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Utility services in business establishment procedures in Hanoi

Towards e-government suitable for the 4.0 technology era, the business registration procedure in Hanoi is considered a pioneering breakthrough in the application of information technology. With the success of 100% of online registration from 2017 to present, in 2024 (as of September 30, 2024), Hanoi city has granted Business Registration Certificates to 22,617 newly established enterprises with a registered capital of VND 207,732 billion. With such a large number of newly registered enterprises, supporting newly established enterprises is important, the Department of Planning and Investment continues to complete the set of procedures and Utility services in business establishment procedures in Hanoi. Among them, a series of convenient services in the business registration procedure are deployed on the information portal system of the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment: http://www.hapi.gov.vn. Accordingly, in 2024, the State agency will continue to provide convenient services in the business establishment procedure in Hanoi, including:

Utility services in business establishment procedures in Hanoi

Utility service of pre-registering account numbers in business establishment dossier

When the enterprise prepares to apply for business establishment, it will enter the system via the link:

http://dichvuhotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn/Banking/list/68-55/68-55/isb-dich-vu-dang-ky-tai-khoan-ngan-hang.aspx

Here, businesses can pre-register an account number for the company they are about to establish and integrate it with the company’s establishment dossier. Therefore, after the dossier is successfully received, it means that the business has a company account. After establishing the business, the procedure for opening an account and registering an account with the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment is skipped.

It can be said that this is an important utility in the process of reforming administrative procedures in business registration in the capital.

Utility service to return application results at the requested address

Accordingly, when the enterprise has submitted the business establishment dossier, after receiving the results, the enterprise will not have to go to the business registration office to receive the results, but instead, the business registration office will transfer the results to the business owner’s request. After registering for the service of returning results as requested at the link:

http://dichvuhotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn/Banking/list/68-56/68-56/isb-dich-vu-nop-tra-ket-qua-ho-so-tai-nha.aspx

Utility service for registering and engraving business seals

To provide maximum support for business registration procedures, the Hanoi Business Registration Office has integrated the automatic registration procedure for engraving legal seals of enterprises on the website system of the Department of Planning and Investment in the following manner: Enterprises register and receive seals from seal engraving units in the following form of registration into the system:

http://dichvuhotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn/Banking/list/68-72/68-72/isb-don-vi-khac-dau.aspx

Telecommunication and information technology services

Hanoi Business Registration Office has integrated the telecommunications – information technology service system. This is a service to support businesses in registering to use telecommunications – information technology services necessary for business operations. Businesses can register to use this service via the link:

https://dichvuhotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn/Banking/list/68-70/68-70/isb-dich-vu-vien-thong-cong-nghe-thong-tin.aspx

Utility services list of companion units supporting startups

The Hanoi Business Registration Office has integrated a list of companion units to support startups into the system. This list includes the Electronic Information Portal of the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment; Hotline; Online business registration service; Software for granting business registration certificates at the District level; National information system on foreign investment; Center for supporting small and medium enterprises; Techcombank. These companion units can help provide necessary information or services for the process of establishing and operating a business. Businesses can use this convenient service via the link:

https://dichvuhotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn/Banking/list/68-71/68-71/isb-phan-mem-ho-tro-khoi-nghiep.aspx

With a series of convenient services supporting business establishment procedures, Hanoi is trying to provide maximum support for business start-up activities. With the desire to reduce travel time and save costs in the actual start-up process, leaders of the Business Registration Office and the city are increasingly introducing practical and effective policies to promote the start-up movement in the capital.

What should businesses do after company establishment procedures?

Procedure after establishing a company in Vietnam

After completing the company establishment procedures, businesses need to perform the following tasks:

  • Open a company bank account (If you do not use the utility service, pre-register the account number in the business establishment profile on the information portal system of the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment);
  • Register for digital signature to pay taxes electronically and report taxes via the Internet;
  • Make and hang company signs at headquarters;
  • Buy digital signature to pay taxes electronically;
  • Register to use electronic invoices according to Decree 123/2020/ND-CP;
  • Carry out initial tax declaration procedures, and declare and pay social insurance for employees…: Newly established enterprises must declare business license fees and submit declarations to the directly managing tax authority before January 30 of the year following the year of new business operations or newly established enterprises.
  • Issuing sub-licenses for certain conditional industries so that the company is qualified to operate. For example, alcohol trading companies need sub-licenses such as alcohol distribution license; alcohol retail license; alcohol wholesale license; and alcohol business license for on-site consumption. Companies operating in the tourism sector need licenses such as a domestic travel service business license; an International travel service business license, etc.

Above is information related to utility services in business establishment procedures in Hanoi. If you need any detailed information related to business establishment, please contact us for the fastest support!

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