What are included in list of conditional business lines in Vietnam?

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Question date: 24/09/2022

What are included in list of conditional business lines in Vietnam? Is spirit trading a conditional business line in Vietnam?

    • The list of conditional business lines in Vietnam

      Pursuant to Appendix IV of the Law on Investment in 2020 stipulating as follows:

      LIST OF CONDITIONAL BUSINESS LINES

      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

      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

      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 release and distribution 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

      Is spirit trading a conditional business line in Vietnam?

      Pursuant to No.46 of the Appendix IV of the Law on Investment in 2020 stipulating that spirit trading is a conditional business line in Vietnam.

      Above are information about conditional business lines in Vietnam in accordance with the current regulations.

      Best regards!

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