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The Minister of Science and Technology has issued Circular 34/2025/TT-BKHCN regulating digital technology products and services that enjoy incentives for contractor selection in hiring and purchasing digital technology products and services using state budget capital. Regulations on digital technology products and services that enjoy incentives for selecting contractors in hiring and purchasing digital technology products and services. This Circular stipulates in detail Clause 1, Article 31 of the Law on Digital Technology Industry on digital technology products and services that enjoy incentives in selecting contractors according to the provisions of law on bidding. In case an international treaty to which Vietnam is a member has provisions different from the provisions of this Circular, the provisions of that international treaty shall apply. Digital technology products and services eligible for incentives Digital technology products and services eligible for incentives are digital technology products and services that simultaneously meet the following regulations: 1. Digital technology products are designed and owned, digital technology services are owned or authorized to be provided by one of the following cases: a) Vietnamese organizations and enterprises specified in this Circular are enterprises established or registered for establishment according to the provisions of Vietnamese law and have their headquarters in Vietnam; and do not fall into the cases specified in Points a, b and c, Clause 1, Article 23 of the Investment Law. In cases where the provisions of Points a, b and c, Clause 1, Article 23 of the Investment Law are amended, supplemented or replaced, the newly promulgated regulations shall apply.b) The individual is Vietnamese.2. Have plans and commitments on technical support, warranty, maintenance, upgrades and after-sales services. Hardware products enjoy incentives1. Hardware products are eligible for incentives when they simultaneously meet the following regulations: a) Hardware product design (including requirement specification, system architecture, detailed design, principle diagram, printed circuit layout, semiconductor integrated circuit layout design and related technical documents) owned by Vietnamese organizations, businesses or Vietnamese individuals. In particular, ownership is established through performing the design yourself or hiring others including Vietnamese people to perform the design or purchasing that design from other entities.b) The trademark attached to the hardware product must be owned by a Vietnamese organization, enterprise or Vietnamese individual.2. Vietnamese organizations, businesses or individuals who are Vietnamese prove their ownership of the hardware design mentioned in Clause 1 above with one of the following documents: a) Patent, utility solution patent, industrial design patent or Certificate of registration of semiconductor integrated circuit layout design issued by the state management agency on industrial property rights of Vietnam or by a competent foreign agency.b) Certificate of rights registration Authors license issued by the state management agency on copyright and related rights.c) Other documents to prove ownership of the objects of industrial property rights and copyright according to the provisions of law.3. Vietnamese organizations, businesses or individuals who are Vietnamese must prove their ownership of the trademark mentioned in Clause 1 above with one of the following documents: a) Trademark registration certificate issued by the state management agency on industrial property rights; b) Decision to accept international trademark registration protection in Vietnam; c) Other legal documents proving trademark ownership according to the provisions of law on intellectual property. Software products are entitled to benefits. incentives1. Software products are eligible for incentives when they meet one of the following regulations: a) Design and development of software products (including architecture, detailed design, source code and related technical documents) owned by Vietnamese organizations, businesses or Vietnamese individuals. In particular, intellectual property rights to design, source code and software products are established through self-design and construction of source code or hiring others, including Vietnamese people, to design and build source code or purchase that design and source code from other entities. b) Software product design and development (including architecture, detailed design, source code and related technical documents) are developed based on open source code and organized by Vietnamese businesses or Vietnamese individuals own intellectual property rights or are allowed to exploit or use that design or source code.2. Vietnamese organizations, businesses or individuals who are Vietnamese prove their ownership of the design and source code of software products mentioned in Clause 1 above with one of the following documents: a) Copyright registration certificate issued by the state management agency on copyright and related rights. January 1, 2026. 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