Legal Updates

Question: I would like to know about surrogacy arrangement which is carrying of a pregnancy for intended parents. A couple (Non-Resident of Vietnam) who attempted IVF with no success and they have embryos stored in Thailand.We select a surrogate mother who is our relative and would like to go through...

On June 30, 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice issued Joint Circular No. 02/2016/TTLT- BNG-BTP guiding the registration and management of civil status at overseas Vietnamese diplomatic missions and consular offices. In accordance with this Joint Circular, the representative mission in the consular region where...

On 21st August, Vietnam Prime Minister has signed the Plan to fully legalize digital assets and cryptocurrencies. According to the Plan, the Ministry of Justice and the State Bank of Vietnam are in charge of reviewing the current legal status of digital assets and cryptocurrencies; considering the US, EU and...

Ministry of Public Security issued Circular No. 28/2016/TT-BCA on July 05, 2016 on implementation of regulation on issuance and management of APEC business travel cards. According to this Circular, APEC business travel cards may function as an entry visa into countries and territories as members of APEC business travel cards....

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...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No.35/2014/TT-BCT dated October 15, 2014 prescribing the application of the automatic import licensing regime to a number of fertilizer products, including urea, whether or not in aqueous solution; mineral or chemical fertilizers containing the three fertilizing elements, namely nitrogen, phosphorus and...

In accordance with the Circular No. 15/2015/TT-NHNN dated October 02, 2015 of the State Bank of Vietnam guiding on foreign exchange transactions of Credit Institutions that are permitted to engage in foreign exchange transactions, parties shall decide on payment of transaction for spot transaction, spot transaction on swap transaction...

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[...]

This is one of the contents regulated under the Decree No. 100/2014/ND-CP of the Government on the trading in and use of nutritious products for infants, feeding bottles and teats, replacing the Decree No. 21/2006/ND-CP dated February 27, 2006. Specifically, the Government strictly prohibits the advertising of breast milk substitutes...

In accordance with the Decree No. 38/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Hydro-meteorology, a license for hydro-meteorological forecast and warning activities is valid for 5 years at most and extend at least 30 days before the license expires...