VI Where does a household business register? What principles are applied to household business registration? How is the name of a household business chosen according to the latest regulations? Let’s find out more with Pham Consult!
Where does a household business register?
According to Article 33 of Decree 125/2025/ND-CP, the following is stipulated:
Tasks and authority for business registration
- The tasks and authority for business registration of the District Finance and Planning Department (hereinafter referred to as the District Business Registration Authority) are stipulated in Articles 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 94 of Decree No. 01/2021/ND-CP dated January 4, 2021 of the Government on enterprise registration, which are carried out by specialized agencies or administrative organizations assigned by the People’s Committee of the commune (hereinafter referred to as the Commune Business Registration Authority).
- The commune-level business registration agency receives and processes business registration applications as stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article, following the procedures
prescribed in Articles 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94 of Decree No. 01/2021/ND-CP.
- The forms used in business registration shall comply with the regulations of the Minister of Finance.
Accordingly, business households register their businesses at the specialized agency or administrative organization assigned by the People’s Committee of the commune.
The commune-level business registration agency receives and processes business registration applications according to the procedures prescribed in Articles 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP.
What principles govern the registration of household businesses?
According to Article 88 of Decree 168/2025/ND-CP, the following principles apply to household business registration:
- The founder of a household business or the household business itself declares the registration application and is legally responsible for the legality, truthfulness, and accuracy of the information declared in the registration application and reports.
- The founder of a household business or the household business may submit the registration application and receive the results at any commune-level business registration agency within the province or centrally-governed city where the household business is located. The processing of the household business registration application is carried out by the commune-level business registration agency where the household business is located.
- The commune-level business registration agency is responsible for the validity of the business registration application, but is not responsible for any legal violations committed by the business founder or the business itself before or after registration.
A valid business registration application is one that contains all the necessary documents and whose contents are fully declared according to the regulations of this Decree.
- The commune-level business registration agency will not resolve disputes between members of the registered business household, or with other organizations or individuals, or between the business household and other organizations or individuals.
- The commune-level business registration agency and other agencies are strictly prohibited from causing inconvenience to organizations and individuals while receiving and processing business registration applications.
According to the above regulations, the principles applied in business registration are:
(1) The business founder or the business itself declares the business registration application and is legally responsible for the legality, truthfulness, and accuracy of the information declared in the business registration application and reports.
(2) The business founder or the business can submit the business registration application and receive the results at any commune-level business registration agency within the province or centrally-governed city where the business is located. The processing of the business registration application is carried out by the commune-level business registration agency where the business is located.
(3) The commune-level business registration agency is responsible for the validity of the business registration application and is not responsible for any legal violations by the business founder or the business before and after business registration.
A valid business registration file is one that contains all the necessary documents and whose contents are fully declared according to the regulations of Decree 168/2025/ND-CP.
(4) The commune-level business registration agency does not resolve disputes between members of a household registering a business with each other or with other organizations or individuals, or between a business household and other organizations or individuals.
(5) The commune-level business registration agency and other agencies are strictly prohibited from causing inconvenience to organizations and individuals while receiving and processing business registration applications.
How are business household names determined?
According to Article 86 of Decree 168/2025/ND-CP, the following regulations apply:
(1) Business household has a unique name. The business household name consists of two components in the following order:
– The phrase “Business Household”;
– The specific name of the business household.
The specific name is written using letters from the Vietnamese alphabet, the letters F, J, Z, W, and may include numbers and symbols.
(2) Words and symbols that violate the historical traditions, culture, ethics, and customs of the nation are not allowed to be used in the name of a business household.
(3) The phrases “company”, “corporation”, “group”, and “enterprise” are not allowed in the name of a business household.
(4) It is not permitted to use the trade name, trademark, or geographical indication of another organization, individual, or business household that has been protected to form the private name of a business household, except with the approval of the owner of that trade name, trademark, or geographical indication.
Business households are solely responsible before the law if they name their business household infringing on industrial property rights. The handling of business household names infringing on industrial property rights shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of specialized laws.
Business households with infringing names must register a change of business household name within 15 days from the date the competent authority handling the violation requests it.
If the business household does not register a change of name infringing on industrial property rights as requested, the commune-level business registration authority shall request the business household to report as prescribed in Clause 6, Article 22 of Decree 168/2025/ND-CP.
(5) In addition to the Vietnamese name, a business household may register a name in a foreign language or an abbreviated name. The foreign-language name of a business household is a translation of the Vietnamese name into one of the foreign languages using the Latin alphabet.
When translating into a foreign language, the proper name of the business household may be kept the same or translated according to its corresponding meaning in the foreign language. The abbreviated name of the business household is an abbreviation of the Vietnamese name or the foreign-language name.
(6) The Vietnamese name of a business household must not be identical to the Vietnamese name of a business household already registered within the commune, except for business households that have ceased operations. An identical name is a Vietnamese name written exactly the same, regardless of capitalization.
(7) Changing the name of a business household does not change the rights and obligations of the business household.
(8) The commune-level business registration authority has the right to approve or reject the proposed name for registration of a business household in accordance with the law. The opinion of the commune-level business registration authority is the final decision regarding the name of the business household.
If the founder or the business household disagrees with the decision of the commune-level business registration authority, they may file a lawsuit in accordance with the provisions of the law on administrative litigation.
