The Government of Vietnam has developed a structured legal framework to attract and regulate investment, ensuring a stable and transparent environment for both domestic and foreign investors. To further promote high-impact projects, Decree No. 19/2025/ND-CP (“Decree 19”) introduces special investment procedures aimed at streamlining administrative processes and offering targeted incentives. It comes into effect as of February 10, 2025. This write-up examines the key provisions and advantages derived from the adoption of special investment procedures set forth in Decree 19, which details the procedures prescribed in Article 36a of the Law on Investment, as amended and supplemented by Clause 8, Article 2 of Law No. 57/2024/QH15 amending the Law on Planning, the Law on Investment, the Law on Public-private partnership investment, and the Law on Bidding (effective from January 15, 2025) (“Law on Investment”).

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