Legal Updates

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...

On June 08, 2015, the Government issued the Decree No. 54/2015/ND-CP providing incentives for water conservation activities, accordingly, water conservation means the application of measures and technologies to recirculate or reuse water, collect rainwater and turn brackish water and saline water into freshwater for use, or to reduce the...

The National Assembly has just passed the Law No. 82/2015/QH13 dated June 25, 2015, takes effect on July 01, 2016, on Marine and Island Resources and Environment defines to license of scientific research within Vietnam’s maritime zones for foreign organizations and individuals. To conduct scientific research within Vietnam’s maritime zones,...

This is one of tasks of Government at Resolution No. 27/2016/QH14 dated November 11, 2016 of the National Assembly on state budget estimates of 2016. In particular, the National Assembly requested the Government to direct the conduct and implementation of laws on tax and promptly provide guidance on the conversion...

In accordance with the Circular No. 95/2016/TT-BTC dated June 28, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance on guidelines for tax registration, the taxpayer shall be imposed sanctions for TIN usage as prescribed by relevant law provisions. After one year from the date on which the tax authority issued a...

Circular No. 83/2016/TT-BTC issued by the Ministry of Finance on June 17, 2016 guiding the implementation of the investment incentive programs under the provisions of the Law on Investment and the Decree No. 118/2015/ND- CP dated November 12, 2015 specifying and guiding the implementation   of   several   articles   of   the ...

On February 12, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 20/2014/TT-BTC prescribing the import of automobiles and motorcycles as personal effects of overseas Vietnamese who are permitted to register permanent residence in Vietnam. Within that, the most important contents are the import of automobiles and motorcycles as personal effects of overseas Vietnamese who are Overseas Vietnamese citizens [...]

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...

From July 15, 2014, charges for the first time issuance, re-issuance of the certificate being qualified for performing the technical inspection on labor safety expired and charge for amending, supplementing; reissuing the certificate being qualified for performing the technical inspection on labor safety lost or damaged is 200,000 VND/paper and 150,000 VND/paper respectively[...]

In January of 2019, many legal policies shall be effective, SBLAW would like to inform Customer and our associates a summary of these legal documents: Law on Cybersecurity shall officially come into effect The Law on Cybersecurity 2018 provides national security protection, social order and safety maintenance in the cyberspace, and...