Does setting up a website need to be registered with the competent authority?

I am a sports lover and am in need of setting up a general website about sports in order to help sports lovers like me to easily access daily sports information. easier. So when setting up this website, what do I need to do?

General information website is the website of an agency, organization or enterprise that provides aggregated information on the basis of verbatim and exact citation of the official source and clearly states the name of the author or the name of the author. agency of the official source, time posted, broadcast that information.

The establishment of a general website is regulated in: Decree 72/2013/ND-CP, Decree 27/2018/ND-CP, Circular 09/2014/TT-BTTTT.

The above case is an individual wishing to set up a general website. According to the provisions of law, the subjects licensed to set up a general website are as follows:

– Being an organization or enterprise established under Vietnamese law with business registration in line with the service and information provided;

– Having management personnel;

– Registered domain name;

– Having sufficient financial, technical, organizational and personnel capacity suitable to the scale of operation;

– Measures to ensure information safety and information security.

Therefore, in order to be granted a license to set up a general website, an individual must first register to establish a business before having the legal status to apply for a license. After being granted an enterprise registration certificate, the enterprise shall carry out procedures to apply for a license to set up a general website.

The agency competent to license the establishment of a general website in this case is the Department of Information and Communications of the province/city directly under the central government.

(1) Procedures for enterprise registration:

Step 1: Prepare the information

Choose the type of business

– Private enterprises;

– Limited liability companies (including one-member limited liability companies, limited liability companies with two or more members);

– Joint stock company;

– Partnerships.

Choose a business.

DHP law firm will advise according to the business needs of the client.

Notarized copy of ID card/CCCD/Passport of the representative, owner, shareholder, member, authorized representative, etc.
Company name;
Address ;
Charter capital (Contributed capital).

Step 2: Procedures for setting up a business

Drafting documents;
Submit the application at the Business Registration Office – Department of Planning and Investment of the provinces and centrally-run cities or submit the application through the National Portal on business registration.
To be granted an enterprise registration certificate after 03 days from the date of receipt of a valid application.

(2) Domain name registration: The general website uses at least 01 domain name ”.vn” and stores information on a server system with an IP address in Vietnam; The sequence of characters that make up the domain name must not be the same or the same as the name of a press agency; The domain name “.vn” must have at least 06 months of validity remaining at the time of applying for a license.

(3) Procedures for granting a license to set up a general website:

Step 1: Prepare 01 set of documents:

An application form for a license to set up a general website;
Certified copy of Certificate of Business Registration, Certificate of Investment Registration;
c. Operational scheme;
D. Written consent of the organization providing the source to ensure the legitimacy of the source.

Step 2: Process and procedures for granting a license to set up a general website:

Dossier of application for license shall be sent in person, by post or via the Internet to the competent authority.
Within 10 working days from the date of receipt of a valid application, the competent authority shall consider and grant a license to set up a general website. In case of refusal, the competent agency shall reply in writing, clearly stating the reason.
Trading in the service of setting up a general website is a conditional business line in accordance with the Law on Investment 2020. Therefore, individuals and organizations that want to do business in this service must meet the requirements of the Law on Investment. If the conditions set by the law are met, it will be recognized as legal. The business registration certificate is considered as the key or an initial legal document for the business to operate. The license to set up a general website is considered as a legal document to certify that an enterprise is eligible to conduct business in the service of setting up a general website.

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