PROCESS FOR REGISTERING BUSINESS LICENSE IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL (OUTBOUND) AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL (INBOUND)

• International travel business (outbound) and domestic travel (inbound) are conditional business lines under Vietnamese law.

  Vu Nhu Hao Law Firm & Associates provides services to apply for international travel and domestic travel licenses quickly and smoothly with reasonable costs.
  We guide our customers about preparing documents and carrying out detailed licensing procedures as follows:

  
  1) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL LICENSE:

  a) Conditions for international travel service business:

  * Conditions of business registration: In the defining Business lines table, there must be a field of “Tour operator” (Sector code 7912): “International travel business”.

  * Deposit conditions: Enterprises must deposit money in Vietnam dong at a commercial bank or foreign bank branch in Vietnam (receive the interest agreed between the enterprise and the receiving bank). Margin must be maintained during the travel service business.

  Deposit level of international travel service business:

  (1) Business travel services for international tourists to Vietnam: VND 250,000,000 (two hundred and fifty million Vietnamese dongs);

  (2) Business travel services for foreign tourists: VND 500,000,000 (five hundred million Vietnamese dongs);

  (3) Business travel services for international tourists to Vietnam and foreign tourists: VND 500,000,000 (five hundred million).

  The purpose of the deposit is to compensate the guest if the business breaches the contract for tourists; addressing risks to customers in case of not buying insurance.

  * Conditions on employees: The person in charge of travel service business must graduate from a college or university specialized in travel, including the following specialties:

  (1) Administration of travel and travel services;

  (2) Travel management;

  (3) Tour management;

  (4) Marketing tourism;

  (5) Tourism;

  (6) Travel tourism;

  (7) Management and tourism business.

  If graduating from other majors, they must have a college degree or higher and a professional certificate of international tourism operation with the following training contents:

  + Industry knowledge: Vietnamese political system; Vietnamese legal documents related to tourism; tourism overview; tourism marketing; tourist psychology and communication arts; international cultural exchange …

  + Specialized knowledge and operation of tourism management: an overview of travel service business; tourism market and tourism products; product design and travel program pricing; tourist resorts and tourist spots in Vietnam; tourism operating operations; sales and customer care; marketing and communication; currency and international payment in tourism; entry and exit operations; domestic and international air transport procedures; information technology application in business management and development;

  + Practicing international tourism operations. In case of having a diploma granted by a foreign training institution, it must be recognized in Vietnam according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

  b) International travel permit application documents include:

  (1) Business registration certificate or Investment registration certificate (notarized copy);

  (2) Certificate of deposit for travel service business;

  (3) Diploma, certificate of the person in charge of travel service business (notarized copy);

  2) DOMESTIC BUSINESS PRACTICE LICENSE (INBOUND)

  a) Conditions:

  * Conditions on business registration: Enterprises are established in accordance with the law on enterprises;

  * Conditions on deposit: Enterprises providing domestic travel services must deposit at banks. Deposit level of domestic travel service business is: 100,000,000 VND (one hundred million dong). Depositing in Vietnam dong at commercial banks, cooperative banks or foreign bank branches in Vietnam and enjoying interest in accordance with the agreement between the enterprise and the bank. Margin must be maintained during the travel service business.

  * Conditions on the person in charge of travel services: The person in charge must graduate from the intermediate or higher specialized in travel; In case of graduating from secondary school or above, other professional qualifications must have a certificate of domestic tourism operation.

  Depending on the type of business, the person in charge of travel services is the person who holds one of the following titles: Chairman of the Board of Directors; Chairman of Members’ Council; Company president; Private business owner; Director or deputy director; Head of travel service business.

  * The person in charge of domestic travel services must have one of the following qualifications:

  (1) Administration of travel and travel services;

  (2) Travel management;

  (3) Tour management;

  (4) Marketing tourism;

  (5) Tourism;

  (6) Travel tourism;

  (7) Management and tourism business.

  If the person in charge of domestic travel services does not have qualifications from the above-mentioned specialized colleges, he / she should study in-class training courses on domestic tourism administration, including the following training contents:

  – Sector knowledge: Vietnamese political system; legal documents relating to tourism; Tour overview; tourism marketing; tourist psychology and communication arts;

  – Specialized knowledge and operation of tourism operation: an overview of travel service business enterprises; tourism market and tourism products; product design and travel program pricing; tourist resorts and tourist spots in Vietnam; tourism operating operations; sales and customer care; marketing and communication; procedures for domestic air transport; information technology application in business management and development;

  – Practice of operating domestic tourism operations.

  b) Dossier and procedures:

  (1) An application for an international travel service business license (made according to a set form);

  (2) Enterprise registration certificate or Investment registration certificate (notarized copy);

  (3) Certificate of deposit for travel service business;

  (4) Diploma and certificate of travel service sales person (notarized copy).

  (5) Appointment decision or labor contract between a travel service business enterprise and a person in charge of travel service business.

  3) SERVICE FOR GRANTING INTERNATIONAL LICENSE LICENSE AND DOMESTIC OPERATION OF VU NHU HAO & REPUBLIC LAW CO., LTD:

  a) Directly or through the means of communication (phone, e-mail, zalo, viber, messenger …) to provide detailed advice on conditions, records and procedures for registration of business licenses international / domestic travel service.

  b) Coordinate / support customers to prepare dossiers and carry out procedures for granting international / domestic travel service licenses.

  c) Prepare a dossier of application for an international / domestic travel business license.

  d) To appoint personnel to act as an authorized representative to act on behalf of the enterprise to apply for an international / domestic travel service business license at a competent State agency;

  e) Regularly exchange and provide information to customers about the route of granting international / domestic travel business licenses.

  f) Handover of international / domestic travel business license to customers.

  * Licensing time: Within 15-20 working days from the date of submission of valid dossiers. In some special cases may be faster.

  * Service price: Please contact us directly for advice and quotation.

  4) COMMITMENT:

  We have successfully implemented hundreds of licenses for customers and no cases have not been granted. Therefore, we – Vu Nhu Hao Limited Law Company & Confidentiality Commitment: If we do not perform the job of obtaining an international / domestic travel service license for the enterprise As agreed in the legal service contract, we would like to refund all the money paid by the customer.