Industry Code 1812 Services related to printing, updated according to Decision 36/2025/QĐ-TTg. To learn more about the details of industry code 1812, please refer to this article by VN Law Firm!
1. What is a business industry code?
Business industry code is 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. The 4-digit (level 4) industry code is the code used for business registration.
The Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification (VSIC) system, issued under Decision 36/2025/QĐ-TTg, has a hierarchical structure with 5 levels, from general to detailed:
| Level | Name | Encoding | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Economic Sector Level 1 | 1 letter (from A to V) | 22 sectors |
| Level 2 | Economic Sector Level 2 | 2 digits (following level 1) | 87 sectors |
| Level 3 | Economic Sector Level 3 | 3 digits (following level 2) | 259 sectors |
| Level 4 | Economic Sector Level 4 | 4 digits (following level 3) | 495 sectors |
| Level 5 | Economic Sector Level 5 | 5 digits (following level 4) | 743 sectors |
Example of industry code structure: Taking the food production industry as an example:
- Level 1: C (Processing and Manufacturing Industry)
- Level 2: 10 (Food Processing and Production)
- 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 1812 Services related to printing
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing |
This group includes: Pre-press, pre-production, bookbinding, and related services.
Includes:
– Typesetting, composition, photo-typesetting, data entry prior to printing in a format suitable for use in various printing processes and presentation in other visual media, including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic coloring;
– Preparation of data files for multimedia applications (printing on paper, CD-ROM, Internet);
– Print plate-making services including image arrangement and plate arrangement (for offset printing and letterpress printing);
– Engraving, acid etching on rollers for zinc etching;
– Processing of print plates: from computer to print plate (also includes plastic print plates);
– Preparation of print plates and dyeing to reduce printing and stamping work;
– Preparation of artistic products including lithography and woodblock printing (wooden blocks for making engravings);
– Preparation of presentation media;
– Preparation of sketches, layouts, sample drawings…;
– Proof printing;
– Bookbinding services, sample assembly, and other post-press services to support printing activities, such as binding books into volumes and finishing books, leaflets, magazines, catalogs… by folding, stacking, stitching, gluing, checking page order and arrangement, saddle stitching, cover gluing, trimming, cutting, assembling, spiral binding, plastic binding, …;
– Binding and finishing printed paper or printed cardboard by folding, punching, drilling, perforating, embossing, gluing, adhesive bonding, laminating…
– CD-ROM finishing services;
– Mail finishing services, such as: customizing and preparing envelopes,…;
– Other print finishing activities such as debossing or embossing, braille reproduction…
Excludes: Graphic design of visual content to convey information by print and other media is classified under group 74100 (Specialized design activities).
3. Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1812 Services related to printing
– 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 enterprise shall select a four-digit economic sector from the Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification System to record the business line in the enterprise registration application. 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 documents, the business line shall be recorded according to the provisions in those legal documents.
Suggestions for recording Industry Code 1812 Services related to printing:
Case 1: General
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing |
Case 2: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing Details: Processing: cutting, creasing, die-cutting, box gluing, UV laminating, and book binding. Book-calendar spine binding, paper ruling, gold plating, foil stamping. Calendar finishing (trimming, spiral binding, tin strips, plastic strips). |
Case 3: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing (excluding printing, coating metal packaging; printing on textile, woven, sewn, embroidered, knitted products at the headquarters) |
Case 4: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing details: binding books into volumes, magazines, advertising books, catalogs by folding, stacking, stitching, gluing, checking page order, saddle stitching, cover gluing, trimming, cutting, printing gold stamps on books; typesetting, composition, print typesetting, data entry prior to printing including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic coloring; plate-making services including image arrangement and plate arrangement (for offset and letterpress printing); engraving, acid etching on rollers for zinc etching; direct-to-plate processing (also includes plastic plates); preparation of plates and dyeing to reduce printing and stamping work; proof printing; artistic products including lithography and woodblock printing (wooden blocks for making engravings); production of reprographic products; design of printed products such as sketches, layouts, drafts; other graphic activities such as die-cutting, stamp die-cutting, embossing, perforating, debossing, oil sweeping and laminating, checking order and arrangement. Post-press finishing: die-cutting, cutting, gluing |
Case 5: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing Details: Advertising design |
Case 6: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing Details: Printing and pressing backpacks, handbags, footwear, raincoats.. various plastic logos and labels. (not operated at the headquarters) |
Case 7: Detailed
| Industry Code | Industry Name |
|---|---|
| 1812 | Services related to printing (only operates when all business conditions as per legal regulations are met) |
Note: Depending on the specific industry code, business line, and local regulations, it may be necessary to provide detailed information for the 4-digit industry code or commit to operating according to regulations.
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