Vietnam SME Definition

Criteria for identification of small and medium enterprises in Vietnam

Criteria for identification of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) according to Article 5 of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP are as follows: (See Table 1)

(1) Any micro-enterprise in the field of agriculture, forestry, aquaculture; industry and construction that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 10 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 3 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 3 billion VND.

Any micro-enterprise in the field of commerce and services that that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 10 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 10 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 3 billion VND.

(2) Any small enterprise in the field of agriculture, forestry, aquaculture; industry and construction that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 100 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 50 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 20 billion VND, except micro-enterprises mentioned in (1)

Any small enterprises in the field of commerce and service that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 50 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 100 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 30 billion VND, except micro-enterprises mentioned in (1).

(3) Any medium enterprise in the field of agriculture, forestry, aquaculture; industry and construction that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 200 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 200 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 100 billion VND, except micro-enterprises and small enterprises mentioned in (1) and (2).

Any medium enterprises in the field of commerce and service that has an average annual number of employees who participate in social insurance not exceeding 100 people, total revenue in the year not exceeding 300 billion VND or total capital of the year not exceeding 100 billion VND, except micro-enterprises and small enterprises mentioned in (1) and (2).