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:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to CHD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
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:
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"}'{
"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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