Register Website Ministry of Industry and Trade

Sales e-commerce websites:

• E-commerce websites are set up by traders, organizations and individuals themselves to serve their trade promotion activities, goods sale or service provision.
• Although not selling online, just having trade promotion activities such as advertising products and services, introducing images, information, etc., is also classified as an e-commerce website for sales.
• According to Section 8, Article 3 of Decree 52, e-commerce website (hereinafter referred to as website for short) is an electronic information page set up to serve part or the whole process of goods purchase and sale activities. or provide services, from displaying and introducing goods and services to entering into contracts, providing services, making payments and providing after-sales services.
• Therefore, websites that only introduce the Company, or services, or goods without the function of ordering or paying online, must still notify the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Sales mobile application: is an e-commerce application on mobile devices set up by traders, organizations or individuals to serve their trade promotion, sale of goods or provision of services. .

- Websites providing e-commerce services:   are e-commerce websites set up by traders and organizations to provide an environment for other traders, organizations and individuals to conduct commercial activities.

Websites providing e-commerce services include:

• E-commerce trading floors:   are websites that allow users to post classifieds, buy and sell, exchange (chotot.vn) or allow to create an online store (enbac.com, ...) or agents. user interface for selling goods and collecting service fees (not buying and selling outright).
• Online promotion website:   Online promotion website is an e-commerce website set up by a trader or organization to conduct sales promotion for goods and services of other traders, organizations or individuals according to the terms and conditions. of the promotional service contract.

Example: Hotdeal.vn

• Online auction website: is an e-commerce website that provides solutions that allow traders, organizations and individuals who are not website owners to organize auctions for their goods on it.

For example: thietkewebnhanh.vn

- Mobile application providing e-commerce services: is an e-commerce application on mobile devices set up by traders or organizations to provide an environment for other traders, organizations and individuals. conduct commercial activities, including e-commerce trading floor application, online auction application and online promotion application.

Example: VinID

Comply with the regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade:

According to Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP issued on May 16, 2013, Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT issued on December 5, 2014, and Decree No. 185/2013/ND-CP regulations on sanctioning administrative violations in commercial activities… issued on November 15, 2013, requiring all websites operating in the field of e-commerce to notify or register with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Enhance the reputation of the business website and affirm the brand of businesses and individuals:

For the website, upon successful notification and registration, the seller will attach a logo leading to a confirmation link on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade that the website has been successfully registered and notified. This will help users feel secure to participate, trust to use and support the utility services on the website for a long time, improving the reputation of the website for the seller. Customers are not afraid of encountering ghost companies, or the wrong address. Maintaining customer trust is one of the important things to affirm the prestigious brand that the business has worked so hard to build.

Blue Logo Icon:  for websites that conduct trade promotion and self-advertise and sell their own company's goods. For example: thietkewebnhanh.vn,...

Red Logo icon:  for websites related to e-commerce floors, auction and promotion pages. Here, website owners create an exchange, an "online marketplace", a hub to connect buyers and sellers. The website owner will not sell the goods but manage the transaction activity. For example: shopee.vn, lazada.vn,...

Notice: Traders or businesses need to quickly notify the website to the Ministry of Industry and Trade as soon as the website is designed.

Registration:  For website sales registration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, sellers should complete the registration procedure before allowing the website to conduct commercial activities in case of being detected and severely fined.

Registration time will depend on each website, usually from 1 week to 3 weeks.

Individuals and traders who commit violations may be fined from VND 1,000,000 to VND 30,000,000, depending on the seriousness of the violation.

Yes, according to current regulations, all those who do business on the internet, whether they are individuals or organizations, small businesses or individual and large-scale business households, etc., must declare their website to the Ministry. Industry and Trade in accordance with the provisions of Vietnamese law.

Yes, if your website does business in the territory of Vietnam.