Resolution No. 928/2010/UBTVQH12 dated April 19, 2010 of the National Assembly Standing Committee promulgating the Royalty Tariff

No.

Group or category of natural resource

Royalty rate (%)

I

Metallic minerals

1

Iron

10

2

Manganese

11

3

Titan

11

4

Gold

15

5

Rare earths

15

6

Platinum

10

7

Silver and tin

10

8

Wolfram and antimony

10

9

Lead and zinc

10

10

Aluminum and bauxite

12

11

Copper and nickel

10

12

Cobalt, molybdenum, mercury, magnesium and vanadium

10

13

Other metallic minerals

10

II

Non-metallic minerals

1

Soil exploited for ground leveling and work construction

4

2

Rock and gravel

6

3

Rock used for lime baking and cement production

7

4

Sand

10

5

Sand used for glass-making

11

6

Soil used for brick-making

7

7

Granite

10

8

Refractory clay

10

9

Dolomite and quartzite

12

10

Kaolin

10

11

Mica and technical quartz

10

12

Pyrite and phosphorite

7

13

Apatite and serpentine

3

14

Pit anthracite coal

5

15

Open-cast anthracite coal

7

16

Lignite and fat coal

7

17

Other coals

5

18

Diamond, ruby and sapphire

22

19

Emerald, alexandrite and precious black opal

20

20

Adrite, rodolite, pyrope, berine, spinel and topaz

15

21

Bluish-purple, greenish-yellow or orange crystalline quartz; chrysolite; precious white or scarlet opal; feldspar; birusa; and nephrite

15

22

Other non-metallic minerals

5

III

Natural forest products

1

Timber of group I

35

2

Timber of group II

30

3

Timber of groups III and IV

20

4

Timber of groups V, VI, VII and VIII and of other categories

15

5

Tree branches, tops, stumps and roots

10

6

Firewood

5

7

Bamboo of all kinds

10

8

Sandalwood and calambac

25

9

Anise, cinnamon, cardamom and liquorice

10

10

Other natural forest products

5

IV

Natural aquatic resources

1

Pearl, abalone and sea-cucumber

10

2

Other natural aquatic resources

2

V

Natural water

1

Natural mineral water, natural thermal water and refined natural water, bottled or canned

8

2

Natural water used for hydropower generation

2

3

Natural water used for production and business activities, except water mentioned at Points 1 and 2 of this group

3.1

Water used as main or auxiliary materials constituting material elements in products, except water used for clean water production

a

Surface water

3

b

Groundwater

5

3.2

Water used for production in general (industrial sanitation, cooling, steam creation, clean water production)

a

Surface water

1

b

Groundwater

3

3.3

Water used for service, industrial production, construction and mining activities

a

Surface water

3

b

Groundwater

6

3.4

Water used for other purposes

a

Surface water

1

b

Groundwater

3

VI

Natural swallow’s nests

20

VII

Other resources

10

No.

Exploited output

Royalty rate (%)

Projects eligible for investment promotion

Other projects

I

For crude oil

1

Up to 20,000 barrels/day

7

10

2

Between over 20,000 barrels/day and 50,000 barrels/day

9

12

3

Between over 50,000 barrels/day and 75,000 barrels/day

11

14

4

Between over 75,000 barrels/day and 100,000 barrels/day

13

19

5

Between over 100,000 barrels/day and 150,000 barrels/day

18

24

6

Over 150,000 barrels/day

23

29

II

For natural gas and coal gas

1

Up to 5 million m³/day

1

2

2

Between over 5 million m³/day and 10 million m³/day

3

5

3

Over 10 million m³/day

6

10