Vietnam

Ease of Doing Business in

Vietnam

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Vietnam. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 87,840,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,260
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
99 99 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
60.9 60.7 down 0.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 108 109 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 28 27 up -1
Getting Electricity 155 157 up 2
Registering Property 48 48 No change
Getting Credit 40 38 up -2
Protecting Investors 169 167 up -2
Paying Taxes 138 153 up 15
Trading Across Borders 74 74 No change
Enforcing Contracts 44 41 up -3
Resolving Insolvency 149 145 up -4

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 28 DB 2012 Rank 27 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 85.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 85.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.2
Indicator Vietnam East Asia & Pacific OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
11 17 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
110 148 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
67.3 86.9 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain the certification of the designs from the Fire-fighters prevention Department 30 days no charge
2 Request and obtain construction permit from the (District) Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City 30 days VND 100,000
3 Receive inspection by the Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City 1 day no charge
4 Receive inspection from the municipality after completion of foundation works 1 day no charge
5 Receive inspection from the municipality at completion of building surroundings 1 day no charge
6 Request water and sewage connection 1 day VND 4,000,000
* 7 Receive inspection by water company 1 day no charge
* 8 Connect to water and sewage services 14 days no charge
* 9 Request and connect to phone line 7 days VND 800,000
10 Notify and receive inspection from the municipality after completion of building 1 day no charge
11 Register the building at the Department of National resources and Environment 30 days VND 13,506,000
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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