50% Reduction in Domestic Travel Business License Fees in Vietnam 2025

As of July 1, 2025, nearly 50 official fees and charges will be reduced by 50% to support enterprises and individuals in recovering and developing their production and businesses. This is an important content in Circular No. 64/2025/TT-BTC, which outlines regulations on collection levels and fee exemptions to support businesses and individuals. In particular, for the field of travel services, the fee for granting domestic travel business licenses will be reduced by 50% from July 1, 2025. Below, Viet An Law will update this new regulation on 50% reduction in domestic travel business license fees according to Circular No. 64/2025/TT-BTC.

What is domestic travel business?

Travel service business is the construction, sale and organization of part or all of a travel program for tourists, including: Domestic travel service business and international travel service business.

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 30 of the Law on Tourism 2017, provision of domestic tours for domestic tourists. Domestic travel service enterprises, in addition to meeting the conditions for conducting domestic travel service business, must also be granted a license to conduct domestic travel service business.

Conditions that enterprises need to meet when doing business in domestic travel services include:

• The enterprise is established as prescribed by the law on enterprises;
• The enterprise must make has paid a deposit to a bank: Deposit level for domestic travel service business: 100,000,000 VND according to Decree 168/2017/ND-CP on deposit level for travel service business.
• The person in charge of provision of travel services holds an associate degree or higher in travel; in case he/she holds an associate degree or higher in another major, a certificate of training in domestic tour operation is required. Regulations on qualifications of persons in charge of domestic travel service business are specified in Article 3 of Circular No. 06/2017/TT-BVHTTDL, amended and supplemented by Circular 13/2019/TT-BVHTTDL, Circular 04/2024/TT-BVHTTDL.

New regulations on 50% Reduction in domestic travel business license fees in Vietnam 2025

According to the order number 17 Clause 1 Article 1 Circular 64/2025/TT-BTC stipulates

“Article 1. Collection levels of some fees and charges to support enterprises and people

…1. From July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, the collection rates of some fees and charges are regulated as follows:

…. a) Fee for appraisal of granting International travel service business license, Domestic travel service business license

Equal to 50% of the fee rate prescribed in Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC dated March 30, 2018 of the Minister of Finance stipulating the collection rate, collection, payment and management regime of appraisal fees for granting International travel service business licenses, Domestic travel service business licenses; appraisal fees for granting tour guide cards; fees for granting Licenses to establish representative offices in Vietnam of foreign travel service enterprises.”

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC, the appraisal fee for granting a domestic travel service business license is as follows:

• New issuance: 3,000,000 VND/license;
• Exchange issuance: 2,000,000 VND/license;
• Re-issuance: 1,500,000 VND/license.

Thus, from July 1, 2025 to the end of 2026, the fee for granting a domestic travel service business license will be applied at the following levels:

Fees for granting domestic travel business licenses from July 1, 2025

• New issuance: 1.500.000 VND/license.
• Exchange issuance: 1.000.000 VND/license.
• Re-issuance: 750.000 VND/license.

Note when applying for a 50% reduction in domestic travel business license fees in Vietnam 2025

• The above fee level also applies to cases of using online public services.
• From January 1, 2027 onwards, the collection rates of fees and charges specified in the above Table shall comply with the provisions of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC.
• Fee and charge payers: Organizations and individuals when submitting applications to the state tourism management agency to issue a domestic travel service business license.
• Fee and charge collection organization: The competent state agency that assesses and grants domestic travel service business licenses, specifically the provincial tourism authority (usually the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the Department of Tourism depending on the decentralization of each province).
• Fee management and use: The fee collection organization is allowed to retain 90% of the total amount of collected appraisal fees for appraisal and fee collection activities and pay 10% to the state budget. The retained fees are managed and used according to the provisions of Article 5 of Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP; in which, other expenses related to the performance of work, services and fee collection, including: Expenses for setting up management software, setting up network systems, renting servers and maintaining network systems to serve the work of granting travel service business licenses; Training on travel service business operations.

50% reduction in appraisal fee for domestic tour guide card issuance from July 1, 2025

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 33/2018/TT-BTC, the fee for appraisal and issuance of tour guide cards (including: new issuance, exchange, re-issuance):

• For international and domestic tour guides: 650,000 VND/card;
• For on-site tour guides: 200,000 VND/card.

However, from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, the assessment fee for issuing a tour guide card will be reduced by 50% of the previous fee. Thus, the assessment fee for issuing a domestic tour guide card will be reduced by 50% from July 1, 2025 to 375,000 VND/card.

Fee for assessment and issuance of domestic tour guide card from July 1, 2025

Domestic travel license fee reductions from 2022 to present

In recent times, the Ministry of Finance has repeatedly issued regulations on reducing fees and charges related to domestic travel services to support businesses and people, especially in the recovery period after COVID-19. Specifically:

• Circular 43/2024/TT-BTC: 50% reduction in appraisal fee for granting domestic travel service business license from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
• Circular 44/2023/TT-BTC: 50% reduction in appraisal fee for granting domestic travel service business license from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
• Circular 120/2021/TT-BTC: 50% reduction in appraisal fee for granting domestic travel service business license from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022.

Note on dossiers, procedures, processes, and authority to grant domestic travel business licenses

Dossiers, procedures, processes, and authority to grant a domestic travel business license according to the instructions in Article 32 of the Law on Tourism 2017, specifically:

Dossier components

An application for the license for provision of domestic tours includes:

• An application form for issuance of the license for provision of domestic tours according to Form No. 01 Appendix II Circular 04/2024/TT-BVHTTD;
• A certified true copy of the enterprise registration certificate;
• A certificate of deposit payment;
• A certified true copy of the decision on appointment or employment contract between the travel service provider and the person in charge of provision of travel services;
• Certified true copy of qualifications of the person in charge of provision of travel services.

Procedures, processes, and authority

• Enterprises requesting a domestic travel service business license submit 01 set of dossiers to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the Department of Tourism of the province where the enterprise is headquartered;
• Within 10 days from the date of receiving valid documents, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the provincial Department of Tourism shall appraise and issue a Domestic travel business license to the enterprise; in case of refusal, a written notice must be given stating the reason.

Legal consulting services for travel businesses in Vietnam by Viet An Law

With the travel business, businesses need to meet many complex conditions when establishing and operating. Therefore, using the legal services of a lawyer with expertise and experience is necessary to save costs and time. Viet An Law provides a full package of services to establish a travel business in Vietnam, including:

• Consulting on establishment conditions for foreign investors
• Instructions for preparing documents to establish a travel business company
• Authorized representative of the investor conducts investment registration and business registration for companies in the travel service industry
• Accounting – tax services, services after company establishment
• Guide businesses to deposit deposits according to prescribed standards at the Bank
• Draft documents, prepare and represent businesses to apply for a travel business license at the competent authority
• Regular consulting for businesses after establishment.

Above is advice on 50% reduction in domestic travel business license fees in Vietnam 2025. If you have any related questions or need advice on applying for a license in the tourism sector, please contact Viet An Law for more specific and detailed advice.