ORDINANCE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ARTICLE 6 OF THE ORDINANCE ON ROYALTIES

Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/200I/QH10;
The National Assembly Standing Committee promulgates the Ordinance Amending and Supplementing Article 6 of the Ordinance on Royalties.

Article 1. To amend and supplement Article 6 of the Ordinance on Royalties as follows:

"Article 6. The royalty tariff is stipulated as follows:

No.

Natural resource groups and categories

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1

Metallic minerals, excluding gold and rare earths

Gold

Rare earths

5-30

6-30

8-30

2

Non-metallic minerals, excluding gemstones and coal

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Coal

3-10

10-30

4-20

3

Petroleum oil

6-30

4

Fuel gas, coal gas

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5

Natural forest products:

a/ Assorted timber, excluding tree branches and tops and firewood

Tree branches and tops

Firewood

b/ Materia medica, excluding sandalwood and calambac Sandalwood and calambac

c/ Other natural forest products

10-40

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1-5

5-15

20-30

5-20

6

Natural aquatic resources, excluding sea-cucumber, abalone, pearl oyster

1-2

7

Sea-cucumber, abalone, pearl oyster

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8

Natural water, excluding water used for hydropower generation, natural mineral water, purified natural water, bottled or canned

Natural water used for hydropower generation

Natural mineral water, purified natural water, bottled or canned

0-5

2-5

5-10

9

Other natural resources, excluding swallow's nests Swallow's nests

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Article 2. Based on this tariff, the Government shall stipulate in detail specific royalty rates for each category of natural resources.

Article 3. This Ordinance takes effect on January 1. 2009.-

ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEECHAIRMAN




Nguyen Phu Trong