Effective from 15 May 2026, pursuant to Decision No. 1165/QD-BTC issued by the Ministry of Finance, six (6) new administrative procedures in the field of investment have been promulgated, twenty-three (23) administrative procedures have been amended and supplemented, and ten (10) administrative procedures have been officially abolished.

I. Legal basis

• Decision No. 1165/QD-BTC of 2026
• Law on Investment 2025

II. Abolition of 10 administrative procedures in the field of investment in Viet Nam

Pursuant to Decision No. 1165/QD-BTC, the Ministry of Finance has announced the newly promulgated, amended, supplemented, and abolished administrative procedures in the field of investment in Viet Nam in accordance with the Law on Investment No. 143/2025/QH15, Decree No. 96/2026/ND-CP dated 31 March 2026 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Investment, and Circular No. 55/2026/TT-BTC dated 15 May 2026 of the Minister of Finance prescribing standard forms of documents and reports relating to investment activities in Viet Nam and investment promotion within the scope of the Ministry of Finance’s state management.

The abolished administrative procedures include: adjustment of the operational objectives of investment projects implemented under the special investment procedure; issuance of Investment Registration Certificates for projects not subject to investment policy approval by the Management Board; adjustment of investment projects that have been granted an Investment Registration Certificate and are not subject to investment policy approval; re-issuance or correction of Investment Registration Certificates; and replacement of Investment Registration Certificates.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance has abolished the administrative procedures relating to investment activities in the form of capital contribution and acquisition of capital contributions by foreign investors, as handled by the Management Board; suspension of investment projects subject to the investment policy approval authority of the provincial-level People’s Committee or the Management Board; termination of investment projects; and establishment or termination of the operation of executive offices of foreign investors under BCC contracts.

Details of the 10 administrative procedures abolished:

III. Principles for the implementation of investment projects

Pursuant to Article 29 of the Law on Investment 2025, the principles for the implementation of investment projects are as follows:

• For investment projects subject to investment policy approval, such approval must be obtained before the investor implements the investment project.
• For investment projects subject to the issuance of an Investment Registration Certificate, the investor is responsible for completing the procedures for obtaining the Investment Registration Certificate before implementing the investment project.
• The investor is responsible for complying with the provisions of this Law, the laws on planning, land, environmental protection, construction, labour, and fire prevention and fighting, other relevant laws, the investment policy approval decision (if any), and the Investment Registration Certificate (if any) throughout the implementation of the investment project.

IV. Security for the implementation of investment projects

Pursuant to Article 30 of the Law on Investment 2025, the security for the implementation of investment projects is provided as follows:

The investor shall make a security deposit or obtain a bank guarantee for the security deposit obligation to secure the implementation of an investment project that requests the State to allocate land, lease land, or permit a change in land use purpose, except in the following cases:

• The investor that wins the auction for land use rights;
• The investor that is selected through bidding to implement an investment project involving the use of land;
• The investor that is allocated or leased land by the State on the basis of acquiring the transfer of an investment project for which the security deposit has already been made or the capital contribution and capital mobilization have been completed in accordance with the schedule specified in the investment policy approval decision or the Investment Registration Certificate.
• The investor that is allocated or leased land by the State, or permitted to change the land use purpose (if any), for the implementation of an investment project on the basis of acquiring the transfer of land use rights and assets attached to land from another land user;
• The investor that wins the auction for mineral exploitation rights.

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