Info Viet-Trade Portal

Licenses and primary registrations

Obtain enterprise registration certificate

Traders who want to import into Vietnam must be officially registered as businesses, and must obtain an enterprise registration certificate (ERC), issued by any provincial business registration office in Vietnam.

Obtain import phytosanitary license

It is mandatory to obtain an import phytosanitary license to be allowed to import plants, plant seeds and plant products for human consumption into Vietnam. The import phytosanitary license is issued by the Plant Protection Department (PPD) of Vietnam and is valid for one year from the date of issuance.

Permits

Obtain phytosanitary and food safety certificate

It is mandatory to obtain a phytosanitary and food safety certificate to be allowed to import products derived from plants and seeds (fruits, vegetables, wheat, etc.) for human consumption into Vietnam. The certificate assures that the imported product is compliant with national phytosanitary and food safety laws and regulations, and it is issued by any Plant Quarantine Sub-Department Region (I-IX). Traders are required to obtain the phytosanitary and food safety certificate for each import consignment.

Clearance

Clearance of wheat

Full procedure view for a first-time trader

Import of wheat through Port of Hai Phong

The full procedure sequentially compiles all the primary registrations, licences, permits and clearance steps to be fulfilled by a registered business owner importing into Vietnam a consignment of wheat, as a first-time importer, through Port of Hai Phong City.