Purpose

To manage investment activities

Who should apply

Domestic investors and foreign investors carrying out investment activities within the territory of Vietnam

Where to apply

Department of Planning and Investment:
Investment projects outside industrial zones, export processing zones, high-tech zones and economic zones;
Investment projects for development of infrastructure facilities in industrial zones, export processing zones, high-tech zones and economic zones in localities, which have not yet established a management committee.
Management Committees of industrial zones, export processing zones, high-tech zones and economic zones:
Investment projects in industrial zones, export processing zones, high-tech zones and economic zones;
Investment projects for development of infrastructure facilities in industrial zones, export processing zones, high-tech zones and economic zones.

Application conditions and documents

Domestic invested projects:
Investor shall not be required to carry out procedures for investment registration of projects which have invested capital below VND fifteen (15) billion and are not in sectors in which investment is subject to conditions. Please see the linked document for sectors subject to conditions.
Domestic investors must carry out procedures for investment registration in the case of domestic investment projects which have invested capital of between VND fifteen (15) billion and less than VND three hundred (300) billion and are not in sectors in which investment is subject to conditions. The applications shall include documents showing:
Legal status of the investor;
Objectives, sale and location for implementation of the investment project;
Invested capital, project implementation schedule;
Land use requirements and undertakings on environmental protection;
Proposal for investment incentives (if any)
Foreign invested projects:
Investment registration form;
Business co-operation contract if the investment form is a business co-operation contract;
Report on financial capability of the investor (which the investor shall prepare and be liable for).
Investment projects having invested capital of VND three hundred (300) billion and more and that are not in sectors in which investment is subject to conditions, applications shall include the following documents:
Written request for issuance of investment certificate on the stipulated form;
Document certifying the legal status of the investor;
Report on financial ability of the investor;
Economic-technical explanatory statement, comprising the following main items: objectives, scale, location of investment, invested capital, schedule for implementation of the project, land use requirements, and technological and environmental solutions;
Business co-operation contract, if the investment form is a business co-operation contract.
Investment projects that are in sectors in which the investment is subject to conditions, applications shall include documents showing:
Explanatory statement on ability to satisfy conditions which the investment project must comply with
The above application documents applied in different cases.

The process

Investors submit the application documents to the Department of Planning and Investment, or to the Management Committees of the industrial zones, export processing zones, whichever, their case requires

How long it will take to process the application?

Within 30 working days, from the date of the receipt of the application documents, the investment certificate issuing body shall check the validity of the application file and issue the investment certificat