Late salary payment for 15 days or more shall be paid interest

Late salary payment for 15 days or more shall be paid interest

Under the Decree No. 05/2015/ND-CP dated January 12, 2015 of the Government guiding the implementation of a number of the Labor Code’s contents, an employee enjoying monthly salary shall be paid on monthly or semi-monthly basis. In case natural disaster, conflagration or other force majeure events take place, and employers...
exempt from customs procedures

Diplomatic and consular bags are exempt from customs procedures

On April 14, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 49/2015/TT-BTC providing for customs procedures for mails, postal matters and parcels, imports and exports sent via postal services of designated enterprises. According to this Circular, Imported or exported mails sent via postal...
The charge for commercial pangasius’s appraisal

The charge for commercial pangasius’s appraisal is 100,000 VND/01 exporting contract

This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 46/2015/TT-BTC dated April 07, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance providing for the collection rates, regime of collection, remittance, management and use of charges for the appraisal for commercial pangasius. In accordance with the regulations in this Circular, Organizations, individuals when...

THE MAXIMUM STATE INVESTMENT LOAN FOR A PROJECT IS 70%

Takes effect on May 15, 2017, the Decree No. 32/2017/ND-CP dated March 31, 2017 of the Government on state investment credit, prescribing that the maximum state investment loan for a project is 70% of the total investment capital of such project (excluding liquid capital). Also in accordance with this Decree,...

Credit institutions freeze debts to refinanced people engaged in shrimp and catfish rearing

On September 16, 2014, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 26/2014/TT-NHNN regulating on refinancing for credit institutions in Vietnam dong according to the Decision No. 540/QD-TTg dated April 16, 2014 of the Prime Minister on the credit policy vis-à-vis shrimp and catfish rearing.[...]
languages in teaching

Allowed to use foreign languages in teaching

The Prime Minister has just signed the Decision No. 72/2014/QD-TTg dated December 17, 2014 of the Prime Minister on teaching and learning in foreign language at schools and other educational institutions, any foreign language may be used partially or entirely to teach learners at general education level in Vietnam...

STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING COSTS

On February 15, 2017, the Ministry of Construction issued the Decision No. 79/QD-BXD on standard project management and construction consulting costs. The most important content is the standard construction consulting costs; the construction consulting costs are used for determination of costs of consulting works in the total investment and construction...
Legal Updates

Issue notification of classification results is within 5 working days

This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 14/2015/TT-BTC dated January 30, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the classification, analysis for classification; analysis for quality inspection and food safety inspection of exports and imports. Accordingly, within 5 working days, or 20 working days in case the analysis...
sale and hire-purchase of future-acquired houses

Guarantees for sale and hire-purchase of future-acquired houses

On June 25, 2015, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 07/2015/TT-NHNN stipulating the bank guarantee, within that guarantees for sale and hire-purchase of future-acquired houses is the most important contents. In particular, when giving a bank guarantee to the owner of real estate projects developed for the...

TIME LIMIT OF AN AUDIT DOES NOT EXCEED 60 DAYS

Audit process issued by the State Audit Office of Vietnam on December 23, 2016 is attached with the Decision No. 08/2016/QD-KTNN, prescribing that the audit process comprises 4 steps such as Preparation; Performance; Making and sending audit reports; Oversight of performance of audit conclusions and audit requests. In accordance with...