List of State monopoly goods and services in Vietnam

Decree 94/2017 of the Government provides a list of goods and services, which are subject to State monopoly. In other words, enterprises from private sectors including foreign-invested enterprises are not allowed to provide these goods and services in Vietnam unless they are appointed by the State authority to do so.

Under Decree 94/2017, the State will contemplate a goods or service to be State monopoly services only when there are no other investors who are interested in and capable to provide such goods and services. The list of State monopoly goods and services includes, among other things:

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Investment Registration Certificates for Establishing a Branch of a Foreign Entity in Vietnam

Technically, except for branches in the banking, insurance, securities and oil and gas sectors, the Investment Law 2014 will apply to the establishment of a branch in Vietnam by a foreign entity. This is because:

  • under the Commercial Law 2005, a foreign business entity’s branch, a part of a foreign business entity in Vietnam, is established in Vietnam and conducts commercial activities in accordance with Vietnamese laws;
  • a Vietnamese branch of a foreign business is a form of economic entity as defined in Investment Law 2014; and
  • the investment procedures under Investment Law 2014 will apply to the establishment of economic entities in all sectors, excluding securities, credit institution, insurance business, and petroleum laws.
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COOPERATION MECHANISM IN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR INVESTMENT AND ENTERPRISE REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN INVESTORS IN VIETNAM

Circular 2/2017 taking effect from 15 June 2017 regulates the cooperation mechanism in processing applications for investment registration and enterprise registration of foreign investors (cooperation mechanism). Under the cooperation, a foreign investor submits its applications for investment registration and enterprise registration and receives its registration certificates at applicable Department of Planning and Investment (DPI). Therefore, the procedure of investment registration and enterprise registration under the cooperation mechanism may reduce significantly the licensing workload of foreign investors compared to the original separate procedures of investment registration and enterprise registration  (separate procedure).

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Classification of non-performing loans in Vietnam

A foreign investor interested in investing in non-performing loans (NPL) in Vietnam should at first know which type of NPL exists in Vietnam. Depending on the types of the existing lenders, NPLs can be classified into:

  • NPLs held by onshore credit institutions (Bank NPL). A foreign entity may acquire and transfer Bank Loans in general. The legal framework for investing in Bank NPLs is most advanced. There are separate regulations of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on transfer of bank loans and there has just been a special resolution of the National Assembly dealing with Bank NPLs incurred before 15 August 2017 (NPL Resolution). In theory, a Bank Loan transferred to a foreign entity could be considered as a foreign loan and be subject to foreign loan regulations. However, the SBV has indicated that a Bank NPL sold to a foreign entity is not regarded as a foreign loan;
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