the Ministry of Finance announcing the average electricity selling price used as taxable price of natural water resources used for hydropower generation.

Increase the average electricity selling price used as taxable price of natural water resources from march 16

This is the important content prescribed at the Decision No. 567/QD-BTC dated March 26, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance announcing the average electricity selling price used as taxable price of natural water resources used for hydropower generation. In particular, from March 16, 2015, the average electricity selling price used...
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...
Import conditions of automobiles and motorcycle for repatriated overseas Vietnamese citizens

Import conditions of automobiles and motorcycle for repatriated overseas Vietnamese citizens

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 [...]
Exempt from import duty for luggage with the total value is vnd 10,000,000 (ten million) at most

Exempt from import duty for luggage with the total value is vnd 10,000,000 (ten million) at most

Luggage allowances of persons on entry such as liquor and alcoholic beverages, tobacco, personal belongings with the total value is VND 10,000,000 (ten million) at most shall be exempted from import duty is the important content prescribed at the Decision No. 31/2015/QD-TTg dated August 04, 2015 of the Prime...

Shipmaster’s and chief engineer’s certificates of competency are valid for 5 year

The Law No. 48/2014/QH13 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Navigation was passed on June 17, 2014, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 7th session.[...]

Conditions on export of minerals

On July 05, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 12/2016/TT-BCT on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Minister of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 41/2012/TT-BCT of December 21, 2012, providing the export of minerals. Within that, the important content is the regulations...
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AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES SHALL BE SUPPORTED WITH VND 1 MILLION/M2 IN BUILDING FACTORY

In accordance with the Circular No. 05/2014/TT-BKHDT issued by the Ministry of Planning and Investment on September 30, 2014 guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 210/2013/ND-CP of December 19, 2013, on incentive policies for enterprises investing in agriculture and rural areas. Enterprises may select the compliance with...
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...

Fine forgiveness for late payment of tax incurred of businesses having objective difficulties

Businesses having objective difficulties and having paid the original tax debt prior to December 31, 2014 shall be forgiven of fine for late payment of tax incurred prior to July 01, 2013 is the plan of the Government at the Resolution No. 63/NQ-CP dated August 25, 2014 [...]

PAYMENT OF TRANSACTION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION MUST NOT EXCEED TWO WORKING DAYS

In accordance with the Circular No. 15/2015/TT-NHNN dated October 02, 2015 of the State Bank of Vietnam guiding on foreign exchange transactions of Credit Institutions that are permitted to engage in foreign exchange transactions, parties shall decide on payment of transaction for spot transaction, spot transaction on swap transaction...