Many business individuals, business households, business owners, and corporations are quite confused and have questions related to registering and notifying websites with the Ministry of Industry and Trade such as: Is it necessary to register a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade? Why do I have to notify the website to the Ministry of Industry and Trade? What are the procedures for registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade? What happens if I don't register my website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade? What is the cost of registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade?,…
So to answer all questions related to registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, DPS Media with 6 years of experience providing registration and notification services for websites with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for thousands of customers in various fields, please follow the detailed article below!
Why must you register your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade?
This is the question that most customers will wonder about first whenever they are advised to register or notify their website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Some customers even insist that they see plenty of websites that haven't notified anything and nothing happens… DPS Media hopes you read carefully the 3 reasons below!
Comply with legal regulations on e-commerce activities
Legal basis according to the following circulars and decrees on e-commerce activities, including: Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP issued on 16/05/2013, Decree No. 185/2013/ND-CP and Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT issued on 05/12/2014, and based on the regulations on administrative sanctions in commercial activities issued on 15/11/2013, which require all websites operating in e-commerce fields to notify or register with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
If you do not register or notify your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, your organization will be subject to fines ranging from 10 to 100 million VND. For details, please see section V of this article.
Build trust with customers, enhance reputation, and affirm the brand of the unit, organization, or business.
Build trust with customers.
The organization will be provided with a code to embed in the website footer and link to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's website with a notice that the website has been notified or registered depending on the business type.
Linking to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's website not only certifies that your organization complies with the decrees and circulars mentioned in item 1 above, but also affirms your credibility to customers when they visit your website, as all information provided by your organization has been reviewed by a reputable administrative agency of the Vietnamese Government, which is the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Therefore, customers can fully trust the authenticity of the website your organization has created for business because it has been certified by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Affirm the reputation of the unit
When accessing a website with the label Notified to the Ministry of Industry and Trade or Registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, this serves as a basis for visitors to the website—potential customers of that entity—to have verified grounds to trust the products and services being offered.
Registering/notifying your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade helps consumers feel secure and trust the seller's brand more because the information is certified by the Ministry. This is a necessary factor to affirm the entity's reputation in the market.
Avoid unnecessary troubles and fines.
Up to 80% of customers who come to DPS Media to use the website registration service with the Ministry of Industry and Trade all complain about one issue: They have just been fined by market officers because their website was not registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Some customers even express frustration and discomfort when fined. So let's join DPS Media to clarify the penalty levels according to the law if you do not register your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Fines from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND.
(Based on Point a, Clause 3, Article 81, Violations regarding the establishment of e-commerce websites or e-commerce applications on mobile platforms)
Violators will be fined from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND for the act of: “Establishing an e-commerce sales website or sales application without notifying the competent state management agency as prescribed.”.
In addition, this penalty also applies in cases where there is no supplementary notification or when there are changes to the information on a website already registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Fines from 10,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND
For acts of intentionally providing false or fraudulent information, modifying or supplementing inaccurate information, depending on the severity of the case.
Fines from 20,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND
Individuals or businesses will be fined from 20,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND for acts such as fraud or providing false information when registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Thus, not notifying/registering your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade will definitely result in a fine. Moreover, registering with incorrect information will also be fined. Therefore, entities must remember not to be fined just because they do not understand the website registration procedures with the Ministry!
Which websites must notify or register with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Surely after reading this, many customers will wonder which websites need to notify the Ministry of Industry and Trade and which need to register with the Ministry. Let's join DPS Media to deeply explore this very important content!
Website must notify MOIT
This is a mandatory regulation for almost all types of e-commerce websites that conduct sales or promote e-commerce, owned by individuals, organizations, or traders.
Some popular e-commerce websites in Vietnam today include: thegioididong.com, dienmayxanh.com, fptshop.com,…
The Ministry of Industry and Trade notification logo has a characteristic sky blue color.
Website must register with MOIT
All websites providing e-commerce services include:
– E-commerce trading platform: these are e-commerce websites that have functions allowing customers to carry out part or all of the process of buying and selling goods and services on that website.
– Websites with features similar to an online stock exchange.
Example: sendo.vn, lazada.vn, shopee.vn
– All e-commerce websites that conduct online promotions to transact goods and services to customers according to the terms of the promotional service contract.
Example: adayroi.com, hotdeal.vn, muachung.vn,…
– All e-commerce websites that provide solutions allowing customers to conduct online auctions without having to be the website owner to organize auctions for their goods on it.
Example: handheld.com.vn, bidy.vn,..
Mobile sales application
All individuals and organizations that develop mobile apps (used on phones) with e-commerce functions including selling goods, conducting commercial promotion activities, etc., must notify the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Example: VinID, My VNPost,..
Mobile application providing e-commerce services
Mobile applications developed by businesses or organizations to provide an environment for users to conduct commercial activities, including: online auction apps, e-commerce trading platform apps, and online promotion apps.
Example: Grab, Go Viet, Viettel Pay, …
Notes when notifying and registering websites with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
When is it necessary to notify or register a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
For regular websites, right after finishing the web design, you need to quickly register or notify the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
For websites registered for sales, you need to complete the website registration procedures with the Ministry of Industry and Trade before announcing the website to all users, to avoid fines according to the law.
Where to register a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade?
After following the above content, surely if you already own, are owning, or will own an e-commerce website, you are eager to know where to register or notify your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The answer is very simple, all procedures and operations can be done online at the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at the address:
For websites that need to be registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the procedure will be more complicated because you also have to fill out some forms and send paper documents to the Department of E-commerce and IT – Ministry of Industry and Trade at: 25 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi for confirmation.
Instructions for registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Website registration procedures with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
To register a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, you need to prepare the following documents and procedures:
– Have a website that is operating or about to operate on the internet system.
– Business registration certificate for companies or business households. For individuals, a valid ID card or citizen identification card.
Time to receive website registration results from the Ministry of Industry and Trade
The time to get results will range from 1 to 3 weeks depending on each website.
Website registration fee with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
The good news is that all of the above procedures are completely free if you do them yourself. The Ministry of Industry and Trade does not charge any fees from those who register or notify their website to the Ministry. You only spend time and effort to perform the operations on the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade at: http://online.gov.vn/
Difficulties when you register your website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade by yourself.
From over 6 years of serving customers, DPS Media has found that although registering a website with the Ministry of Industry and Trade is completely free if you do it yourself, for many customers, especially merchants and business owners, having to perform too many operations on the Ministry's website will cost you a lot of time, and if you lack experience, you may not even be able to complete it, for the following reasons.
Registering an account and declaring information is complicated and time-consuming.
After registering an account, you also have to declare information about your unit such as domain, hosting management location, business field, redirected domains, upload the logo in the correct format and size, upload all related documents to the account, etc.
If you are doing these steps for the first time, it will take you at least an hour, not to mention errors in format or missing documents after uploading.
There is also another case where you already have an account but do not remember the password to log in, nor the email to recover the password (since each tax code or personal code can only register one account), at this point you have to fill out a form to send an email to the customer service department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to retrieve your account, which is very time-consuming and laborious.
Add information to the website
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will only approve you if you have fully supplemented the documents as in section 3.1 above and the website must have all the information required by the Ministry, including:
- Shipping policy
- Payment regulations and methods
- Information security
- Operating regulations
- Privacy policy
- Complaint and dispute resolution process
Adding these contents to the website requires you to know how to write content for each item, and also know how to code the website to install them on the site’s footer. It will be impossible for those who do not know how to code. Or even if you do, it will still take too much time for these tasks.
Long waiting time
The dossier to complete one website usually takes from 1 to 3 weeks, during which time you also have to regularly log in to your account to update notifications sent by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to promptly supplement or adjust to quickly get your dossier confirmed as complete.
Website registration service with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Having successfully registered for thousands of customers and partners over the past 6 years, DPS Media is confident in being able to handle all dossiers and procedures with the Ministry of Industry and Trade quickly, neatly, and simply, and install the notification code on the customer's website in the fastest and simplest way.
With service fees starting from only 500,000 VND to 1,500,000 VND per dossier, your website will be fully completed with all notification procedures to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Why waste time and effort for 3 weeks to register a dossier when it only takes 1 minute to text or call us on Zalo to do it for you.
DPS Media commits to only receive payment after successful completion. We always enthusiastically advise on all customer requests and questions.
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