Vietnam: Applications for procedures for incentive certification of projects for manufacturing of supporting products

According to Article 5 of the Circular No. 55/2015/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, applications for procedures for incentive certification of projects for manufacturing of supporting products on the list of prioritized supporting products are specified as follows:

1. The number of applications:

- 06 copies: 01 original and 05 duplicates;

- The application shall be sealed and the applicant's information shall be specified on the file folder;

- Where changes in the project affect the conditions for investment incentives, the applicant shall submit to the competent authority an additional application in which the scope of changes includes.

2. Documents requested in an application:

* A written request for incentive certification (Appendix 2 hereof);

* A Certificate of Enterprise Registration or Certificate of Business Registration;

* A description of the project:

- With respect to a first time project or an independent project: a proposal for project investment under the current regulations of laws on investment and construction;

- With respect to an existing project:

+ A description of current status of its manufacturing process, facilities (plants), machines and equipment ( a list of machines and its capacity, specialized equipment; measuring and quality control devices); the project’s capacity; the latest annual internal audit report (or an annual financial statement);

+ A description of investment in scope expansion, technical innovation using new devices and manufacturing processes with an increase in productivity by at least 20% under the current regulations of laws on investment and construction.

* The decision on approval for environmental impact assessment (if new investment projects) or a commitment to environmental protection under the law on environmental protection or an as-built certificate, and environmental protective measures (if existing projects).

* A Certificate of conformity to EU technical regulations (standards promulgated by CEN - European Committee for Standardization) or the equivalent (if any) granted by certifying agencies that are permitted to exercise certification activities under regulations of laws on product quality;

3. Application recipients:

- Every SME shall submit their application for the project for manufacturing of supporting products on the List to the competent authority where the project is located or the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Each SME must submit its application to only one competent authority;

- Other types of businesses shall submit their applications to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (address: 54 Hai Ba Trung street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi).

4. Options for application submission:

Directly or online.

View more details at the Circular No. 55/2015/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2016.

Le Vy

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