Q&A: Procedures for Investment Project Adjustment under the Law on Investment 2025

Q1: In which cases is it mandatory to adjust an investment project? Answer: According to the provisions of Article 33 of the Investment Law 2025 regarding the adjustment of investment projects, the cases requiring adjustment include:

• Adjusting objectives to be consistent with the provisions of law;

• Transferring a part or the whole of an investment project in accordance with the provisions of law;

• Merging projects or splitting/dividing a project into multiple projects, or splitting, dividing, consolidating, merging, transforming the type of economic organization, or using land use rights and assets attached to land belonging to the investment project to contribute capital to establish enterprises, business cooperation, or other contents and must be consistent with the provisions of law.

Q2: What is the procedure for adjusting an investment project under the authority to approve investment policies of the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee?

1. The investor shall submit 01 set of dossier as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 52 of Decree 96/2026/ND-CP, accompanied by an electronic copy of the dossier, to the investment registration authority.

2. Procedure for adjusting the investment project:

a) Within 02 working days from the date of receipt of a valid dossier, the investment registration authority shall send the dossier to the competent state agencies as prescribed in Point b, Clause 7, Article 35 of Decree 96/2026/ND-CP to obtain opinions on the contents of the project adjustment;

b) Within 07 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier, the consulted agencies shall provide their opinions on the project adjustment contents within the scope of their state management;

c) Within 14 working days from the date of receipt of a valid dossier, the investment registration authority shall prepare an appraisal report on the project adjustment contents to submit to the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee;

d) Within 03 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier and the appraisal report from the investment registration authority, the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee shall decide to approve the adjustment of the investment policy. The decision shall be sent to the investment registration authority, the investor, the agency that approved the investor (in case of investor approval under Clause 3, Article 23 of the Investment Law), and relevant departments and agencies.

Q3: How should an investor update information regarding the investment project location based on the arrangement of administrative units and the organization of two-level local governments?

a) The investor shall submit 01 set of dossier accompanied by an electronic copy to the investment registration authority. For updating location information based on administrative unit arrangement, the dossier includes: A written request from the investor, including an explanation for the update;

b) Within 02 working days from the date of receipt of a valid dossier, the investment registration authority shall report to the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee to consider and decide on the approval of the investment policy adjustment without performing the procedures in Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Within 03 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier and the report from the investment registration authority, the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee shall decide to approve the adjustment of the investment policy.

Q4: What is the procedure for adjusting an investment project that has been granted an Investment Registration Certificate and is not subject to investment policy adjustment approval?

1. In case of adjusting an investment project related to changing the project name, the investor's name in the Investment Registration Certificate, the implementation progress, or the project duration as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 28 of Decree 96/2026/ND-CP, or if the investor needs to update the location information based on administrative unit arrangement:

a) The investor submits 01 set of dossier (with an electronic copy) to the investment registration authority. The dossier varies depending on the specific change (Written request + documents proving the name change, or land allocation/lease decisions for progress/duration changes);

b) Within 03 working days from the date of receipt of the written request and relevant documents, the investment registration authority shall adjust the Investment Registration Certificate for the investor.

2. In case of adjusting an investment project not falling under the contents specified in Clause 1 of this Article:

The investor submits 01 set of dossier as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 52 of Decree 96/2026/ND-CP. Within 07 working days from the date of receipt of a valid dossier, the investment registration authority shall adjust the Investment Registration Certificate for the investor.

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