Legal Updates

The Circular No. 18/2015/TT-NHNN dated October 22, 2015 of the State Bank of Vietnam regulating on refinancing loans on the basis of special bonds of Asset Management Company for Vietnamese Credit Institutions (VAMC) with a view to supporting the operating capital of credit institutions in the process of handling...

The Government has issued the Decree No. 23/2015/ND-CP on February 16, 2015 on grant of duplicates from master registers, certification of copies from originals, certification of signatures and certification of contracts and transactions. To the time limit for certification, the time limit for certification is within the day an agency...

The Ministry of Transport issues Circular No. 54/2018/TT-BGTVT on the charge bracket for pilotage, wharf, dock and mooring buoy utilization, container handling and towage services at Vietnamese seaports. According to this Circular, the charge bracket for container handling and towage services Region I is: - Charge bracket for domestic container handling...

This is the important content prescribed at the Circular No. 07/2015/TT-BCT dated May 12, 2015 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade prescribed the non-application of import tariff-rate quotas for un-manufactured tobacco originated from ASEAN. At this Circular, the Ministry of Industry and Trade emphasizes not to apply import tariff-rate...

This new content is formally regulated in the Insurance Law No. 58/2014/QH13 passed by the National Assembly on November 20, 2014. Accordingly, from 2016, male employees currently paying social insurance premiums whose wives give birth to children are entitled to a maternity leave of 5 working days; 7 working...

From 2017, the collection, payment, management and use of entrance fees by Vietnam Fine Arts Museum shall be applied in accordance with the Circular No. 181/2016/TT-BTC issued by the Ministry of Finance on November 07, 2016; replaces the Circular No. 174/2013/TT-BTC dated November 27, 2013. Accordingly, the amount of entrance...

In accordance with the Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP dated June 09, 2015 of the Government on credit policies for agricultural and rural development, organizations and individuals that may borrow loans including individuals and households residing in rural areas or engaged in production and business activities in the field of agriculture;...

Many new contents on enterprise income taxes, personal income tax or VAT tax are prescribed by the Government at the Decree No. 91/2014/ND-CP dated October 01, 2014 amending, supplementing a number of Articles under the Decree regulating on Tax.[...]

On February 11, 2015, the Ministry of Finance signed the Decision No. 274/QD-BTC on publishing amendments and supplements of administrative procedures in the tax management under the Ministry of Finance’s authority. Under this Decision, procedures of declaring tax for foreign contractors, foreign sub-contractors paying value added tax according to the...

On December 28, 2018, the State Bank of Vietnam issues the Circular No. 44/2018/TT-NHNN on amendments and supplements to certain articles of the Circular No. 36/2012/TT-NHNN dated December 28, 2012 of State Bank’s Governor prescribing installation, management, operation and maintenance of safety for operations of automated teller machines. - Within...