1.  For Domestic Individual

Step 1: Opening a securities trading account at TCSC.

• Contact at TCSC’s counter or
• Register to open securities trading account via Website: http://www.tcsc.vn, and then going to TCSC’s counter to open securities trading account completely.

ID card/passport or a notarized copy of ID card/passport.

-       Securities Trading Application form (OPE-002/F1a): 01 copy

-       Securities Trading Account Opening Contract (OPE-002/F4a): 02 copies

-       Agreement on online trading (OPE-002/F20): 02 copies

-       Services registration form (if any) (OPE-002/F6): 01 copy

Step 3: Opening a cash account at a commercial bank as TCSC’s instruction (If not yet)

Investor has to open a cash account at a commercial bank that has linked to TCSC and inform TCSC of this cash account number.

2.  For Foreign Individual

Step 1: Opening a securities trading account at TCSC

• Contact at TCSC’s counter or
• Register to open securities trading account via Website: http://www.tcsc.vn, and then going to TCSC’s counter to open securities trading account completely.

Step 2: Prepare supporting documents

-       A notarized copy of passport of account holder: 01 copy

-       Police Certification of Criminal Record

-       A notarized copy ID card/Passport of trading representative person (if any)

-       Police Certification of Criminal Record of trading representative person (if any)

Step 3: Filling his/her information in opening account forms

-       Securities Trading Application form (OPE-002/F1b): 01 copy

-       Securities Trading Account Opening Contract (OPE-002/F4a): 02 copies

-       Agreement on online trading (OPE-002/F20): 02 copies

-       Services registration form (if any) (OPE-002/F6): 01 copy

Step 4: Apply for securities trading code at Viet Nam securities depository (VSD)

-       Securities trading code Application Form (OPE-002/F12) [Prepared by TCSC]: 01 copy

-       Securities trading code Application Form (OPE-002/F14): 01 copy

-       Power of attorney to agent or letter of appointment to representative (OPE-002/F18) (if any)

-       Information on trading representative person (OPE-002/F19) (if any): 01 copy

-      Securities trading account opening contract (OPE-002/F4)

Submitting all documents and dossiers above to TCSC, TCSC will support customer who wish to open a securities trading account to conduct procedures with the Viet Nam Securities Depository through TCSC for issuance of a securities trading code number.

If customer already has a securities trading code, investor must submit the below documents so that TCSC requests VSD to change the depository member for customer:

-       A notarized copy of passport of account holder: 01 copy

-       Securities trading code certificate: 01 copy

-       Application for change of investor’s information (OPE-002/F16): 01 copy

-       Announcement of change of investor’s information (OPE-002/F17) [Prepared by TCSC]: 01 copy

-       Confirmation in principle on closing securities trading account with the olddepository member: 01 copy

-       Securities trading account opening contract (with TCSC) (OPE-002/F4)

Step 5: Opening a cash account at a commercial bank as TCSC’s instruction (If not yet)

Investor has to open a cash account at a commercial bank that has linked to TCSC and inform TCSC of this cash account number.

i.          Documents provided by foreign investors must be translated into Vietnamese with certification from the competent State body of Vietnam that the contents are a true translation.

ii.        Documents issued by competent authorities of the foreign country must be notarized in Viet Nam or his/her own country.

-     Certify his/her documents at Notary Public.

-     Take the documents to the Vietnamese Embassy in his/her country to be legalized.

-     Certify his/her documents at his/her Embassy/Consulate in Viet Nam

-     Take the documents to the External Relation Department – Ministry of Foreign Affair to be legalized.