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The Enterprise Law 2014 provides some changes regarding documents and information required for incorporating a new company in Vietnam. The changes are largely positive changes except for more requirements on investment certificate for foreign investors and details of foreign shareholders in a joint stock company (JSC). Details of the changes are as follows:
The National Assembly passed this morning (26 November 2014) the amended Enterprise Law 2014 and amended Investment Law 2014. Enterprise Law 2014 and Investment Law 2014 will take effect from 1 July 2015 and replace the current Enterprise Law 2005 and Investment Law 2005 respectively. These two important laws will have major impacts on operation and management of companies including foreign invested companies and foreign investors in years to come. In the next several posts, we will highlight and comment on various key changes under Enterprise Law 2014 and Investment Law 2014. The executed versions of the Enterprise Law 2014 and the Investment Law 2014 are not available to public yet. Our comments are based on unofficial final versions of these laws. Therefore, there may be changes after the executed versions of the laws are available.
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Under Decree 98/2014, for the first time, the Government introduces a detailed regulations on setting up communist party cell and trade union bodies within a private company in Vietnam including foreign-invested enterprise. In particular,
Nearly ten years ago, the Enterprise Law 2005 contemplates a general prohibition that names of a company in Vietnam must not contain words or symbols which contravene national historical traditions, culture, ethics and fine customs. Now, from November 2014, names of new companies incorporated in Vietnam must comply with a much more detailed naming rules under Circular 10/2014 of the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism. Under Circular 10/2014,