To guide the application of advance pricing agreements to tax administration
On December 20, 2013, the Ministry of Finance promulgated Circular No. 201/2013/TT-BTC guiding the application of Advance Pricing Agreements to Tax Administration.
According to the Circular, the taxpayer shall decide whether the APA is unilateral, bilateral, or multilateral when submitting the APA application. While the APA application is processed, the...
From 2016, issue the citizen’s identity cards instead of identity card
The National Assembly has just passed the Law No. 59/2014/QH13 dated November 20, 2014 decided to issued the citizen’s identity cards for Vietnamese citizens aged full 14 years or older from January 01, 2016.
Citizen’s identity card is a personal paper of a Vietnamese citizen which proves citizen identification of the...
Conditions applied to sign sales and purchase contract of domestic electricity
On October 21, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 137/2013/ND-CP on detailing implementation of several articles of the Electricity Law and the Law on amending and supplementing several articles of the Electricity Law and regulating several conditions for sales and purchase contract of domestic electricity. [...]
The tax rate applicable to incomes from real estate transfer is 2% of the tranfer value
From January 01, 2015, The tax rate applicable to incomes from real estate transfer is 2% of the transfer value and from securities transfer is 0.1% of the securities selling price of each transfer are the important contents in the Decree No. 12/2015/ND-CP dated February 12, 2015 of the...
Publishing the information on construction capabilities of organizations and individuals
On August 25, 2014, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 11/2014/TT-BXD publishing the information on construction capabilities of organizations and individuals in construction.[...]
BY 2017, PROCEDURE FOR PROPERTY REGISTRATION SHALL BE FINISHED WITHIN 20 DAYS
This is one of targets that the Government had set at Resolution No. 19-2017/NQ-CP dated February 06, 2017 on main duties and measures for improving business environment and enhancing national competitiveness in 2017 and orientation towards 2020.
With the aim by the end of 2017, starting a business of our...
New regulations on preferential policies upon selecting tenderers
On November 26, 2013, the National Assembly approved Law on Bidding No. 43/2013/QH13, which shall take effect fromJuly 1, 2014 and supersede Law on Bidding No. 61/2005/QH11[...]
Printing counterfeit invoices shall be imposed a fine of vnd 50 mil
In accordance with the regulations at the Circular No. 10/2014/TT-BTC guiding the administrative violations sanction on invoices, from March 02, 2013, organizations shall be imposed a fine of between 2,000,000 and 50,000,000 VND on acts of self-printing counterfeit invoices
Conditions on issuance of license for establishment of representative offices in vietnam
The Decree No. 07/2016/ND-CP detailing the Trade Law on representative offices, branches of foreign businesses in Vietnam issued by the Government on January 25, 2016; within that, the most important content is that a foreign business can not establish more than one representative office or branch that has the...
Quota on energy consumption of the steel industry
On September 20, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BCT on the quota on energy consumption of the steel industry.
In accordance with the regulations at this Circular, to the end of 2020, The quota on energy consumption of the steel industry is 14,000 MJ/ton...

















