Increase the import tax for petroleum to 35% from january 07
The Ministry of Finance has just issued the Circular No. 03/2015/TT-BTC dated January 6, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance amending the preferential import tax rate for some petroleum commodities in the Heading 27.10 in the Preferential Import Tariff, decide to increase the preferential import tax for leaded or...
From april 01, exempt import taxes of many commodities from japan
On February 14, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 24/2015/TT-BTC promulgating Vietnam’s Special Preferential Import Tariff to implement the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement during 2015-2019.
Accordingly, applicable from April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016, to apply the import tax rate of 0% for many commodities....
Change the method of tax calculation for foreign contractors
On August 06, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 103/2014/TT-BTC guiding the fulfillment of tax liability of foreign entities doing business in Vietnam or earning income in Vietnam, regulates that the contractor/subcontractor has a permanent establishment in Vietnam or the contractor/subcontractor is a resident of Vietnam[...]
AGRICULTURE’S GDP PROPORTION OF 15%
The Prime Minister has just signed the Decision No. 1342/QD-TTg dated August 12, 2014 approving the plan of action to develop agricultural machinery industry in implementation of Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam - Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.
This Strategy shall be implemented...
Allowed to submit the copies on granting for establishing banks
This is the new content prescribed at the Circular No. 08/2015/TT-NHNN dated June 30, 2015 of the State Bank of Vietnam amending, supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 40/2011/TT-NHNN dated December 15, 2011 of the State Governor of Vietnam regulating on licensing and organizations, operations of...
HIGH-SPEED VESSELS HAVE THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 20 YEARS MEASURED
On November 20, 2014, the Government issues the Decree No. 111/2014/ND-CP prescribing the useful life of inland waterway vessels and the useful life of vessels permitted for import and takes effect on January 05, 2015.
Accordingly, inland waterway vessels have useful life from 18 – 35 years depending on each...
Dissolution of vocational education institutions if fails to operate
In accordance with the Law No. 74/2014/QH13 issued by the National Assembly on November 27, 2014, a vocational education institution shall be dissolved when it commits illegal acts causing serious consequences; past the suspension period of its training activities, it fails to solve the problem leading to such suspension;...
Terrestrial cell phones consigned are exmpt from import license
On November 26, 2014, the Ministry of Information and Communications promulgates the Circular No. 18/2014/TT-BTTTT detailing the Government’s Decree No. 187/2013/ND-CP of November 20, 2013, on the grant of import licenses for radio transmitters and radio transceivers; deciding terrestrial cell phones that are consigned together or not together with...
VALIDITY DURATION OF INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS IS 3 YEARS
The Ministry of Transport issued the Circular No. 29/2015/TT-BGTVT dated July 06, 2015 providing the issuance and use of international driving permits for Vietnamese and foreigners having permanence residence cards granted by Vietnam, who have obtained Vietnam’s domestic driving permits which are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and remain...
Hanoi: The maximum condominiums price is VND 16.000
This is the content at the Decision No. 3185/QD-UBND dated June 16, 2014 of the People’s Committee of Hanoi on the service charge scale of condominiums in Hanoi [...]
