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Not yet handovered the house, the owner must pay 70% charges

On November 25, 2014, the National Assembly officially approved the Housing Law No. 65/2014/QH13, replacing the Housing Law No. 56/2005/QH11 with many new contents. For owners of commercial housing projects, within 50 days from the date of handover of houses to purchasers or from the time when lessees make full...

Publishing houses must have at least 200 m2 for use

At the Decree No. 195/2013/ND-CP dated November 21, 2013 of the Government detailing a number of articles of, and measures for implementing, the Publication Law[...]

TO SUPPLEMENT THE CASES TERMINATED AS MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT BONDS

This is the important content prescribed at the Circular No. 10/2017/TT-BTC dated February 06, 2017 of the Ministry of Finance on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Circular No. 234/2012/TT-BTC dated December 28, 2012 of the Ministry of Finance on management of transactions in government bonds,...
real estate transfer

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...
Guidance for preparing financial statements

Guidance for preparing interim financial statements

On May 18, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 75/2015/TT-BTC amending the Article 128 of the Circular No. 200/2014/TT-BTC dated December 22, 2014 guiding the accounting policies for enterprises. In accordance with this Circular’s regulation, every enterprise which is required to prepare interim financial statements (quarterly...

MANY CASES OF EXEMPTION FROM SEVERANCE TAX

On October 02, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 152/2015/TT-BTC guiding the severance tax, and the taxable items are metallic minerals; non-metallic minerals; products of natural forests; natural aquatic organisms, including marine animals and plants; natural water; natural bird’s nests other than those collected from construction...

Many preferential treatments with enterprises in national security and defense

Circular No. 151/2016/TT-BTC guiding operation mechanism for enterprises and employees in enterprises in national security and defense as stipulated under the Decree No. 93/2015/ND-CP dated October 15, 2015 of the Government on management organization and operation of enterprises in national defense and security was issued by the Ministry of...
Add more superior people's courts

Add more superior people’s courts

Instead of having the Supreme People’s Court; Courts of provinces and centrally run cities; Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities and the equivalent and Military courts as current regulations, from June, 2015, the people’s courts system add more Superior people’s courts. This is the new content...

Guidance on allocating profit of Vietnam asset management company

On December 27, 2013, the Ministry of Finance promulgated Circular No. 209/2013/TT-BTC on guiding the financial regulations applicable to Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) for credit institutions, which shall comply with legislations applicable to the one-member limited liability companies of which 100% of charter capital is owned by State, the Government’s Decree No. 53/2013/ND-CP dated May 18, 2013 and related legal documents[...]

Bank must agree with VDB before enterprises borrowing capital

On October 09, 2014, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 29/2014/TT-NHNN dated guiding commercial banks to coordinate with Vietnam Development Bank in the implementation of guarantee mechanism for small- and medium-sized enterprises borrowing capital as stipulated under the guarantee regulation promulgated together with the Decision No. 03/2011/QD-TTg dated January 10, 2011 of the Prime Minister.[...]