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Guidance on Issuing Invoices for Medical Equipment Using Common Names Different from Import Names
Hướng dẫn xuất hóa đơn thiết bị y tế theo tên thông thường khác với tên nhập khẩu
The Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department advised a medical equipment importer that invoices may use the customer's common trade name for goods, supplemented by the registered name in parentheses, as long as the true nature, model, and type of goods can be identified. Under Decree 123/2020/ND-CP and Circular 78/2021/TT-BTC, invoice goods names must accurately reflect the goods but need not exactly match the name on import documents. Companies may use the common name or the name in tender documents with the Ministry of Health-registered name in brackets. When adding a foreign language name on the invoice, it must appear below the Vietnamese text and in a smaller font size. If the goods bear a legally registered trademark, that trademark name must also appear on the invoice.