Cadres and civil servants are required to declare assets and income at vnd 50 millions or above
On November 20, 2018, the National Assembly issues the Anti-Corruption Law No. 36/2018/QH14 which includes many remarkable contents.
Accordingly, the following assets and income shall be declared:
- Land use rights, houses, construction works and other property attached thereto;
- Previous metals, gemstones, cash, financial instruments and other real property each of...
Conditions to apply VAT rate of 0% to exported goods and services
On December 18, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 209/2013/ND-CP on detailing and guiding implementation of several articles of Law on Value-Added Tax on exported goods and services [...]
WORKING TIME OF TEACHERS OF COLLEGE OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SHALL BE 44 WEEKS PER YEAR
Takes effect on July 01, 2017, the Circular No. 07/2017/TT-BLDTBXH dated March 10, 2017 of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs on working regime for vocational education teachers.
Accordingly, Working time of teachers of college or intermediate level shall be 44 weeks per year according to 40-hour...
Management of external communication activities of central-affiliated cities and provinces
On October 19, 2016, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued the Circular No. 22/2016/TT-BTTTT providing for the management of external communication activities of central-affiliated cities and provinces, including providing information for promotion of the province/city’s image and provision of explanatory or clarifying information.
The information concerning the promotion of...
TO INCREASE THE IMPORT TAX FOR SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS TO 2%
On August 27, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 131/2015/TT-BTC dated August 27, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance amending the preferential import tax rates imposed on synthetic staple fibers of polyesters of HS code 5503.20.00 in preferential import tariff table issued together with Circular No....
To classify pay scale and payroll in state securities trading organization
Takes effect on December 10, 2016, the Circular No. 31/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated October 25, 2016 on management of employees, salary, remuneration and bonus by organizations that are incorporated and operate as wholly state-owned single-member limited liability companies under the law on securities, including the Stock Exchange of Hanoi; the Stock...
The fee of issuance or renewal of a certificate of multi-level marketing is VND 5 million/application
In accordance with the Circular No. 156/2016/TT-BTC dated October 21, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance on providing for fees for processing of application for the certificate of multi-level marketing, collection, transfer and management thereof, applies to enterprises applying for issuance, replacement, addition or renewal of the certificate of...
Incentives for power generation projects using solid waste
On May 05, 2014, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 31/2014/QD-TTg dated May 05, 2014 [...]
Many imported goods from china take the import interest rate of 0%
On September 01, 2016, the Government issued the Decree No. 128/2016/ND-CP on special preferential import tariff schedule of Vietnam for the implementation of the ASEAN - China Agreement on Trade in goods from 2016 – 2018, applicable to the imported goods from Brunei Darussalam; Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of...
INCREASE THE DEPOSIT IN THE AUCTION TO 20%
Takes effect on July 01, 2017, the Law on property auction No. 01/2016/QH14 of the National Assembly prescribing that bidders must deposit 5% - 20% reserve price of the auctioned property instead of 1%-5% as in previous regulations.
Also from July 01, 2017, lawyers, public notaries, bailiff, property management officers...

















