Open fund shall conduct collection under agreed price

On December 31, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 216/2013/TT-BTC amending the Circular No. 38/2011/TT-BTC dated March 16, 2011 [...]

PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE’S HAVING NO ON-LENT CAPITAL MORE THAN 180 DAYS OVERDUE CAN ACCESS TO ON-LENT CAPITAL

On April 28, 2017, the Government issued the Government No. 52/2017/ND-CP dated April 28, 2017 of the Government on on-lending of the Government’s foreign borrowed capital to People’s Committees of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces. Within that, the most important content is the eligibility conditions for the provincial People’s Committee’s access...

THE STATE BUDGET SHALL BE DISCLOSED AND OVERSEEN

The State Budget that shall be disclosed and overseen by the public is one of the significant contents under the Law on the State budget No. 83/2015/QH13 approved on June 25, 2015 by the National Assembly. Specifically, data of an explanatory reports on Councils, estimates already decided by competent authorities,...
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New regulation for work permit in Vietnam.

Regarding the new regulation for work permit for foreigner working in Vietnam that takes effect fromNovember 1st 2013, SB Law would like to provide the information as follows[...]

Adjusting the financial management mechanism for vietnam development bank

On April 29, 2016, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 67/2016/TT-BTC amending; supplementing some contents of the Circular No. 111/2007/TT-BTC dated September 12, 2007 guiding the implementation of financial management mechanism for Vietnam Development Bank. In particular, after calculating the total actual capital amount as a basis to...

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...

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.[...]

Shareholding percentage of a foreign organization shall not exceed 15% of a Vietnamese credit institution’s charter capital

This is one of remarkable point in Decision No. 01/2014/ND-CP dated January 3, 2014 of the Government on foreign investors’ share purchase from Vietnamese credit institutions Accordingly, shareholding percentage of a foreign individual shall not exceed 5% of charter capital of a Vietnamese credit institution and shareholding percentage of a...
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...

Guidelines for payment deducting of trade union fee

On November 21, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 191/2013/ND-CP detailing on Trade- Union Finance[...]