​           On June 29, 2023, the Minister of Finance of Vietnam promulgated Circular No. 44/2023/TT-BTC on fees and charges to support the people and enterprises.

Accordingly, from July 1, 2023 to the end of December 31, 2023, 36 kinds of fees and charges will be gradually reduced by 10% - 50% to support the people and enterprises. Such as:

- Fees for utilization and use of environmental data.

- Fees for licensing the establishment and operation of banks; Fees for licensing the establishment and operation of non-bank credit institutions.

- Fees for issuance of certificates of construction capacity to organizations; Fees for issuance of construction practicing certificates to individuals.

- Fees for appraisal of construction investment projects.

- Fees for appraisal of technical designs (fees for appraisal of construction designs to be implemented after base designs);  Fees for appraisal of construction estimates;

-  Fees for appraisal of the issuance of international travel business licenses and domestic travel business licenses;  Fees for appraisal of the issuance of tour guide cards.

- Fees for utilization and use of water resources collected by central agencies.

- Fees for utilization and use of information and data on hydrometeorology.

- Fees and charges in the securities sector (excluding the 2 fees and charges prescribed in Point b and Point c below); Fees for issuance, conversion, and re-issuance of securities practicing certificates to individuals engaging in securities practice at securities enterprises, securities investment fund management enterprises, and securities investment enterprises; Fees for supervision of securities operations;

- Fees for appraisal of contents of non-business documentation to license the publication; Fees for licensing the import and export of non-business publications; Fees for registration for import and export of publications for business purposes.

- Fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services subject to restricted trading; fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services of conditional business lines in the field of commerce for business entities that are organizations and enterprises; fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services of conditional business lines in the field of commerce for business entities that are household businesses and individual businesses…;  Fees for licensing the establishment of Mercantile Exchange Departments;

- Fees for registration (verification) for the use of foreign barcode codes;

- Fees for industrial property ownership.

- Fees for registration for secured transactions; Fees for provision of information on transactions secured by movable assets (except aircraft) and maritime vessels.

- Fees for appraisal of business conditions for technical inspection of occupational safety; safety training and occupational hygiene;

- Fees for licenses the provision of Vietnamese guest worker services; Fees for verification of documents and papers requested by domestic organizations and individuals.

- Fees for issuance of protection titles, certificates of industrial property ownership transfer registration.

- Fees for issuance of passports, laissez-passers, exit licenses, and AB stamps.

- Fees for inspection of firefighting and fire prevention equipment.

- Fees for appraisal and approval of fire safety designs.

- Fees in food safety.

- Fees for appraisal of conditional business lines in terms of food and environmental remediation products in aquaculture.

From January 1, 2024, the collection of the fees mentioned above shall be in compliance with original Circulars or amendment or replacement Circulars (if any).

This Circular is effective from July 1, 2023 until the end of December 31, 2023.

For details:TT 44-2023-BTC.pdf

Department of Enterprise Management.