List of templates of documents related to special investment procedures in 2025 in Vietnam
What documents are included in the dossier for registration of special investment in 2025 in Vietnam?
Based on Article 36a of the Investment Law 2020 (supplemented by Clause 8, Article 2 of the Law on Amendments to the Planning Law, Investment Law, Investment Law in the form of public-private partnership, and Bidding Law 2024) on special investment procedures:
Article 36a. Special Investment Procedures
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- The investment registration dossier comprises documents stipulated in points a, b, c, d, đ, g, and h of Clause 1, Article 33 of this Law, in which the document proposing the implementation of the investment project includes commitments to meet conditions, standards, and norms as prescribed by law on construction, environmental protection, fire prevention, and firefighting; the proposed investment project includes identification, prediction of environmental impacts, and mitigation measures to substitute preliminary environmental impact assessment.
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The special investment registration dossier includes the following documents:
- A document proposing the implementation of the investment project, including commitments to bear all costs and risks if the project is not approved.
- Documents regarding the legal status of the investor.
- Documents proving the financial capacity of the investor include at least one of the following: the investor's financial statements for the past 2 years; a commitment to financial support from the parent company; a commitment to financial support from a financial institution; a guarantee of the investor's financial capacity; other documents proving the investor's financial capacity.
- The proposed investment project comprises main contents as follows: the investor or forms of investor selection, investment objectives, investment scale, investment capital and capital mobilization plan, location, duration, implementation schedule, information on the current land use status at the project implementation site, and proposed land use needs (if any), labor needs, proposed investment incentives, impact, socio-economic effectiveness of the project, preliminary environmental impact assessment (if any) as prescribed by environmental protection law.
In cases where construction law requires a pre-feasibility study report, the investor may submit the pre-feasibility study report instead of the proposed investment project;
- In the case where the investment project does not request the State to allocate land, lease land, or permit land use purpose conversion, a copy of the land use right certificate or other documents determining the land use right for project implementation is submitted.
- The BCC contract for investment projects in the form of a BCC contract.
- Other documents related to the investment project, requirements on conditions, and capacity of the investor as prescribed by law (if any).
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- The document proposing the implementation of the investment project includes commitments to meet conditions, standards, and regulations as prescribed by law on construction, environmental protection, fire prevention, and firefighting.
- The proposed investment project includes identification, prediction of environmental impacts, and mitigation measures to substitute preliminary environmental impact assessment.
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List of templates of documents related to special investment procedures in 2025 in Vietnam
On February 12, 2025, the Minister of Planning and Investment promulgated Circular 06/2025/TT-BKHDT, stipulating document templates related to special investment procedures.
Based on the Appendix issued together with Circular 06/2025/TT-BKHDT, the list of document templates related to special investment procedures includes:
[1] Document templates applicable to investors
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Document proposing the implementation of the investment project (new issuance) |
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Document proposing amendment of the Investment Registration Certificate |
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Document proposing project adjustment (in case of adjusting project objectives) |
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Proposed investment project |
[2] Document templates applicable to state investment management agencies
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Notice denying issuance of the Investment Registration Certificate (new issuance/amendment/adjustment) |
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Investment Registration Certificate (new issuance) |
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Investment Registration Certificate (amendment) |
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Adjustment Investment Registration Certificate (in case of adjusting project operation objectives) |
What forms of special investment support are implemented in Vietnam?
Based on Article 20 of the Investment Law 2020 regulating special investment incentives and support:
Article 20. Special Investment Incentives and Support
- The Government of Vietnam decides on the application of special investment incentives and support to encourage the development of certain investment projects with significant impacts on socio-economic development.
- The subjects of the special investment incentives and support stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article include:
a) New establishment investment projects (including the expansion of such new establishment projects) of innovation centers, research and development centers with total investment capital from 3,000 billion VND or more, disbursing at least 1,000 billion VND within 3 years from the date of issuance of the Investment Registration Certificate or approval of investment policy; national innovation centers established by decision of the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam;
b) Investment projects in particularly incentivized investment sectors with an investment capital scale of 30,000 billion VND or more, disbursing at least 10,000 billion VND within 3 years from the date of issuance of the Investment Registration Certificate or approval of investment policy.
- The level of incentives and the duration of special incentives shall comply with the regulations of the Corporate Income Tax Law and land laws.
- Special investment support is implemented in the forms prescribed in Clause 1, Article 18 of this Law.
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According to the above regulations, special investment support is implemented in the following forms:
- Support for the development of technical and social infrastructure systems within and outside the investment project boundary.
- Support for training, development of human resources.
- Credit support.
- Support for access to production and business premises; support for relocation of production and business establishments as decided by state agencies.
- Support for science, technology, and technology transfer.
- Support for market development and information provision.
- Support for research and development.
