Legal Updates

On June 13, 2016, the Decree No. 52/2016/ND-CP issued by the Government providing for salary, remuneration and bonus payment to managers of single-member limited liability companies of which charter capital is wholly owned by the State. Accordingly, for economic corporation, the pay factors of full-time President of  the  Board of...

On December 30, 2016, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 30/2016/TT-BXD on guiding the engineering, procurement and construction contracts (EPC contract). In accordance with the regulations in this Circular, an EPC contract applies solely to construction projects and contract packages of which execution time is required to be...

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...

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...

Facing with many negative reactions from enterprises of construction and agriculture machines and equipments, on August 29, 2014, the Minister of Science and Technology signed the Decision No. 2279/QD-BKHCN invalidating Circular No.20/2014/TT-BKHCN on importation of used machinery, equipment and technological line.[...]

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 November 12, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP on amendments to some articles related to business conditions under state management of the Ministry of Health. One of the remarkable contents of this Decree is food safety requirements for the food and beverage establishments. To be specific, those...

Client has intention to engage a legal consultant on advising and implementing the marriage registration with foreign elements in accordance with current Vietnam’s Laws. In which the parties in marriage need to satisfy the following general conditions: +         The man has reached the age of twenty or over, the woman...

On April 03, 2015, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 04/2015/TT-BXD dated April 03, 2015 of the Ministry of Construction guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Decree No. 80/2014/ND-CP dated August 06, 2014 of the Government on the waste water drainage and treatment. Within...

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...