registration certificate or not, Viet An Law would like to answer customers as follows:

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 Certificate, Business Household Registration Certificate, Cooperative Registration Certificate, Cooperative Group Registration Certificate, Certificate of Operation Registration of Branches/Representative Offices/Business Locations.

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 certificate, business household registration certificate, cooperative registration certificate, cooperative group registration certificate, 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 the 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.

All difficulties and problems related to the adjustment of investment registration certificate in Hoa Hung Ward after the merger, please contact the legal consulting department of Viet An Law Firm for detailed advice and the most effective support