Receive 10% of the value of confiscated material evidences and fine payment on announcing administrative violationns

This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 105/2014/TT-BTC dated August 07, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance amending, supplementing a number of articles of the Circular No. 153/2013/TT-BTC dated October 31, 2013[...]

Restricted activities within a coast protection corridor

The Government issued Decree No. 40/2016/ND-CP on May 15, 2016 detailing a number of articles of the Law on Marine and Island Resources and Environment; in which the most important provision is about restricted activities within a coast protection corridor. Accordingly, exploitation of groundwater may be conducted only in emergency...
export tax

Increase the export tax rates applicable to gold jewelry, goldsmiths’ wares by 2% from may 07, 2015

On March 23, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 36/2015/TT-BTC dated March 23, 2015 amending the export tax rates applicable to gold jewelry, goldsmiths’ wares and other golden articles in subheadings 71.13, 71.14, 71.15 of export tax schedule. Accordingly, from May 07, 2015, the export tax rates...

Quota on energy consumption of the steel industry

On September 20, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BCT on the quota on energy consumption of the steel industry. In accordance with the regulations at this Circular, to the end of 2020, The quota on energy consumption of the steel industry is 14,000 MJ/ton...

Responsibilities of trade unions in state management and socio- economic management

According to the Decree No. 200/2013/ND-CP dated November 26, 2013 of the Government detailing Article 11 of the Law on Trade Unions on the rights and responsibilities of trade unions to participate in state management and socio-economic management. When sectors, localities and units, and policies formulate the socio-economic development...

National single-window mechanism to the procedure of appraising contents of imported childrens toys

On April 25, 2016, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued the Joint Circular No.64/2016/TTLT-BTC-BVHTTDL guiding the implementation of the national single-window mechanism with respect to the procedure of appraising contents of imported children’s toys under specialized management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and...

Prohibit selling a drug at a price higher than its declared or posted price

From January 01, 2017, to prohibit to sell a drug at a price higher than  its  declared or  posted price;  Manufacturing, preparing or selling traditional drugs combined with pharmaceutical ingredients without permission of a competent  state  management  agency,  providing information,  advertising,  marketing,  making  prescriptions for, providing consultations on, labeling...
Time limit for voluntary execution of a judgment is 10 days

Time limit for voluntary execution of a judgment is 10 days

On November 25, 2014, the National Assembly issued the Law No. 64/2014/QH13 amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments. Under this Law, it amends on Time limit for voluntary execution of judgments. Specifically, the time limit for voluntary execution of a...

Exempted from construction permit for housing development projects with under 7 stories

On June 18, 2014, he Construction Law No. 50/2014/QH13 which was passed by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 7th session[...]

Determining the presiding agency of a specific international investment dispute

On January 06, 2014, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 01/2014/TT-NHNN prescribing the delivery and receipt, preservation and transportation of cash, precious assets and valuable papers[...]