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Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung signed Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg dated January 8, 2026 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decisions to reduce and simplify administrative procedures related to production and business activities under the state management of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Download Simplifying administrative procedures related to production and business activities under the management of the Ministry of Science and TechnologyDecision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg amending and supplementing a number of articles of 5 Decisions: Decision No. 30/2018/QD-TTg dated July 31, 2018 on the order and procedures for certifying goods used directly for the development of technology incubation and scientific business incubation activities learning and technology, technological innovation; specialized means of transport in technological lines used directly for production activities of investment projects; Decision No. 18/2019/QD-TTg dated April 19, 2019 of the Prime Minister regulating the import of used machinery, equipment, and technology lines; Decision No. 12/2023/QD-TTg dated May 15, 2023 on granting Certificate of technology transfer to encourage transfer; Decision No. 29/2023/QD-TTg dated December 19, 2023 of the Prime Minister stipulating documents, order and procedures for identifying investment projects using outdated technology, potentially causing environmental pollution and resource-intensive; Decision No. 55/2010/QD-TTg dated September 10, 2010 on the authority, order and procedures for certifying organizations and individuals operating in high technology applications, certifying organizations and individuals researching and developing high technology and recognizing high-tech enterprises. Supplementing the online application submission method on the National Public Service Portal, in which, Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg amends and supplements Supplementing Articles 3, 4, 6 of Decision No. 30/2018/QD-TTg on order and procedures: Confirmation of goods used directly for the development of technology incubation activities, science and technology business incubation; Confirmation of goods used directly for technological innovation and confirmation of specialized means of transport in the technology chain used directly for production activities of investment projects. According to old regulations, to carry out the above 3 procedures, organizations and individuals prepare a set of documents according to regulations and send them directly or by post to the Peoples Committee of the province or city, the Ministry of Science and Technology or the project-managing ministry. According to the new regulations in Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg, in addition to the above two methods, organizations and individuals can submit online applications on the National Public Service Portal. Shorten the time to resolve many administrative procedures. In addition to adding the online application method, Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg also amends many procedures in the direction of shortening the processing time. Specifically, procedures for confirming goods for direct use For the development of technology incubation activities, science and technology business incubation in Article 3 of Decision No. 30/2018/QD-TTg, the time for competent agencies to respond from 10 days to 7 days is shortened; In cases where it is necessary to organize a dossier verification council, the verification and response time is shortened from 20 days to 15 days. Or like the procedures for importing used machinery and equipment in other cases specified in Article 9 of Decision No. 18/2019/QD-TTg, the processing time is also shortened from 10 days to 5 days. Specifically, according to the new regulations in Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg, within 5 working days (the old regulation was 10 days) from the date of receiving the written request from the Ministry of Science and Technology, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and experts have opinions on the import of machinery and equipment in the field of specialized management and give opinions on the enterprises proposal to import machinery and equipment. At the same time, Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg also amends Points c, d, g, Clause 2, Article 4 of Decision No. 12/2023/QD-TTg to shorten the time to carry out procedures for granting Certificates of technology transfer to encourage transfer. Specifically, within 2 working days (the old regulation was 3 days) from the date of receiving the dossier, the Certificate issuing agency reviews the completeness and validity of the dossier. Within 3 working days (the old regulation was 5 days), from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Certificate-issuing agency decides to establish a Science and Technology Advisory Council to appraise the application for a Certificate. Within 2 working days (the old regulation was 5 days), from the date of receiving the appraisal results report and meeting minutes of the Council, the Certificate-issuing agency shall consider and decide on the issuance of the Certificate. Besides Accordingly, Decision No. 02/2026/QD-TTg also amends and supplements Clauses 3 and 5, Article 2 of Decision No. 55/2010/QD-TTg in the direction of reducing the time to process applications for Certificate of high-tech application, high-tech research and development activities as follows: Within 13.5 working days (the old regulation was 15 days), from the date of receiving the organizations application for confirmation. Organizations and individuals engaged in high-tech application, high-tech research and development activities, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Departments of Science and Technology of provinces and centrally run cities are responsible for checking and certifying certificates.Documents of the contents presented in the Explanation of high-tech application projects, topics, high-tech research and development projects. Within 13.5 working days (the old regulatio
