The ministry disclosed the figures on October 6 at its regular press briefing for the third quarter. Trịnh Thị Hương, deputy head of the Department for Private Enterprises and Collective Economy, said the department had received reports from about 4,000 people who said their personal information had been used to register organisations or companies without their knowledge.
Hương said the current business registration system is based on self-declaration and personal responsibility. That makes registration easier for people and companies, but it can also be abused to register businesses using another person's identity.
The department's Business Information Centre is working with business registration offices in provinces and cities to review the reports. It is also working with competent authorities to establish whether identity misuse occurred. If an investigation confirms the misuse, the business registration authority will revoke the relevant business licence under the rules.
The department is studying technology solutions to improve identity checks. It is also drafting amendments to the Enterprise Law and considering additional rules to limit identity misuse.
The issue came up after the tax authority began a campaign to clean up tax identification numbers. Media reports cited cases in which resolving an identity-misuse complaint took three to four years and asked whether the process could really take that long.
Deputy Finance Minister Nguyễn Đức Chi said people who had submitted a request with complete documents but had not received a review or decision after six months should report the case again to the Finance Ministry. "Six months is already a very long time," he said. He also asked media organisations to inform the ministry about cases that had remained unresolved for more than six months after complete documents were sent to the business registration authority.
The ministry said prompt action matters because identity misuse may affect other rights of the people involved. Officials said the cases are the responsibility of state management agencies and require coordinated handling.
Lê Long, deputy head of the tax department, said that by September 20 the tax authority had ended the validity of tax identification numbers for nearly 109,000 companies, company branches and organisations, 25 percent more than at the end of 2025. It had also confirmed completion of tax obligations for nearly 52,000 cases so they could proceed with dissolution, and restored tax identification numbers for 3,840 companies and organisations that returned to business.
The tax authority reported difficulties for companies completing procedures to close tax identification numbers. The Finance Ministry and related agencies are working on issues involving state budget obligations during dissolution and the end of business activity. A related draft has been completed and is being circulated among ministries and agencies before submission to the Government and other authorised bodies.
Sources: Dân Trí
