Chapter III
INCENTIVES AND SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT
Section 1: INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Article 15. Forms and beneficiaries of investment incentives
1. Forms of incentives:
a) Application of a lower rate of corporate income tax for a certain period of time or throughout the project execution; exemption, reduction of corporate income tax;
b) Exemption or reduction of import tax on goods imported as fixed assets; raw materials, supplies, and parts used for the project;
c) Exemption, reduction of land rents, land levy.
2. Beneficiaries of investment incentives:
a) Projects of investment in the business lines given investment incentives specified in Clause 1 Article 16 of this Article;
b) Investment projects in the administrative divisions given investment incentives specified in Clause 2 Article 16 of this Article;
c) Any project in which the capital investment is at least VND 6,000 billion, or at least VND 6,000 billion is disbursed within 03 years from the day on which the Certificate of investment registration or decision on investment policies is issued;
d) Any investment project in a rural area that employ at least 500 workers;
dd) High-tech companies, science and technology companies, and science and technology organizations.
3. Investment incentives shall be given to new investment projects and expansion projects. The level of each type of incentives shall be specified by regulations of law on taxation and land.
4. Regulations in Points b, c, and d Clause 2 of this Article do not apply to mineral extraction projects; projects to manufacture/sale of goods/services subject to special excise tax according to the Law on special excise tax, except for car manufacturing.
Article 16. Business lines and administrative divisions given investment incentives
1. Business lines given investment incentives:
a) High-tech activities, high-tech ancillary products; research and development;
b) Production of new materials, new energy, clean energy, renewable energy; productions of products with at least 30% value added; energy-saving products;
c) Production of key electronic, mechanical products, agricultural machinery, cars, car parts; shipbuilding;
d) Production of ancillary products serving textile and garment industry, leather and footwear industry, and the products in Point c of this Clause;
dd) Production of IT products, software products, digital contents;
e) Cultivation, processing of agriculture products, forestry products, aquaculture products; afforestation and forest protection; salt production; fishing and ancillary fishing services; production of plant varieties, animal breads, and biotechnology products;
g) Collection, treatment, recycling of waste;
h) Investment in development, operation, management of infrastructural works; development of public passenger transportation in urban areas;
i) Preschool education, compulsory education, vocational education;
k) Medical examination and treatment; production of medicines, medicine ingredients, essential medicines, medicines for prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, vaccines, biologicals, herbal medicines, orient medicines; scientific research into preparation technology and/or biotechnology serving creation of new medicines;
l) Investment in sport facilities for the disabled or professional athletes; protection and development of cultural heritage;
m) Investment in geriatric centers, mental health centers, treatment for agent orange patients; care centers for the elderly, the disabled, orphans, street children;
n) People's credit funds, microfinance institutions
2. Administrative divisions given investment incentives:
a) Administrative divisions in disadvantaged area or extremely disadvantaged areas;
b) Industrial parks, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones, economic zones.
3. According to regulations of Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article, the Government shall compile and adjust the List of business lines given investment incentives and the List of administrative divisions given investment incentives.
Article 17. Procedures for investment incentives
1. If the project has been granted a Certificate of investment registration, the registry office shall write the investment incentives, bases, and conditions for provision of investment incentives on the Certificate of investment registration.
2. If a Certificate of investment registration is not required, the investor shall be given investment incentives if the conditions for investment incentives are satisfied without having to apply for a certificate of investment. In this case, the investor shall determine the investment incentives and follow procedures for investment incentives at the tax authority, finance authority, or customs authority according to the conditions for investment incentives in Article 15 and Article 16 of this Law.
Article 18. Expansion of investment incentives
The government shall request the National Assembly to decide provision of investment incentives other than those in this Law and other laws when the development of some especially important field or administrative - economic units is necessary.
Section 2: INVESTMENT SUPPORT
Article 19. Forms of investment support
1. Forms of investment support:
a) Support for development of technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, and beyond the perimeter of the project;
b) Support for training and development of human resources;
c) Credit support;
d) Support for access to business premises; support for relocation of manufacturing facilities from urban areas;
dd) Support for scientific & technological research, technology transfers;
e) Support for market development, information provision;
g) Support for research and development.
2. The Government shall specify the form investment support in Clause 1 of this Article which is provided for medium and small companies, high-tech companies, science and technology companies, and science and technology organizations, companies investing in agriculture and rural areas, companies investing in education, dissemination of laws, and other beneficiaries in conformity with socio-economic development in each period.
Article 20. Support for development of infrastructure of industrial parks, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones, economic zones
1. Pursuant to the approved master plan for development of industrial parks, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones, economic zones, ministers, ministerial agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces shall make development investment plans and organize the construction of technical infrastructure, social infrastructure beyond industrial parks, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones, and specialized sectors of economic zones.
2. The State shall provide support for part of the capital investment in development from the state budget and concessional loan capital in order to synchronously develop the technical infrastructure, social infrastructure within and beyond the perimeter of industrial parks in disadvantaged areas or extremely disadvantaged areas.
3. The State shall provide support for part of the capital investment in development from the state budget, concessional loan capital, and employ other capital mobilization methods to develop the technical infrastructure, social infrastructure in economic zone and hi-tech zones.
Article 21. Development of housing, public facilities and amenities for workers in industrial parks, hi-tech zones, and economic zones
1. Pursuant to the master plan for development of industrial parks, hi-tech zones, and economic zones approved by competent authorities, the People’s Committees of provinces shall make planning and prepare land for development of housing, public facilities and amenities for workers in industrial parks, hi-tech zones, and economic zones.
2. If there are difficulties in provision of land for development of housing, public facilities and amenities for workers in industrial parks, hi-tech zones, and economic zones, competent authorities shall adjust industrial park planning in order to use part of the land area for development of housing, public facilities and amenities.
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