(Pursuant to Decision No. 416/ QD-UBND of the People's Committee of Dien Bien Province)
1. Foreign traders submit the application in person or by post or online (if applicable) to the Receiving and Notifying Department at the Office of Dien Bien Province Department of Industry and Trade where the representative office is expected to be located.
2. Within 03 working days, from the date of receipt of application, Department of Industry and Trade shall check and request additional supplementation if the application is incomplete or ineligible. The request for application supplementation is made up to once during the process of handling the application.
3. Except for the case as specified in Clause 4, Article 11 of Decree No. 07/2016/ND-CP, within 07 working days from the date of receipt of complete and valid application, the agency shall or shall not grant the Permit regarding the establishment of representative office for foreign trader. In case of refusal to grant, there must be a document clearly stating the reason.
4. In case the contents of the operation of representative office are inconsistent with the commitments of Vietnam or foreign traders not being from country or territory participating in international treaty to which Vietnam is a member, the establishement of representative office shall be approved by Ministers and / or Heads of ministerial-level agencies in charge of specialized management (hereinafter collectively referred to as Minister of Specialized Management) and in case the establishment of representative office has not yet been specified in the specialized legal edocuments, the agency granting the permit shall submit documents to consult Minister of Specialized Management within 03 working days from the date of receipt of complete and valid application. Within 05 working days, from the date of receipt of a written request for opinions from the agency granting the permit, Ministry of Specialized Management shall issue a document clearly stating agreement or disagreement with the grant of Permit regarding the establishment of representative office. Within 05 working days, from the date of receiving comments from Ministry of Specialized Management, the agency granting the permit shall shall not grant the Permit regarding the establishment of representative office for foreign trader. In case of not granting, there must be a document clearly stating the reason.
Link: https://dichvucong.dienbien.gov.vn/thu-tuc-hanh-chinh/-/tra-cuu-thu-tuc/chi-tiet-tthc/detail_tthc/thutuc/10205