The new policy takes effect from August 2026
Many new policies related to investor selection, duty-free business, sanctioning land violations, livestock farming and transportation activities will take effect in August 2026.
Many new policies take effect in August.
Incentives for investors to apply high technology and green technology Business effective from August 21, 2026.
One of the notable contents is the preferential policy during the bid evaluation process. Accordingly, investors applying high technology or green technology will enjoy a 5% incentive; Investors who commit to technology transfer will enjoy a 2% incentive.
The Decree also standardizes costs in the investor selection process. The cost of preparing bidding documents is determined at 0.05% of total investment capital but not exceeding 200 million VND; Document evaluation costs are equal to 0.03% of total investment capital but do not exceed 200 million VND.
The maximum cost of resolving the petition is 200 million VND. For international bidding, the selling price of the electronic version of the bidding documents must not exceed 30 million VND.
New regulations are expected to create clearer advantages for projects using advanced technology, saving resources and reducing environmental impact.
Buying duty-free goods without having to present some paper documents electronic in buyer verification.
Accordingly, if the buyer's information has been connected and shared from the National Population Database or specialised databases, the buyer does not have to present paper copies of the documents containing the corresponding information.
Regulations apply to people leaving, in transit, and entering the country; passengers on international flights; Persons entitled to privileges and immunities and seafarers working on ships traveling on international routes.
Compared to previous regulations, electronic data mining helps simplify tax-free purchase procedures, while reducing time spent checking and comparing documents at stores.
Increasing the authority to sanction land violations at the commune level August 31, 2026.
The Decree stipulates that all illegal profits obtained from illegal land use must be paid into the state budget. If multiple parties violate the same plot of land, the financial obligations are divided equally between the parties; Amounts paid into the previous budget are considered for deduction.
Notably, the sanctioning authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee of communes, wards and special zones has been raised to a maximum of 250 million VND, a sharp increase compared to the previous level of 5 million VND.
The Chairman of the Commune People's Committee also has the right to suspend consulting service activities in the land sector for a maximum period of three months. This is the authority that previously belonged to the Chairman of the District and Provincial People's Committees.
Stronger decentralization of power to the commune level aims to shorten the process of handling violations, but at the same time places higher requirements on enforcement capacity, power control and consistency when applying local law.
Tightening penalties for violations in the field of livestock production force.
The maximum fine is set at 100 million VND for individuals and 200 million VND for organisations.
For violations related to production, business, import and export of livestock breeds, animal feed and livestock waste treatment products, the statute of limitations for sanctions can be extended to two years.
In addition to fines, violating organisations may be stripped of their license, suspended from operations, forced to recall, recycle or destroy unsatisfactory products. All illegal profits arising from the violation must also be returned.
Decree 211/2026/ND-CP on sanctioning administrative violations in the livestock sector officially takes effect.
Expanding the legal framework for financial leasing activities
Circular 31/2026/TT-NHNN of the State Bank, effective from August 15, 2026, supplementing regulations on leasing activities Finance of general finance companies and financial leasing companies.
The new legal framework brings 'property rights' such as software, data, mining rights and intellectual property into the category of financial leasing assets.
At the same time, the document defines the financial leasing mechanism by electronic means, stipulating rental packages worth less than 400 million VND with a simplified appraisal process, helping businesses easily access medium and long-term capital to innovate technology and machinery.
This policy promises to promote the development of the financial leasing market, supporting the optimization of working capital flows and fixed assets for businesses in the digital economy.
Encourage digital citizenship with policies on exemption and reduction of fees and charges The resolution is effective from August 15, 2026 to February 28, 2027.
According to Article 3 of the resolution, Vietnamese citizens with level 2 electronic identification accounts can enjoy incentive policies such as exemption or reduction of fees and charges when performing some administrative procedures.
Applicable procedures include issuing driver's licenses, renewing identification cards, registering ownership and use rights of assets and some registration fee obligations.
However, having a level 2 VNeID account is one of the conditions to enjoy incentives. Besides, 5 types of basic information and documents have been integrated on the VNeID application including: birth certificate; banking/e-wallet information; social security account; mobile subscriber number; electronic health book.
This regulation aims to optimize the use of electronic data, helping people save costs and time when performing common or high-value transactions.
The resolution also identifies October 15 every year as Vietnam's Digital Citizens Day, thereby creating another milestone in promoting the universalization of digital skills and habits in society.
Failure to use child safety equipment in the car is warned August 15, 2026.
Accordingly, drivers of cars carrying children under 10 years old and under 1.35 m in height but not using appropriate safety equipment will be given a warning. This regulation does not apply to cars used for passenger transport business.
However, the act of letting children in the above group sit in the same row as the driver, except for cars with only one row of seats, is still subject to a fine from 800,000 VND to 1 million VND.
Child safety equipment includes child restraint systems and enhanced child restraint systems that meet technical regulations. The product must clearly display weight or height limits, installation direction and safety warnings.
Additional data sharing requirements for contract vehicles
Decree 218/2026/ND-CP amending regulations on road transport activities effective from date August 10, 2026.
Decree adding responsibility for connecting and sharing passenger transport contract data of contract transport business units.
However, the obligation to share data before each trip with the Ministry of Public Security only begins to apply from January 1, 2028. This data is used for patrolling, control and sharing with relevant state management agencies.
Thus, the decree takes effect in August 2026, but transport businesses still have time to prepare technical systems before the data sharing obligation is officially implemented.
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