Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

I. Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry (CPC 881)

Legal basis: WTO, FTAs, The Vietnam – Japan BIT.

Investment conditions:

1. WTO, FTAs

a) Form of investment: Joint venture, business cooperation.

b) Ration of foreign investors’ ownership in charter capital of a business organization: not exceed 51%.

c) Scope of investment: Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry, other than services relating to investigation, evaluation and exploitation for natural forest, including exploitation of woods and wild, rare and precious animals hunting and trapping, aerial seed planting and aerial chemicals spraying and dusting, microbial plant, animal genetic resource in agriculture.

Foreign investments in some sectors are restricted to certain geographical areas.

2. ACIA

a) a) Form of investment: Joint venture, business cooperation.

b) Ration of foreign investors’ ownership in charter capital of a business organization: not exceed 51%.

c) Scope of investment: Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry, other than services relating to investigation, evaluation and exploitation for natural forest, including exploitation of woods and wild, rare and precious animals hunting and trapping, aerial seed planting and aerial chemicals spraying and dusting, microbial plant, animal genetic resource in agriculture.

Foreign investments in some sectors are restricted to certain geographical areas.

3. The Vietnam – Japan BIT: Not granting certificate on natural forest exploitation to foreign investors.

4. The law of Vietnam: No regulation on investment conditions applied to foreign investors.

II. Fishery

Legal basis: ACIA, The Vietnam – Japan BIT.

Investment conditions:

1. ACIA: Not granting to fresh-water fishing, marine fishing, coral and natural pearl exploitation.

2. The Vietnam – Japan BIT: Not granting to fishery in territorial sea, internal water, the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

3. The law of Vietnam: No regulation on investment conditions applied to foreign investors.