Contents:
CHAPTER I. General Provisions
Article 1 Governing scope
Article 2 Applicability
Article 3 Application of the law on Enterprises, international treaties and relevant legislation
Article 4 Interpretation of terms
Article 5 State guarantees2 for enterprises and owners of enterprises
Article 6 Political organizations and socio-political organizations in enterprises
Article 7 Lines of business and business conditions
Article 8 Rights of enterprises
Article 9 Obligations of enterprises
Article 10 Rights and obligations of enterprises involved in production or provision of public services or products
Article 11 Prohibited practices
Article 12 Document retention regime of enterprises
CHAPTER II. Establishment and Business Registration
Article 13 Right to establish, contribute capital, purchase shares and manage enterprises
Article 14 Contracts [signed] prior to business registration
Article 15 Procedures for registration of business
Article 16 Business registration documents for private enterprises
Article 17 Business registration documents for partnerships
Article 18 Business registration documents for limited liabilities companies
Article 19 Business registration documents for shareholding companies
Article 20 Documents, procedures, conditions for and contents of business or investment registration of foreign investors making the first investment in Vietnam
Article 21 Contents of requests for business registration
Article 22 Contents of the charter of a company5
Article 23 List of members of a limited liability company or partnership, list of founding shareholders of a shareholding company
Article 24 Conditions for issuance of business registration certificates
Article 25 Contents of business registration certificates
Article 26 Alterations to contents of business registration
Article 27 Providing information relating to contents of business registration
Article 28 Announcement of