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Asia-Pacific · CTC – tax authority codes
E-invoicing has been mandatory for enterprises, business households and individuals since 1 July 2022 under Decree 123/2020 and Circular 78/2021, with most invoices carrying a tax authority code. Decree 70/2025, in force 1 June 2025, modernised the regime for digital commerce: cash-register e-invoices connected to the tax authority for business households with annual revenue of VND 1 billion or more and for enterprises in retail, food and beverage, hotels, passenger transport and personal services, per the sources read. Foreign e-commerce and digital-platform suppliers without a Vietnamese establishment can register to issue Vietnamese e-invoices under the same framework.
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Applies to
B2B, B2C, B2G, exports
July 1, 2022
Next phase deadline
Universal e-invoicing since 1 Jul 2022
Two questions. The fixed-establishment rule is where most foreign businesses get it wrong.
Roughly how big is the business?
Is your business established in Vietnam – a company, branch, or fixed establishment there?
Out of scope – no Vietnamese e-invoicing duties
With no establishment and no Vietnamese tax registration, the e-invoicing rules don't reach you – selling into Vietnam from abroad doesn't by itself create invoicing duties. Foreign digital platforms have their own registration rules, so check before scaling Vietnamese sales.
Registered without establishment – you can opt in
Foreign e-commerce and digital-platform suppliers without a Vietnamese establishment can register to issue Vietnamese e-invoices under Decree 70/2025, and those who do must follow the full Decree 123 framework, per the sources read. Whether opting in makes sense depends on your customers – confirm your position with the GDT or a local adviser.
In scope – size doesn't matter, and cash registers count
Vietnam's mandate has covered businesses of every size – and business households – since 1 July 2022. Decree 70/2025 added the cash-register layer: households and individuals with annual revenue of VND 1 billion or more, and enterprises in retail, food and beverage, hotels, passenger transport and personal services, issue e-invoices generated from tax-authority-connected cash registers, per the sources read.
In scope – and Decree 70 raised the bar in 2025
You have issued e-invoices since 1 July 2022 under Decree 123/2020 and Circular 78/2021, most of them carrying a tax authority code. Decree 70/2025 is the current compliance frontier: since 1 June 2025 it reshaped invoice content, timing and digital-commerce rules – and if you run retail, F&B, hotels or transport lines, cash-register e-invoices connected to the tax authority now apply, per the sources read.
A single date hides the rollout. Here's the full sequence.
1 July 2022
All businesses and households
Universal e-invoicing under Decree 123/2020 and Circular 78/2021 – enterprises, business households and individuals, with most invoices carrying a tax authority code.
Done
1 June 2025
Decree 70/2025
Cash-register e-invoices for VND 1bn+ business households and B2C sectors (retail, F&B, hotels, transport, personal services); foreign e-commerce suppliers can register to issue Vietnamese e-invoices, per the sources read.
Done
The standards, scope and dates that define the mandate – at a glance.
Transaction scope
B2B, B2C, B2G, exports
Model
CTC – tax authority codes
Formats
XML (GDT standard), tax authority code / QR access
Region
Asia-Pacific
STATUS
Live now
Scope
All VAT-deduction-method organisations, business households and individuals issue e-invoices – B2B, B2C, B2G and exports. Decree 70/2025 added cash-register e-invoices for qualifying B2C sectors and VND 1bn+ households, with seller details, buyer identification on request, VAT information and a tax authority code or QR-accessible data on every receipt, per the sources read.
Administrative penalties for invoice violations apply under Vietnam's tax administration rules – amounts not extracted in the sources read. An invoice issued outside the e-invoice system is not a valid basis for the buyer's deduction.
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