Vietnam: Cases of exemptions from tonnage fee from March 01, 2020

According to Clause 3 Article 7 of Circular No. 261/2016/TT-BTC and Point b Clause 4 Article 1 of Circular No. 90/2019/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, from March 01, 2020, cases of exemptions from tonnage fee include:

- Vessels entering or leaving a maritime area to: (i) shelter from storm, bad weather conditions that may risk their safety, or provide medical emergency services to patients without handling cargoes, picking up or dropping off passengers; (ii) disembark persons, property or ships rescued at sea without involving in commercial transactions as verified by a maritime administration; (iii) participate in search and rescue, prevention and control of floods, hurricanes or natural disasters according to the dispatching call or consent from regulatory authorities.

- Vessels of overseas armed forces arriving in maritime zones to pay an official or courtesy visit to Vietnam at the invitation of its State; vessels carrying foreign youths and teenagers to maritime zones to attend cultural or sports exchanges at the invitation of Ministerial or Ministry-level bodies of Vietnam's Government;

- Boats or canoes of passenger-carrying mother vessels anchored at waterside restricted areas or zones that transport passengers to or from a port;

- Lash barges operating within the maritime zone shared by Lash vessels;

- Vessels en route for Cambodia;

- Vessels departing for Cambodia across Vinh Xuong – Thuong Phuoc bordergate that the inland waterway port authority has cleared at the departure inland waterway port or terminal, and for which this authority has already collected applicable fees and charges at the departure inland waterway port or terminal, under the direction of the Ministry of Finance.

View more details at Circular No. 90/2019/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from March 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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