Conditions for establishing a logistics company include conditions such as regular company establishment and specific conditions for logistics service enterprises. For each different logistics service, the conditions for establishing a company are also different.
Conditions for investors: Must be a person with full capacity for civil acts, if it is an organization, it must have a business registration certificate certified by a consular office.
Capital conditions: Currently, the law does not stipulate a minimum capital level to establish a logistics company with foreign capital. Depending on the type of service, investors can invest 100% or enter into joint ventures with domestic investors according to a certain rate schedule. For foreign investors in countries or territories that are members of the World Trade Organization providing logistics services, foreign investors will be entitled to buy shares and contributed capital in enterprises at the rate when providing transportation-related logistics services.
Some logistics industries that foreign-invested companies are allowed to provide and the corresponding proportion of contributed capital
| Business line | Business code | Forms of investment | Maximum capital contribution ratio of foreign investors |
| Freight services under sea transport services (except inland transport) | CPC 7211, 7212 | To establish companies operating fleets flying the Vietnamese flag or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 49% |
| Container handling service (ocean freight support) | CPC 7411 | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 50% |
| Container handling services belong to services that support all modes of transportation, except those provided at airports | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 50% | |
| Customs clearance services under shipping support services | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | No rate restrictions | |
| Bill of Lading inspection services, freight brokerage services, cargo inspection, sampling and weight determination services; services for receiving and accepting goods; Transportation document preparation services | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | No rate restrictions | |
| Freight services (inland waterways) | CPC 7222 | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 49% |
| Freight services (rail) | CPC 7112 | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 49% |
| Freight services (road) | CPC 7123 | Establish a joint venture enterprise with Vietnamese investors or contribute capital, purchase shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 51% |
| Warehousing Services | CPC 742 | Establishment of enterprises with 100% foreign capital or joint venture or capital contribution, purchase of shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 100% |
| Freight agency services | CPC 748 | Establishment of 100% foreign capital or joint venture or capital contribution, purchase of shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 100% |
| Delivery services | CPC 7512 | Establishment of 100% foreign capital or joint venture or capital contribution, purchase of shares or contributed capital in Vietnamese capital enterprises | 100% |
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