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Tool · Self-assessment

Is your brand ready to franchise into Vietnam?

Twelve yes-or-no questions drawn from Vietnam's franchise rules and the most common reasons foreign brands stall. Three of them are hard blockers. You get a red, amber or green result with the gaps to close, each linked to its guide. Nothing you answer leaves your browser.

1. Have you filed your trademark in Vietnam?Required
2. Has the company that will sign as franchisor operated for more than one year?Required
3. Has the business system operated for at least one year?Required
4. Do you have a disclosure document and sample agreement you can provide in Vietnamese?
5. Do you have audited financial statements for the latest year?
6. Can you have corporate documents consularly legalised and translated?
7. Have you identified a Vietnamese partner and checked its finances?
8. Have you decided between master franchise, joint venture and own subsidiary?
9. If a foreign-invested company will run stores, have you checked Decree 342 licensing and the ENT?
10. Does your agreement say who bears the 10% foreign contractor tax on royalties?
11. Have you tested your price point against local meals costing US$2–3?
12. Can you fund a sales cycle of up to two years before the first store?

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Answer the questions to see your gaps

A planning aid based on the published rules, not legal advice. When you are ready to meet partners, brands and investors are listed on franchising.vn.

Next: plan the dates with the timeline builder, or read how to franchise in Vietnam.