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List of 229 conditional business lines in Vietnam (latest)

13:40, 30/11/2022

How many conditional business lines are there in Vietnam and what are those? - Duc Khai (Phu Tho, Vietnam)

Tổng hợp danh mục 229 ngành, nghề kinh doanh có điều kiện (mới nhất)

List of 229 conditional business lines in Vietnam (latest) (Internet image)

1. What are conditional business lines?

Clause 1, Article 7 of the Law on Investment 2020 stipulates that conditional business lines are the business lines in which the business investment must satisfy certain conditions for reasons of national defense and security, social order and security, social ethics, or public health.

2. List of 229 conditional business lines in Vietnam

The list of conditional business lines in Vietnam is specified in Appendix IV of the Investment Law 2020 (amended and supplemented by Law No. 03/2022/QH15, Law on Cinema 2022, Law on Insurance Business 2022. ).

Currently, there are 229 conditional business lines in Vietnam included in the list as follows:

No.	BUSINESS LINES
1	Production of seals
2	Combat gear trading (including repair)
3	Trading in fireworks, excluding firecrackers
4	Trading in camouflage devices and software used for sound and video recording and positioning
5	Trading in paintball guns
6	Trading in military equipment and supplies for the people's armed forces, military weapons, technical equipment, ammunition and specialized vehicles used for the army and police; components, accessories, spare parts, supplies and specialized equipment and technology used for production thereof
7	Pawnshop services
8	Massage services
9	Trading in warning devices for emergency vehicles
10	Security guard services
11	Fire safety and firefighting services
12	Lawyer’s practice
13	Notary’s practice
14	Judicial assessment in the fields of finance, banking, construction, antiques, relics, copyright
15	Auctioneer's practice
16	Bailiff’s practice
17	Practice by asset managers and liquidators regarding assets of enterprises and co-operatives in the pending time of bankruptcy
18	Accounting services
19	Auditing services
20	Tax agency services
21	Customs agency services
22	Duty-free goods trading
23	Bonded warehouse and container freight station business
24	Premises for conducting customs procedures, customs gathering, inspection and supervision for rent
25	Securities trading
26	Securities registration, depository, offsetting, and liquidation services by Vietnam Securities Depository and
27	Insurance business
28	Reinsurance business
29	Insurance brokerage and insurance auxiliary services
29a	Insurance ancillary services
30	Insurance agency
31	Price valuation services
32	Lottery business
33	Prize-winning electronic games for foreigners
34	Credit rating services
35	Casino business
36	Betting business
37	Voluntary retirement fund management services
38	Petro and oil trading
39	Gas trading
40	Commercial assessment services
41	Industrial explosive trading (including destruction thereof)
42	Explosive precursor trading
43	Business operations using industrial explosives and explosive precursors
44	Blasting services
45	Trading in chemicals, except banned chemicals according to Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
46	Spirit trading
47	Trading tobacco products, tobacco raw materials, and machinery and equipment serving tobacco industry
48	Trading in foods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade
49	Commodity exchange operations
50	Electricity generation, transmission, distribution, wholesaling, retail and consultancy
51	Rice export
52	Temporary import for re-export of goods subject to special excise tax
53	Temporary import for re-export of frozen food
54	Temporary import for re-export of goods on the List of used goods
55	Mineral trading
56	Industrial precursor trading
57	Goods trading and activities directly related goods trading by foreign service providers in Vietnam
58	Multi-level marketing
59	E-commerce activities
60	Petroleum activities
61	Energy auditing
62	Vocational educational activities
63	Vocational education accreditation
64	Occupational skill assessment services
65	Occupational safety inspection services
66	Occupational safety and health training services
67	Employment agency services
68	Overseas employment agency services
69	Voluntary drug rehabilitation services, smoking cessation services, HIV/AIDS treatment service, care services for the elderly, people with disabilities and children
70	Labor outsourcing services
71	Road transport services
72	Automobile warranty and maintenance services
73	Manufacture, assembly and import of automobiles
74	Motor vehicle inspection services
75	Automobile driver training services
76	Traffic safety inspector training services
77	Driving test services
78	Traffic safety assessment services
79	Waterway transport services
80	Inland waterway ship building, modification, repair and restoration services
81	Inland waterway ship crewmember and operator training services
82	Crewmember training and coaching, and ship crewmember recruitment and supply
83	Maritime safety services
84	Sea transport services
85	Ship towing services
86	Import and dismantling of used sea-going ship
87	Ship building, modification and repair services
88	Commercial operation of seaports
89	Air transport business
90	Aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller and aircraft equipment design, manufacture and testing services in Vietnam
91	Commercial operation of airports and aerodromes
92	Aviation services at airports and aerodromes
93	Air navigation services
94	Flight crew training services
95	Rail transport business
96	Rail infrastructure business
97	Urban rail business
98	Multimodal transport services
99	Hazardous goods transport services
100	Pipeline transport services
101	Real estate business
102	Clean water (domestic water) trading
103	Architectural services
104	Construction project management consultancy services
105	Construction survey services
106	Construction design and construction design assessment services
107	Construction supervision services
108	Construction services
109	Foreign contractors’ construction activities
110	Construction cost management services
111	Construction inspection services
112	Construction experiment services
113	Apartment building operation and management services
114	Cremation facility management and operation services
115	Construction planning formulation services
116	Trading in white asbestos of the serpentine group
117	Postal services
118	Telecommunications services
119	Digital signature authentication services
120	Publishers' activities
121	Printing services excluding package printing
122	Publication release services
123	Social network services
124	Telecommunications network- and internet-based games
125	Pay radio and television services
126	General news website development services
127	Processing, recycling, repair and refurbishment of used IT products on the list of used IT products banned from import for foreign partners
128	Provision of information and IT services on mobile network or the Internet
129	Domain name registration and maintenance services
130	Data center services
131	Electronic identification and authentication services
132	Network information security products and services
132a	Trading in cybersecurity products and services
133	Imported newspaper distribution services
134	Trading in civil cryptography products and services
135	Trading in mobile phone jammers
136	Operation of pre-school institutions
137	Operation of general education institutions
138	Operation of higher education institutions
139	Operation of foreign-invested educational institutions, representative offices of foreign educational institutions in Vietnam, branches of foreign-invested educational institutions
140	Operation of continuing education institutions
141	Operation of specialized schools
142	Educational cooperation with foreign partners
143	Education accreditation
144	Overseas study consultancy services
145	Fishing.
146	Trading in fishery products
147	Trading in aquaculture feeds and animal feeds
148	Aquaculture feed and animal feed testing services
149	Trading in biological preparations, microorganisms, chemicals, environmental remediation agents serving aquaculture and husbandry
150	Fishing vessel building and modification
151	Fishing vessel registration
152	Training and retraining crew members of fishing vessels
153	Breeding and cultivation of wild flora and fauna prescribed in the CITES Appendices and the List of endangered, precious and rare forest plant and animal species and aquatic species
154	Breeding and raising normal wild animals
155	Import, export, re-export, transit, and introduction from the sea of natural specimens of species prescribed in the CITES appendices and lists of endangered, precious and rare forest plant and animal species and aquatic species
156	Import, export and re-export of bred, reared or artificially propagated specimens of species prescribed in the CITES appendices and lists of endangered, precious and rare forest plant and animal species and aquatic species
157	Processing, trading, transporting, advertising displaying and storing specimens of plant and animal species prescribed in the CITES appendices and lists of endangered, precious and rare forest plant and animal species and aquatic species
158	Trading in agrochemicals
159	Processing of items required to undergo plant quarantine
160	Agrochemical testing services
161	Plant protection services
162	Trading in veterinary drugs, vaccines, biological preparations, microorganisms and chemicals serving veterinary medicine
163	Veterinary technical services
164	Animal testing and surgery services
165	Vaccination, diagnosis, prescription, treatment and healthcare services for animals
166	Veterinary drug testing and experimenting services (including veterinary drugs, aquatic veterinary drugs, vaccines, biological preparations, microorganisms and chemicals serving veterinary medicine and aquaculture veterinary medicine)
167	Farm breeding services
168	Domestic animal and poultry slaughtering services
169	Trading in foods under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
170	Animals and animal product quarantine services
171	Trading in fertilizers
172	Fertilizer testing services
173	Trading in plant varieties and animal breeds
174	Trading in aquatic breeds
175	Plant variety and animal breed testing services
176	Aquatic breed testing services
177	Testing biological preparations, microorganism, chemicals, environmental remediation agents serving aquaculture and husbandry
178	Trading in genetically modified food
179	Medical examination and treatment services
180	Cosmetic surgery services
181	Pharmacy business
182	Cosmetics production
183	Trading in insecticidal and germicidal chemicals and preparations for medical use
184	Trading in medical equipment
185	Industrial property assessment services (comprising assessment of copyright and related rights, assessment of industrial property ownership and assessment of plant variety rights)
186	Radiological work services
187	Atomic energy application ancillary services
188	Conformity assessment services
189	Verification, calibration and testing of measuring instruments and measurement standards
190	Technology assessment, valuation and examination services
191	Intellectual property right representation services (comprising industrial property representation services and plant variety right representation services)
192	Film dissemination services
193	Antiques assessment services
194	Site/monument protection, renovation and restoration project planning, execution, supervision services
195	Karaoke and dance club business
196	Travel services
197	Sports business by sports enterprises and professional sports clubs
198	Art performance, fashion show, beauty contest, model contest services
199	Trading audios and videos of dance, music and stage performances
200	Accommodation services
201	Trading in relics, antiques and national treasures
202	Export of relics, antiques other than those under the ownership of the state, political organizations, socio-political organizations; import of cultural commodities under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
203	Museum services
204	Trading in electronic games (except for prize-winning electronic games for foreigners and online electronic prize-winning electronic games)
205	Land survey and assessment consultancy services
206	Land planning and plan formulation services
207	IT infrastructure and software infrastructure development services for land information systems
208	Land database development services
209	Land pricing services
210	Measurement and mapping services
211	Hydro-meteorological forecasting and warning services
212	Underground water drilling and survey services
213	Water resources extraction services and services of discharge of wastewater into water bodies
214	Services of baseline surveys of, and consultancy on formulation of water resources planning, schemes and reports
215	Mineral exploration services
216	Mineral mining
217	Hazardous waste transport and treatment services
218	Import of scrap
219	Environmental monitoring services
220	Business operation of commercial banks
221	Business operation of non-bank credit institutions
222	Business operation of cooperatives, people's credit funds, microfinance institutions
223	Provision of intermediary payment services and provision of payment services without payment accounts of customers
224	Credit information services
225	Business operation and foreign exchange activities by organizations which are not credit institutions
226	Gold trading
227	Money printing and minting

Note:

- Conditions for making business investment in the business lines mentioned in Clause 2 of this Article are specified in the Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly, Ordinances and Resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Decrees of the Government and international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory. Ministries, ministerial agencies, People’s Councils, People’s Committees at all levels, and other entities must not issue regulations on conditions for making business investment.

- Conditions for making business investment must be appropriate for the reasons of national defense and security, social order and security, social ethics, or public health and be public, transparent, objective and economic in terms of time and costs of compliance by investors.

3. Regulations on business investment conditions in Vietnam

According to Clause 5, Article 7 of the Law on Investment 2020, the regulations on business investment conditions shall contain the following:

- Subjects and scope of the business investment conditions;

- Forms of fulfillment of the business investment conditions;

- Contents of the business investment conditions;

- Documentation and administrative procedures for compliance with the business investment conditions (if any);

- Regulatory agencies and agencies that have the power to handle administrative procedures regarding business investment conditions;

- Effective dates of licenses or certificates or other written confirmation or approval (if any).

4. Business investment conditions in Vietnam

Clause 4, Article 7 of the Law on Investment 2020 stipulates that business investment conditions to be fulfilled are those specified in:

- Licenses;

- Certificates;

- Credentials;

- Written confirmation or written approval;

- Other requirements that must be satisfied by individuals and business organizations to conduct business investment activities without obtaining written confirmation from a competent authority.

The conditional business lines and the corresponding conditions shall be posted on the National Business Registration Portal.

Nhu Mai

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