1. LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE ISSUED IN 07/2020

Official Letter No. 4923/TCHQ-TXNK regarding the selection of a commercial bank to be VAT refund agents for foreigners

  • Name of legal document: Official Letter No. 4923/TCHQ-TXNK issued on 24/07/2020 by the General Department of Customs of the Ministry of Finance on regarding the selection of a commercial bank to be VAT refund agents for foreigners (referred to as the “Official Letter No. 4923/TCHQ-TXNK”).

  • Effective date: 24/07/2020.

Some contents should be noted:

  • Firstly, “General Department of Customs informs banks to know and request banks research to register as VAT refund agent for foreigners at Da Nang International Airport” and “Registration documents please send to the General Department of Customs before August 15, 2020”.

  • Secondly, issuing an Appendix on the list of banks cooperating to collect, specifically:

“APPENDIX

LIST OF BANKS COOPERATING TO COLLECT
(Issued together with Official Letter No. 4923/TCHQ-TXNK dated July 24, 2020 of the General Department of Customs)

No.

Name of commercial bank

1

Joint Stock Commercial Bank For Investment And Development Of Vietnam (BIDV)

2

Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MbBank)

3

Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank)

4

Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB)

5

Vietnam Technological And Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank)

6

Vietnam Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development

7

VIETNAM MARITIME COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK (Maritimebank)

8

Vietnam Prosperity Bank (Vpbank)

9

HoChiMinh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank)

10

Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB)

11

Australia and New Zealand Banking

12

An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABbank)

13

LIEN VIET POST JOINT STOCK COMMERCIAL BANK (LienVietPostBank)

14

PETROLIMEX GROUP COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK (PGbank)

15

Ngân hàng The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (BTMU)

16

DongA Bank

17

Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB)

18

Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank)

19

Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank)

20

Saigon – Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB)

21

Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank

22

Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank)

23

VIET CAPITAL JOINT STOCK BANK (VCCB)

24

MIZUHO BANK, LTD. 

25

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

26

INDOVINA BANK LIMITED

27

SHINHAN BANK VIETNAM LIMITED

28

VietNam-Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank

29

CITIBANK N.A.

30

Kien Long Commercial Joint Stock Bank KienLongBank)

31

HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd

32

BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

33

WOORI BANK VIETNAM LIMITED (Woori Bank)

34

VIETNAM THUONG TIN COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK