11/06/2021
[LEGAL UPDATE] THE NEW POINTS OF THE LAW ON INVESTMENT 2020
On June 17, 2020, the National Assembly officially adopted the 2020 Investment Law to replace the 2014 Investment Law and will take effect on January 1, 2021.
1. Definition of business investment
The Law on Investment 2020 changes the concept of “Business investment”, specifically Clause 8, Article 3 “Business investment” is defined as capital investment to do business by an investor.1
2. Relationship between Law on investment and related laws
The Law on Investment 2020 additionally provides for Point d, Clause 3, Article 4, which stipulates the applicable cases under the Construction Law, the Housing Law and the Law on Real Estate Business in case there is a conflict between the Law on Investment and laws.2
3. For banned business lines
The Law on Investment 2020 officially adds “Provision of debt collection services ” to the list of prohibited business investment activities prescribed in Article 6 of the Law on Investment.3
4. Lines of business investment with conditions4
❖ Repealing
The Law on Investment 2020 has abolished many conditional business investment sectors in the service industry5 and other industries such as franchising, waste treatment, production and repair of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, medical services6 according to the Appendix IV of the Law on Investment 2020.
The abolition some lines of business investment with conditions in the Law on Investment 2014 aims at improving the regulation of investment business lines with conditions while cutting some unnecessary, illegal and unreasonable lines to continue to ensure the full and consistent implementation of the right to business freedom of people and enterprises in the industries not banned or conditionally required by the Law.
❖ Amending
This law also amended lines of service industries and some other groups of industries such as brokerage, trading, agriculture, import-export, transportation, construction, and domain names.7
❖ Addition
In addition, the new Law also adds a number of industries in groups service lines, water, registry of fishing vessels, training and retraining of fishing vessel crew members,…8 in Appendix IV of the Law on Investment 2020.
5. Business lines eligible for investment incentives
Compared with the provisions of the Law on Investment 2014, the Law on Investment 2020 added some lines, such as higher education, manufacturing of products, goods, equipment, service providers, drug storage, production in the list of industrial products supported to prioritize for development prescribed in Clause 1, Article 16 of the Law on Investment 2020.9
6. Entities eligible for investment incentives
Accordance with Article 15 of the Investment Law in 202010 added some objects are updated preferential matching perspective, orientation, development policies of sectors and geographical areas of the Party and State.
7. Guarantee for ex*****on of investment projects not required
The Law on Investment 2020 has added 4 cases not guaranteeing for ex*****on of investment projects for groups of investors winning the auction of land use rights; the investor wins the bid to execute an investment project using land and the investor is assigned a specific land by the State in accordance with Article 43 of the Investment Law 202011
8. Investment conditions for foreign investors
The Investment Law of 2020 will issue a list of industries that are restricted to foreign investors, namely: The list of industries that have not yet accessed the market.12
9. Investment activities of foreign-invested economic organizations
Provisions on changes in charter capital holding rates of foreign investors in economic organizations conducting investment activities.13
10. Contributing capital, buying shares, buying capital contributions
Supplementing regulations and conditions when foreign investors contribute capital, buy shares, buy capital contributions of economic organizations14
11. Investor selection
The Law on Investment 2020 has added a new provision regulating the selection of investors to implement investment projects through auctions of land use rights, bidding and approving the specific provisions in Clause 1, Article 29 of the 2020 Investment Law.15
12. Adjustment of investment projects
In the Law on Investment 2020, there is a clear concept and more specific guidance on the case that an investor can adjust an investment project as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Investment 202016 . For an adjustment to the implementation schedule of an investment project, this Law only limits the time for progress adjustment to no more than 24 months compared to the implementation schedule of an investment project approved for the first time for the first project. Investment approves the investment policy, at the same time supplementing the cases in which adjustments to investment projects are not permitted under Clause 4, Article 41 of the Investment Law 2020.17
13. Term of investment project activities
The completely new supplement that the Law on Investment 2014 is not specified is as the expiration operational investment projects shall be considered to extend the time limit for the operation of investment projects provided for in Clause 4 of Article 44 Law investment 2020.18
14. Termination of investment projects
Supplementing the cases in which the investor may terminate or partially terminate an investment project as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 48 of the 2020 Investment Law.19
15. Investment Procedures
Specifying the cases in which the procedures for registration of capital contribution, share purchase, capital contributions purchase of economic organizations must be followed, supplementing the case of capital contribution, share purchase, or capital contribution purchase of business organizations having a land use right certificate in border islands, communes, wards or towns; coastal communes, wards and towns; other areas that affect national defense and security.20
16. New point about the place to file investment project dossiers
Changing of the filing place for investment projects subject to investment policy approval competence of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister.21
17. Conditions for the grant of investment registration certificates, for investment projects that are not subject to investment policy approval
Supplementing conditions for investment projects that are not subject to investment policy approval22
18. Supplementing business lines banned from outward investment and business lines subject to conditional outward investment
Promulgating new regulations on business lines banned from outward investment and business lines subject to conditional outward investment.
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