Charging the waste water by the water bills

On August 06, 2014, the Government issued the Decree No. 80/2014/ND-CP on the waste water drainage and treatment prescribing that Polluters must pay for pollution treatment; the income from drainage service must step by step cover the expense of drainage service.[...]
Import duty exemption for 5 years for assemble medical equipment

Import duty exemption for 5 years for assemble medical equipment

On December 8, 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 10/2015/TT-BTC Detailing the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 54/2014/QD-TTg of September 19, 2014, on import duty exemption for components imported to produce or assemble medical equipment prioritized for research and manufacture. Domestically unavailable components...
Medical establishments operating as enterprises may decide on price rates

Medical establishments operating as enterprises may decide on price rates

On December 15, 2014, the Government issued the Resolution No. 93/NQ-CP dated December 15, 2014 on a number of mechanisms and policies on medical development. Under this Resolution, medical examination and treatment establishments operating as enterprises may decide on their price rates. All units shall declare and post up...
International bidding

International bidding for thermal power plant project with more than two bot investors

On July 13, 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 23/2015/TT-BCT promulgating on orders, procedures of investment on the thermal power plant project in the form of Build – Operate – Transfer and takes effect on September 01, 2015. In accordance with the regulations in this...
tobacco originated from asean

non-application of import tariff-rate quotas for unmanufactured tobacco originated from asean

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...

BANKS MUST MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO OF 8%

Takes effect on January 01, 2020, the Circular No. 41/2016/TT-NHNN dated December 30, 2016 of the State Bank of Vietnam prescribing prudential ratios for operations of banks and/or foreign bank branches. One of the most important content is that banks without subsidiary companies and/or foreign bank branches must maintain the...
Regulations on time limit for e-customs declaration

Regulations on time limit for e-customs declaration

In accordance with the Circular No. 22/2014/TT-BTC dated February 14, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance providing e-customs procedures for commercial imports and exports, customs declaration shall be made after goods are fully gathered [...]

BANNED FROM MOTORBIKE DRIVING WITH THE VISION LESS THAN 4/10

This is a part of the Joint-Circular No. 24/2015/TTLT-BYT-BGTVT dated August 21, 2015 of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport on the Regulations on health standards for drivers, medical facilities for checking up driver’s health. Specifically, health standards for the driver driving vehicles of category A1 are...

Have right to choose the location of tax payment for export and import goods

The taxpayers directly pay taxes at the State Treasury or at the credit institution is the new content prescribed at the Circular No. 126/2014/TT-BTC dated August 28, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance [...]

To free export tax for Vietnamese green label

On August 09, 2016, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 128/2016/TT-BTC on export duty exemption and reduction for environment-friendly products; and products from waste recycling and treatment activities prescribed in the Government’s Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP of February 14, 2015, detailing a number of articles of the Law...