Why Choose to Register in Can Tho City?
Can Tho not only lies at a strategic crossroads for economy and transportation, but also demonstrates significant potential in agri-tech, food processing, and urban consumer markets—making it ideal for setting up regional factories, agricultural processing centers, and a headquarters for Southern Vietnam’s market operations.
Regional Center with Comprehensive Facilities
Can Tho is the largest city in the Mekong Delta, equipped with municipal-level administrative resources, transport hubs, and financial infrastructure, making it an ideal location for businesses to establish representative offices or regional centers in southern Vietnam.
Abundant Agricultural Resources, Stable Supply
Surrounding areas of Can Tho cover Vietnam’s largest agricultural zone, offering plentiful aquatic products, rice, and tropical fruits. This stable supply of raw materials suits businesses involved in agricultural processing and export.
Progressively Enhanced Cold-Chain Logistics
With Can Tho International Airport, seaport, and highway connectivity, the city is well-positioned for integrated inland port operations, cold-chain warehousing, and regional distribution.
Government Support & Industrial Parks
The local government actively fosters investment, with multiple economic zones and industrial parks already established. Foreign investors enjoy facilitated registration, tax incentives, and favorable land-use policies.
Can Tho Company Registration Process
Choose a Company Type
- LLC (Limited Liability Company) – Suitable for trading, logistics, services, and small-scale manufacturing
- JSC (Joint Stock Company) – Suitable for medium- to large-scale projects, tech-related joint ventures, or multi-shareholder structures
- Representative Office – Non-revenue entity for initial market research in tourism, education, and services
Prepare Registration Documents
- Investor passport or ID
- Company charter, investment plan, proof of registered address
- Capital structure and business scope
- Additional industry-specific licenses if operating special services
Submit Application & Approval
- File documents with the Can Tho Department of Planning and Investment (DPI)
- Standard review time: 15–25 working days
- If locating in an industrial zone, also submit lease or admission letter
Obtain ERC & IRC
- Once approved, the company acquires legal entity status, enabling official business operations, bank account opening, and further licensing
Tax Registration, Seal Carving, Bank Account Opening
- Activate tax code, register company seal with the police, and open a local bank account
Apply for Specific Industry Licenses
- Depending on the field, secure food safety, logistics/transport, agricultural processing, and environmental permits
Post-Registration Compliance in Can Tho
After registering a company in Can Tho City, enterprises must comply with the following requirements:
- Annual Tax Filing & Financial Reporting: Submit financial statements and pay CIT (20%) and VAT (10%)
- Employee Management & Social Insurance: For Vietnamese employees, enroll them in social insurance
- Foreign Employee Management: If hiring foreign staff, obtain work permits and relevant visas
- License Renewal & Change Notification: For changes in factory sites or business scope, timely filing is required
- Specific Sectors: Food, processing, and agricultural projects must comply with environmental regulations and industry oversight
Suitable Business Types
- Seafood, agricultural product processing & packaging for export
- Cold-chain logistics, city distribution, and warehouse operations
- Regional procurement or agricultural supply chain platforms
- Food import-export & distribution enterprises
- Regional operational headquarters (integrating sales, procurement, warehousing)
- Education & vocational training cooperation projects
Why Choose Vanzbon?
Vanzbon has experience assisting food processing, logistics, and cross-border agri-trade enterprises in successfully registering and operating in Can Tho. We offer end-to-end support from company registration and licensing to factory site selection and compliance management.
Vanzbon has extensive experience assisting food processing, logistics, cross-border agricultural trade enterprises successfully register and operate in Can Tho. We provide end-to-end support from company formation and license application to factory site selection and compliance management.
Accurate Policy Match
Familiar with registration & licensing for food processing, logistics, warehousing in Can Tho
Direct Collaboration with Industrial Parks
Provide resources for industrial zones, logistics warehouses, and factory site selection
Coordinated Approval
Streamlined processes, optimized documents, clear steps to reduce re-submissions
All-in-One Service Coverage
From registration, finance & tax, HR to factory setup, permits, and compliance
Multilingual Support
Multilingual services ensure smooth communication and operations for foreign investors
FAQs
Yes, it primarily supports seafood processing, rice milling, cold-chain fruit and vegetable operations, pesticide and agricultural equipment trade, as well as packaging and exporting of agricultural byproducts.
They include Tra Noc Industrial Park, Hung Phu Industrial Park, and Thot Not Industrial Park, all with convenient transportation near airports and ports.
No restrictions. Can Tho allows 100% FDI ownership, and you can establish branches, representative offices, or joint ventures.
Yes. If you operate in procurement, sales, services, or warehousing, you can register with an office address and do not need a factory.
Typically 15–25 working days, including document preparation, review, and certificate issuance.
No strict limit, but at least US$10,000 is recommended. Capital can be injected in phases; Vanzbon can help open an account and process funds.
Once you have your license and tax code, apply for customs codes, import-export registration, HS codes, etc., which normally takes 5–10 days.
Those in food, agricultural processing, logistics, and port shipping generally need special licenses and safety certifications. We assist with file preparation and approvals.
We can continue supporting you with outsourced accounting and taxation, staff visas and social insurance, license renewal, representative office setup, branch changes, annual auditing, and compliance filing.
Seamless Business Licensing in Vietnam
If you’re planning to do business in Vietnam, you can rely on Vanzbon for support. Our experienced team will handle the entire license application process and help you open a corporate bank account. We also offer advisory on financial institutions, visas, work permits, and a full range of value-added services covering all necessary government procedures.
We manage all administrative tasks so that you can focus on running your business successfully in Vietnam.
