Legal Updates

On May 17, 2017, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 02/2017/TT-NHNN stipulating on factoring activity of credit institutions, foreign banks’ branches. The Circular prescribing that for customers being residents, factoring unit shall consider and decide on factoring when customers being legal status that has legal personality of...

On January 13, 2015, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 32/QD-TTg approving the synchronous development and upgrading solution for the industries, sectors and value chains of production of competitive commodities such as: electronics and information technology, textile and garment, food processing, agricultural machineries, tourism and related services. This Program...

On December 27, 2013, the Ministry of Finance promulgated Circular No. 209/2013/TT-BTC on guiding the financial regulations applicable to Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) for credit institutions, which shall comply with legislations applicable to the one-member limited liability companies of which 100% of charter capital is owned by State, the Government’s Decree No. 53/2013/ND-CP dated May 18, 2013 and related legal documents[...]

The National Assembly just approved the Resolution No. 86/2014/QH13 dated November 28, 2014 on further increasing the effectiveness of the economic restructuring in public investment, state enterprises and banking system, arranging and restructuring weak credit institutions, continuing implementing measures to reduce non-performing loans to below 3 percent of the...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 25/2016/TT-BCT dated November 30, 2016 on regulations on electricity transmission system, the electricity system and market operator shall be responsible for formulating plans for maintenance and repair of the electricity transmission system including plans for maintenance and repair of...

Circular No. 04/2015 / TT-BLĐTBXH of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs guiding the implementation of compensation, pension and health care costs of the employer to the employee accident labor, occupational diseases Accident workers decrease the ability to work from 5% - 10% shall be compensated at least...

On December 03, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 181/2013/TT-BTC guiding the implementation of tax policies and incentives for programs and projects funded with official development assistance (ODA) capital or concessional loans provided by donors[...]

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...

In accordance with the Circular No. 02/2016/TT-NHNN on provision of the custody services, security cabinets and safes for lease by credit institutions issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on February 26, 2016, Credit institutions allows to have custody services, security cabinets and safes for lease when such services...

As in former regulations, foreign exchange agents are not allowed to  exchange foreign currency cash for Vietnam dong, then in accordance with this Circular, foreign exchange agents are not allowed to exchange foreign currency cash for other foreign currencies either. Now, these agents are only allowed to exchange Vietnam...