| THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ------- No. 166/2010/TT-BTC | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------- Hanoi, October 27, 2010 |
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GUIDING THE RATES AND THE COLLECTION, REMITTANCE, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF CHARGES FOR EVALUATION OF CONDITIONS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND FEES FOR GRANT OF LICENSES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF VIETNAM-BASED REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND BRANCHES OF FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS
THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 57/ 2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the Ordinance on Charges and Fees, and Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP of March 6, 2006, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 80/ 2010/ND-CP of July 14, 2010, on foreign cooperation and investment in science and technology;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 118/2008/ND-CP of November 27, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
After receiving the Science and Technology Ministry's opinions in Official Letter No. 2353/BKHCN-VPDK of September 27, 2010, the Ministry of Finance provides for the collection, remittance, management and use of charges for evaluation of conditions for scientific and technological activities and fees for grant of licenses for establishment of Vietnam-based representative offices and branches of foreign science and technology organizations as follows:
Article 1. Charge and fee payers
Foreign science and technology organizations that register to establish their representative offices or branches in Vietnam under the Government's Decree No. 80/2010/ND-CP of July 14, 2010, on foreign cooperation and investment in science and technology, when having their conditions for scientific and technological activities evaluated and being granted by competent agencies licenses for establishment of representative offices or branches shall pay a charge for evaluation of conditions for scientific and technological activities and a fee for grant of licenses for establishment of representative offices or branches.
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