What are foreign-invested enterprises?
Foreign-invested enterprises are defined in Clause 7, Article 5 of the 2013 Land Law as follows:
"Land users
Land users allocated land, leased land, recognized land use rights, and transferred land use rights by the State under this Law include:
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7. Foreign-invested enterprises include 100% foreign-invested enterprises, joint venture enterprises, and Vietnamese enterprises where foreign investors purchase shares, merge, or acquire according to investment law."
Accordingly, foreign-invested enterprises include:
- 100% foreign-invested enterprises,
- Joint venture enterprises, and Vietnamese enterprises where foreign investors purchase shares, merge, or acquire according to investment law.
Through which transaction forms can foreign-invested enterprises obtain land use rights to implement investment projects in Vietnam?
According to Clause 1, Article 169 of the 2013 Land Law on acquiring land use rights, foreign-invested enterprises can obtain land use rights to implement investment projects in Vietnam through the following forms:
- Acquiring investment capital as the value of land use rights as regulated by the Government;
- Acquiring land use rights through State land allocation for housing construction projects for sale or for sale combined with lease;
- Acquiring land use rights through State land lease;
- Acquiring land use rights through:
+ Results of successful land dispute mediation recognized by competent People's Committees;
+ Agreements in mortgage contracts to handle debt;
+ Decisions of competent state agencies on resolving land disputes, complaints, denunciations, court judgments, or enforcement decisions by enforcement agencies;
+ Documents recognizing auction results for land use rights in accordance with the law;
+ Documents on the division of land use rights in accordance with the law for households or groups of people with common land use rights.
For which projects are foreign-invested enterprises allocated land by the State with land use fees?
According to Clause 3, Article 55 of the 2013 Land Law on allocating land with land use fees:
"Allocating land with land use fees
The State allocates land with land use fees in the following cases:
1. Households and individuals allocated residential land;
2. Economic organizations allocated land to implement housing construction projects for sale or for sale combined with lease;
3. Overseas Vietnamese, foreign-invested enterprises allocated land to implement housing construction projects for sale or for sale combined with lease;
4. Economic organizations allocated land to implement cemetery and graveyard infrastructure investment projects to transfer land use rights associated with the infrastructure."
Thus, according to the regulations, foreign-invested enterprises are allocated land by the State with land use fees to implement housing construction projects for sale or for sale combined with lease.
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