Industry Code 0220 Logging, updated according to Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg. To learn more about the details of industry code 0220, please refer to this article by VN Law Firm!
1. What is a Business Industry Code?
Business industry codes are a sequence of numbers encoded to represent a specific business industry. Organizations and individuals, when preparing business registration documents, must use this business industry code table for registration. Level 4 industry codes (4 digits) are the codes used for business registration.
The Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification (VSIC), issued under Decision 36/2025/QD-TTg, has a hierarchical structure with 5 levels, from general to specific:
| Level | Name | Coding | Number of industries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Industry Level 1 | 1 letter (from A to V) | 22 industries |
| Level 2 | Industry Level 2 | 2 digits (following Level 1) | 87 industries |
| Level 3 | Industry Level 3 | 3 digits (following Level 2) | 259 industries |
| Level 4 | Industry Level 4 | 4 digits (following Level 3) | 495 industries |
| Level 5 | Industry Level 5 | 5 digits (following Level 4) | 743 industries |
Example of industry code structure: Taking the food manufacturing industry as an example:
- Level 1: C (Manufacturing)
- Level 2: 10 (Food processing and manufacturing)
- Level 3: 107 (Manufacture of other food products)
- Level 4: 1075 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes)
- Level 5: 10751 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes from meat)
2. Regulations on Industry Code 0220 Logging
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging |
This group includes:
– Harvesting of timber for the forest product processing industry;
– Harvesting of timber for carpentry such as house pillars, roughly shaped stakes, railway sleepers, etc.
– Charcoal burning in forests using traditional methods.
This group also includes: Gathering and producing by-products from logging, such as branches, stumps, wood chips from logging activities.
Excludes:
– Growing Christmas trees is classified under group 0129 (Other perennial crop cultivation);
– Harvesting short-rotation shrub crops for energy, such as poplars and willows, on a fee or contract basis, is classified under group 01610 (Support activities for crop production);
– Growing standing timber, reforestation, transplanting, thinning, and forest conservation are classified under group 0210 (Forestry and logging support activities; forest nursery);
– Gathering non-wood wild forest products is classified under group 023 (Gathering of non-wood forest products);
– Manufacturing wood chips and wood pellets not related to forestry activities is classified under group 1610 (Sawmilling, planing, and preservation of wood);
– Manufacturing charcoal through wood distillation is classified under group 2011 (Manufacture of basic chemicals).
3. Suggested ways to record Industry Code 0220 Logging
– When registering a new enterprise, when notifying changes to business lines, or when requesting a conversion to a new Enterprise Registration Certificate, the enterprise founder or the enterprise shall select the four-digit economic industry code from the Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification to record the business lines in the enterprise registration dossier. The business registration authority shall guide, cross-reference, and record the enterprise’s business lines in the National Business Registration Database.
– For conditional business lines stipulated in other legal normative documents, the business lines shall be recorded according to the regulations in those legal normative documents.
Suggested ways to record Industry Code 0220 Logging:
Case 1: General
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging |
Case 2: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging Details: Logging from planted forests |
Case 3: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging (not operating at the head office) |
Case 4: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging Details of business line: Logging of planted trees (only allowed to log planted trees of legal origin) |
Case 5: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging (within the State-permitted list) |
Case 6: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging (from planted forests) |
Case 7: Specific
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 0220 | Logging Details: Logging of planted trees (only operates when authorized agencies issue logging permits) (does not store roundwood at the head office) |
Note: Depending on each specific industry and business line, as well as specific regulations in each locality, it may be necessary to provide detailed information for the 4-digit industry code or commit to operating in accordance with regulations.
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