Health and social services
| TT | INDUSTRY, SUB-SECTOR | CONDITIONS RESTRICTING MARKET ACCESS | LEGAL GROUNDS |
| 25 | Health and social services | ||
| 25.1 | Hospital (CPC 9311) Dental and medical services (CPC 9312) |
Provisions in the Agreements: Foreign service providers may provide services through the establishment of a 100% foreign-invested hospital, a joint venture with a Vietnamese partner or through a business cooperation contract. The minimum investment capital for a hospital is 20 million USD, a polyclinic is 2 million USD and a specialized treatment facility is 200 thousand USD. Particularly AFAS and EVFTA: No restrictions and no commitment on minimum investment capital. |
– WTO, AFAS, VJEPA, VKFTA, EVFTA- Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009;
– Decree No. 87/2011/ND-CP dated September 27, 2011 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment. – Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government stipulating the granting of practice certificates to practitioners and the granting of operating licenses to medical examination and treatment establishments. – Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP dated November 12, 2018 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of regulations related to business investment conditions under the scope of state management of the Ministry of Health |
| 25.2 | Other human health services (CPC 9319) | AFAS, EVFTA and CPTPP have accepted fertility and related services, nursing services, physiotherapy and paramedical services (CPC 93191) Only AFAS is open for more services other people’s health, with capital contribution up to 70% when joining a joint venture. | – AFAS, EVFTA, CPTPP
– Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009; – Decree No. 87/2011/ND-CP dated September 27, 2011 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment. – Decree No. 109/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government stipulating the granting of practice certificates to practitioners and the granting of operating licenses to medical examination and treatment establishments. – Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP dated November 12, 2018 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of regulations related to business investment conditions under the scope of state management of the Ministry of Health. |
| 25.3 | Social Services (CPC .) 933)[ 1] | Particularly AFAS, EVFTA: allow establishment joint venture in which foreign capital is contributed does not exceed 70%.
According to CPTPP , Vietnam reserves the right to adopt and maintain any measure related to the above sub-sectors
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– AFAS, EVFTA, CPTPP. |
[1] Includes:
- Facility social services (CPC 9331) include: Welfare services provided in residential facilities for the elderly and disabled (CPC 93311); Welfare services provided in residential facilities for children and other patients (CPC 93312); Social services provided at another facility (CPC 93319).
- Off-site social services (CPC 9332) include: Day care services including childcare day for the disabled (CPC 93321); Education and instruction services related to children (CPC 93322); Welfare services provided in residential facilities (CPC 93323); Career Services (CPC 93324); Other in-house social services (CPC 93329).