On October 16, 2023, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 63/2023/TT-BTC amending and supplementing a number of articles of a number of circulars regulating fees and charges, in order to encourage the use of online public services ("Circular 63").
Accordingly, the Circular stipulates the reduction of fees and charges when performing online public services, specifically as follows:
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STT |
Type of fees, charges |
Regulations on reduction of revenue rates |
Term of application |
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1 |
Fees for licenses for using industrial explosive materials |
The fee is equal to 90% of the fee specified in Clause 1, Article 3 of Circular No. 148/2016/TT-BTC |
From December 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025 |
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2 |
Fees for issuance of permits for carrying out radiation work, registration of activities of atomic energy application support services, or approval of plans for response to radiation incidents or nuclear incidents at provincial and grassroots levels (except for administrative procedures under the national one-stop mechanism, ASEAN one-stop-shop) |
The fee is equal to 90% of the fee level specified in the Schedule of fees and charges issued together with Circular No. 287/2016 / TT-BTC |
From December 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025 |
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3 |
Fees for authenticating citizen information, exploiting information results |
The fee is equal to 50% of the fee level specified in Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular No. 48/2022/TT-BTC. |
From December 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025 |
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4 |
Fees for renewing, reissuing, and renewing driver's licenses (national and international) |
VND 115,000/issuance (According to the fee schedule specified in Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC effective from 01/08/2023, the fee for renewing, reissuing, and changing driver's licenses made directly at competent agencies is VND 135,000/issuance) |
From December 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025 |
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5 |
Passport issuance fee for Vietnamese citizens |
The fee is equal to 90% of the fee specified at Point 1, Section 1 of Circular No. 25/2021/TT-BTC |
From January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025 |
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6 |
Fees and charges for performing industrial property rights protection work and services (including filing an application for industrial property rights protection; granting protection diplomas, issuing certificates of registration of contracts for transferring industrial property rights; maintaining, extending, terminating, or invalidating industrial property rights protection diplomas; issuance of certificates of practice of representative services industrial property, publication and registration of industrial property representatives) |
The collection rate is equal to 50% (fifty percent) of the fee collection rate specified in Section A of the Schedule of Industrial Property Fees and Charges promulgated together with Circular 263/2016/TT-BTC |
From January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025 |
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7 |
Fees for issuance of construction licenses, fees for practicing architect certificates |
The fee is equal to 80% of the fee level specified in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 4 of Circular No. 38/2022/TT-BTC |
From January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025 |
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8 |
Fees for submission, issuance, and renewal of certificates of eligibility for technical occupational safety inspection activities; |
The fee is equal to 90% of the fee level specified at Point A, Section 1 of the Fee Schedule promulgated together with Circular No. 245/2016/TT-BTC |
From January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025 |
Circular 63 takes effect from December 1, 2023./.
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