To: General Directors (Directors) of valuation enterprises

Vietnam’s Valuation Standard 12 promulgated together with Circular No. 122/2017/TT-BTC is an important step towards valuation of enterprises in Vietnam. For the purposes of compliance with law, improvement of quality of enterprise valuation in general and enterprise valuation serving equitization and withdrawal of state capital from state-invested enterprises, the Ministry of Finance hereby provides the following guidance:

1. Enterprise valuation serving equitization of state-owned enterprises

Regulations on enterprise valuation serving equitization of state-owned enterprises in the Government's Decree No. 126/2017/ND-CP on equitization of state-owned enterprise and wholly state-owned single-member limited liability companies and its instructional documents shall be complied with.

During the process of enterprise valuation, apart from the asset-based method in Decree No. 126/2017/ND-CP , valuating units must apply other methods in Vietnam’s Valuation Standard 12 promulgated together with Circular No. 122/2017/TT-BTC in order to accurately determine the market value of the equitized state-owned enterprise.

2. Enterprise valuation serving withdrawal of state capital from state-invested enterprises.

Legislative documents on determination of state capital serving transfer of state capital (the Government's Decree No. 91/2015/ND-CP dated October 13, 2015 on investment of state capital in enterprises, management and use of capital and assets in enterprises; the Government's Decree No. 32/2018/ND-CP dated March 08, 2018 on amendments to Decree No. 91/2015/ND-CP ; and their instructional documents) shall be complied with.

During the process of enterprise valuation, valuating units must revaluate the enterprise by applying Vietnam’s Valuation Standard 12 promulgated together with Circular No. 122/2017/TT-BTC in order to accurately determine the market value of the enterprise. This is the basis for determination of the market value of state capital in the enterprise.

3. Valuation of enterprises without state capital

During the process of enterprise valuation, it is necessary to revaluate the enterprise by applying Vietnam’s Valuation Standard 12 promulgated together with Circular No. 122/2017/TT-BTC in order to accurately determine the market value of the enterprise.

Methods and approaches in the following documents shall be applied: Circular No. 158/2014/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s Valuation Standards No. 01, 02, 03 and 04; Circular No. 28/2015/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s Valuation Standards No. 05, 06 and 07; Circular No. 126/2015/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s Valuation Standards No. 08, 09 and 10; Circular No. 145/2016/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s  Valuation Standard No. 11; Circular No. 06/2014/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s Valuation Standard No. 13.

Legal representatives, General Directors (Directors) of valuation enterprises shall disseminate the content of this document among their valuators and employees. The legal representatives, General Directors (Directors) and valuators are responsible for performance of enterprise valuation tasks.

Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to the Ministry of Finance for instructions./.