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On October 18, 2026, the Government issued Decree No. 342/2026/ND-CP detailing the Law on Commerce and Foreign Trade Management.
According to Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 342/2026/ND-CP, business licenses shall be granted to foreign-invested economic organizations for the following nine activities:
- Exercising the right to retail goods, excluding the goods prescribed at Point d, Clause 4, Article 9 of Decree No. 342/2026/ND-CP;
- Exercising the right to import and the right to wholesale the goods prescribed at Point c, Clause 4, Article 9;
- Exercising the right to retail the goods prescribed at Point d, Clause 4, Article 9;
- Providing logistics services, except logistics service sub-sectors for which Vietnam has market opening commitments in treaties to which the country is a contracting party;
- Leasing goods, excluding financial lease and lease of construction equipment requiring operators;
- Providing trade promotion services, excluding advertising services;
- Providing commercial intermediary services;
- Managing and operating intermediary e-commerce platforms, social networks operating in e-commerce, and integrated commercial platforms;
- Providing goods and service bidding services.
In addition, Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 342/2026/ND-CP provides that licenses for establishing retail sales outlets shall be granted to foreign-invested economic organizations to establish retail sales outlets.
Under Clause 3, Article 5, foreign-invested economic organizations may apply for licenses for establishing retail sales outlets after they obtain business licenses and documents on locations for establishing retail sales outlets.
