{"id":14981,"date":"2026-05-28T16:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/?p=14981"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:53:02","slug":"reduction-of-conditional-business-lines-effective-from-july-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/en\/reduction-of-conditional-business-lines-effective-from-july-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduction of Conditional Business Lines Effective From July 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Resolution No. 66.17\/2026\/NQ-CP stipulates the<strong> reduction and adjustment of conditional business investment lines<\/strong> in order to optimize the state management framework. The document focuses on eliminating non-essential business barriers and replacing the pre-inspection method with <strong>post-inspection based on specific technical standards<\/strong>. The Government assigns tasks to relevant Ministries and agencies to review and synchronize the list of business lines to ensure <strong>transparency and efficiency<\/strong> in law enforcement. Attached to the resolution is a detailed list of <strong>142 typical sectors<\/strong> subject to adjustment, ranging from finance and education to healthcare and industry. This new regulation is expected to take effect from <strong>July 1, 2026<\/strong>, marking a significant step forward in administrative procedure reform in Vietnam.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14989\" style=\"width: 531px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14989\" src=\"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-531x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-531x400.jpg 531w, https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-1061x800.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pexels-georgetan-35009698-1-2048x1544.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: pexels-georgetan-35009698<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #a32411;color:#a32411\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #a32411;color:#a32411\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/en\/reduction-of-conditional-business-lines-effective-from-july-1-2026\/#1_Main_principles_for_cutting_and_amending_conditional_business_investment_lines\" >1. Main principles for cutting and amending conditional business investment lines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/en\/reduction-of-conditional-business-lines-effective-from-july-1-2026\/#2_Main_groups_of_business_lines_included_in_the_list_attached_to_the_Resolution\" >2. Main groups of business lines included in the list attached to the Resolution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/cdlaf.vn\/en\/reduction-of-conditional-business-lines-effective-from-july-1-2026\/#3_How_will_the_post-inspection_method_be_implemented\" >3. How will the post-inspection method be implemented?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Main_principles_for_cutting_and_amending_conditional_business_investment_lines\"><\/span>1. Main principles for cutting and amending conditional business investment lines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to Article 2 of Resolution No. 66.17\/2026\/NQ-CP, there are 03 main principles for cutting and amending conditional business investment lines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Not truly necessary for core interests:<\/strong> Removing business lines that are not truly necessary to be subject to conditional regulation for reasons of national defense, national security, social order and safety, social morality, or community health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transitioning to a post-inspection mechanism:<\/strong> Cutting lines that state agencies can manage through technical standards, regulations, or occupational standards to manage through post-inspection mechanisms instead of requiring pre-business conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unclear, overlapping, or unfeasible conditions: <\/strong>Cutting and amending lines that have unclear business investment conditions, are similar in nature, or have already been controlled through other management activities. Concurrently, this principle also applies to lines for which specific conditions have not been issued since their enactment, or which currently no longer regulate business conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Main_groups_of_business_lines_included_in_the_list_attached_to_the_Resolution\"><\/span>2. Main groups of business lines included in the list attached to the Resolution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Based on the List attached to Resolution No. 66.17\/2026\/NQ-CP, there are a total of 142 conditional business investment lines. These business lines can be summarized into the following main sector groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National defense, security, and social order and safety Group:<\/strong> Including seal production, trading in supporting tools, fireworks (excluding firecrackers), camouflage equipment, pawnbroking services, massage services, and security services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judicial support and professional services group:<\/strong> Legal practice, notary services, judicial expertise, auditing, and price appraisal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finance, banking, securities, and insurance group:<\/strong> Securities business, insurance, lottery, prize-winning games (casinos, betting), operations of commercial banks\/credit institutions, payment intermediary services, and gold trading.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry, trade, and energy group:<\/strong> Trading in petroleum, industrial explosives, chemicals, tobacco, electricity activities, rice export, multi-level marketing, e-commerce, and petroleum operations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transport group:<\/strong> Including transport and related training and inspection services for road, inland waterway, maritime, aviation, and railway sectors; including the manufacturing, assembly, and import of automobiles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction and real estate group: <\/strong>Real estate business, construction investment project management, surveying, design, construction supervision, specialized construction testing, and urban planning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information, communications, and publishing group:<\/strong> Postal services, telecommunications, publishing, printing, social networks, online games, cyber security, civil cryptography, and electronic authentication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education, training, and labor group: <\/strong>Education from preschool to university levels, foreign educational institutions, vocational education, occupational skill assessment, and sending workers abroad.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries group:<\/strong> Fishery activities, manufacturing of animal\/aquaculture feed, trading in plant protection products\/veterinary drugs, fertilizers, livestock breeds\/plant varieties, farm-scale husbandry, and livestock and poultry slaughtering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Healthcare and wellness group:<\/strong> Medical examination and treatment services, pharmaceutical business, cosmetics manufacturing, and medical device trading.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science, technology, and intellectual property group:<\/strong> Radiation work, atomic energy application, technology evaluation\/appraisal\/assessment, and intellectual property representation services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Culture, sports, tourism, and entertainment group:<\/strong> Film dissemination, appraisal\/preservation of relics and antiquities, karaoke and dance hall businesses, travel services, accommodation, and professional sports activities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural resources and environment group:<\/strong> Surveying and mapping, hydrometeorology, extraction of water resources and minerals, hazardous waste treatment, scrap import, and environmental monitoring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging technology and data group:<\/strong> Data exchange trading, provision of services related to crypto assets, and personal data processing services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_How_will_the_post-inspection_method_be_implemented\"><\/span>3. How will the post-inspection method be implemented?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The management under the post-inspection method will be implemented through the following specific steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developing standards and processes:<\/strong> Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies are responsible for promulgating technical standards, technical regulations, or occupational standards for the reduced business lines (if necessary). Based on these, the agencies will <strong>develop specific processes and procedures<\/strong> to conduct management via the post-inspection method.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation deadline: <\/strong>The development of management processes and procedures under the post-inspection method must be completed <strong>before July 1, 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coordination of the Ministry of Science and Technology:<\/strong> The Ministry of Science and Technology is responsible for coordinating with relevant ministries and sectors to promulgate technical regulations, ensuring they <strong>take effect at the same time<\/strong> as the Resolution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application of expedited procedures:<\/strong> The process of formulating legal normative documents regulating technical standards, technical regulations, or occupational standards in this case will be carried out in accordance with <strong>expedited orders and procedures<\/strong> to accelerate progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Resolution takes effect from July 1, 2026, until February 28, 2027, except for the case specified in Clause 2, Article 6 of this Resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Time<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> of writing<\/em><\/strong><em>: May 20, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The article contains general information which is of reference value. 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