general partnershipunlimited liability

What is “CHD”?

CHD (partnership company) is a general partnership used primarily in Vietnam. It signals unlimited liability and private ownership.

Where it's used

CHD appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

VN · Vietnam

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityMembers have unlimited personal liability for the entity's obligations.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to DNHĐ in Vietnam, GBHOH in Germany, GBR in Germany.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to CHD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
VietnamDNHĐ
GermanyGBHOH
GermanyGBR
United StatesGP
GermanyOHG
GermanyPG
FranceSCI
FranceSNC

Normalizing “CHD” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme CHD” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:

Request
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Acme CHD", "country": "vn"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme chd",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "chd"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does CHD mean?

CHD means "partnership company".

Is a CHD public or private?

A CHD is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a CHD?

Members of a CHD have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.

Which countries use CHD?

CHD is used in Vietnam.

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