Official: Announcement of 243 conditional business lines in Vietnam

No.

Conditional business lines

1.

Manufacture of seals

2.

Sale ( and repair) of combat gear

3.

Sale of fireworks other than firecrackers

4.

Sale of camouflaged software and equipment used for audio and video recording and positioning;

5.

Paintball gun business

6.

Sale of military equipment and military goods for the use of the armed forces, military weapons, specialized military equipment and vehicles for the use of the army and police; special military components, accessories, materials and equipment and military engineering

7.

Pawning services

8.

Massage services

9.

Sale emergency signaling devices

10.

Debt collection services

11.

Security services

12.

Fire safety services

13.

Lawyer’s practice

14.

Notary’s practice

15.

Judicial assessment in the fields of finance, banking, construction, antiques, relics, copyrights

16.

Auctioneering services

17.

Commercial arbitration services

18.

Bailiff’s practice

19.

Liquidation  and safeguarding of assets of enterprises and cooperatives in the pending time of bankruptcy

20.

Accounting services

21.

Auditing services

22.

Tax agent services

23.

Customs brokerage services

24.

Sale of duty-free goods

25.

Bonded warehouse and container freight station business

26.

Premises for conducting customs procedures, customs gathering, inspection and supervision for rent.

27.

Securities trading

28.

Securities registration, depository, offsetting, and liquidation services by Vietnam Securities Depository/organizations trading in listed securities and other securities.

29.

Insurance business

30.

Reinsurance business

31.

Insurance brokerage

32.

Insurance agents

33.

Property assessment service

34.

Lottery business

35.

Casino video games for foreigners

36.

Debt trade services

37.

Ratings services

38.

Casino business

39.

Betting business

40.

Voluntary pension fund management services

41.

Oil and gas business

42.

Gas trading

43.

Manufacture and repair of liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG) bottles

44.

Commercial assessment services

45.

Sale and destruction of industrial explosives

46.

Sale of explosive precursors

47.

Industrial explosives and explosive precursors –based business

48.

Blasting services

49.

Sale of chemicals other than prohibited chemicals stipulated in the International Convention on prohibition of development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons on their destruction

50.

Alcohol business

51.

Sale of tobacco, cigarette, machinery and equipment for tobacco industries

52.

Sale of foods under the administration of the Ministry of Industry and Trade

53.

Commodity exchange operation

54.

Electricity generation, transmission, distribution, wholesale, retail, import, export and consultancy

55.

Rice export

56.

Temporary import and re-export of goods subjected to special excise duty

57.

Temporary import and export frozen foods

58.

Temporary import and re-export of goods on the List of used goods

59.

Franchising

60.

Logistics services

61.

Sale of minerals

62.

Sale of industrial precursors

63.

Commodity trading and business activities directly related to commodity trading by foreign investors and foreign-invested business entities

64.

 Multi-level marketing business

65.

E-commerce business

66.

Petroleum business

67.

Energy audit

68.

Vocational training

69.

Assessment of the quality of vocational education

70.

Occupational skill assessment services

71.

Occupational safety inspection services

72.

Occupational safety and health training

73.

employment agencies

74.

Overseas employment services

75.

Voluntary drug detoxification services

76.

Outsourcing

77.

Road transport services

78.

Automobile maintenance

79.

 Manufacture, assembly and import of automobiles

80.

Motor vehicles inspection services

81.

Driver training services

82.

Traffic safety inspector training services

83.

Driving test services

84.

Traffic safety inspection services

85.

Waterway transport services

86.

Building, repair and renovation of watercraft

87.

Inland watercraft crewmen and operator training services

88.

Training, recruitment and supply of marine crews

89.

Maritime safety services

90.

Shipping services and shipping agencies

91.

Towage services

92.

Import and demolition of used ships

93.

Building, renovation and repair of ships

94.

Seaport operation business

95.

Air transport business

96.

Design, manufacture, maintenance and testing of aircrafts, their engines, propellers, avionics and equipment thereof in Vietnam

97.

Airport operation business

98.

Aviation service at airports

99.

Air navigation services

100.

Flight crew training services

101.

Rail transport business

102.

Rail infrastructure business

103.

Urban railway business

104.

Multimodal transport

105.

Transport of dangerous goods

106.

Pipeline transport business

107.

Real estate business

108.

Provision of training in real estate brokerage and property exchange operation

109.

Provision of training in apartment building operation.

110.

Construction management consulting services

111.

Construction surveying services

112.

(Construction) design and assessment services

113.

Construction supervision services

114.

Construction services

115.

Construction activities by foreign contractors

116.

Construction cost management services

117.

Construction quality assessment services

118.

Construction experiment services

119.

Apartment building operation services

120.

Cremation facility operation services

121.

Construction planning  services

122.

Urban planning consulting services provided by foreign entities

123.

Sale of white asbestos of Serpentine group

124.

Postal services

125.

Telecommunications services

126.

Certification of digital signatures

127.

Publishing

128.

Printing services, except for printing of package

129.

Publication services

130.

Social networking services

131.

Online  game business

132.

Paid radio and television services

133.

News website development services

134.

Processing, recycling, repair and renovation of used IT products of foreign owners which are on the List of used IT products banned from import

135.

Provision of information via telecommunications and internets

136.

".vn"  domain name registration and maintenance services

137.

Cybersecurity products and services

138.

Civil cryptography services and products

139.

Sale of potable jamming devices

140.

Preschool education business

141.

Secondary school education business

142.

Higher education business

143.

Operation of foreign-invested education institutions, representative offices of foreign education institutions in Vietnam and branches of foreign-invested education institutions

144.

Continuing education business

145.

Operation of special schools

146.

Association in education with foreign countries

147.

Education quality assessment

148.

Overseas study consulting services

149.

Fishing

150.

Sale of aquatic products

151.

Sale of aquatic feed and animal feeds

152.

Animal feed and aquatic feed testing services

153.

Sale of biological preparations, microorganism, chemicals and environmental remediation agents used for aquaculture

154.

Building and renovation of fishing vessels

155.

Breeding, raising, artificial propagation of wild animals and plants according to CITES Appendix

156.

Breeding, raising, artificial propagation of  wild, endangered and rare animals and plants according to CITES Appendix

157.

Breeding and raising of normal wild animals

158.

Export, import, re-export, transit and introduction of marine specimens stipulated in CITES Appendix

159.

Export, import and re-export of specimens bred, raised and artificially propagated according to CITES Appendix

160.

Sale of forest animals and plants restricted from use for commercial purposes

161.

Sale of plant protection products

162.

Processing of items subjected to undergo plant quarantine

163.

Pesticide testing services

164.

Plant protection services

165.

Sale of veterinary medicines, vaccines, biological preparations, microorganisms and chemicals used in veterinary medicine

166.

Veterinary technical services

167.

Animal testing and surgery

168.

Provision of vaccination, diagnosis, prescription, treatment and healthcare services for animals

169.

Veterinary medicine testing and assay  ( including veterinary medicines, aquatic veterinary medicines, biological preparations, microorganisms and chemicals used for veterinary medicines, aquatic veterinary medicines)

170.

Concentrated husbandry

171.

Slaughtering

172.

Sale of foods under the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

173.

Animals and animal product quarantine services

174.

Sale of fertilizers

175.

Fertilizer testing services

176.

Sale of plant varieties and animal breeds

177.

Sale of aquatic breeds

178.

Testing of plant varieties and animal breeds

179.

Aquatic breed testing services

180.

Testing and assay of biological preparations, microorganism, chemicals and environmental remediation agents used for aquaculture

181.

Sale of genetically modified products

182.

Medical treatment and examination

183.

HIV testing services

184.

Tissue banking services

185.

Reproduction assistance, sperm and embryo cryopreservation

186.

Testing of microorganisms causing infectious diseases

187.

Vaccination

188.

Opioid substitution therapy

189.

Plastic surgery

190.

Surrogacy service

191.

Pharmaceutical business

192.

Cosmetics production

193.

Sale of chemicals, pesticides, germicides for the use in medical appliances

194.

Sale of foods under the administration of the Ministry of Health

195.

Sale of medical equipment

196.

Medical equipment classification services

197.

Medical equipment testing services

198.

Appraisal of intellectual property (including appraisal of the copyrights  and others relevant, appraisal of industrial properties and plant breeder’s rights)

199.

Radiological services

200.

Assistance in application of atomic energy

201.

Assessment of conformity

202.

Testing, calibration and inspection of measuring instruments and measurement standards

203.

Manufacture of biker helmets

204.

Technology assessment and evaluation services

205.

Intellectual property presentation services

206.

Film production and distribution

207.

Antique appraisal services

208.

Development of project planning, construction, project supervision, maintenance, renovation and restoration of relics

209.

Karaoke and nightclub business

210.

Travel services

211.

Sport business and professional sport clubs

212.

Business involving art and fashion shows, model contests and beauty pageants

213.

Sale of art performance video and audio recording

214.

Accommodation services

215.

Advertising

216.

Trading in national relics, antiques and treasures

217.

Export of relics and antiques other than those under the ownerships of the Government, political organizations and political-social organizations; import of cultural products under the administration of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

218.

Museum services

219.

Video game business (other than casino video games for foreigners and online casino video games )

220.

Land assessment and survey consulting services

221.

Land use planning services

222.

Information technology infrastructure and land information software system development services

223.

Land database development services

224.

Land pricing services

225.

Geodesic and cartographic services

226.

Meteorological and hydrological forecasting services

227.

Groundwater drilling and exploration services

228.

Extraction and use of water resources, discharge of wastewater into water sources

229.

Basic survey and consulting services for preparation of water resource planning, schemes and reports

230.

Mineral exploration

231.

Mineral extraction

232.

Transport and treatment of hazardous wastes

233.

Import of scraps

234.

Environmental monitoring services

235.

Sale of biological preparations from waste treatment

236.

Commercial bank business operations

237.

Non-credit institution business operations

238.

Business operations of cooperatives, people's credit funds and microfinance institutions

239.

Payment intermediary services

240.

Credit information services

241.

Foreign exchange activities by non-credit institutions

242.

Gold trading

243.

Money printing and minting