Pictures of patients are banned from medicine advertisements.

On November 14, 2013, the Government issued the Decree No. 181/2013/ND-CP on guiding the implementation of some Articles of the Law on Advertising, within that pictures of patients[...]

TIME LIMIT OF AN AUDIT DOES NOT EXCEED 60 DAYS

Audit process issued by the State Audit Office of Vietnam on December 23, 2016 is attached with the Decision No. 08/2016/QD-KTNN, prescribing that the audit process comprises 4 steps such as Preparation; Performance; Making and sending audit reports; Oversight of performance of audit conclusions and audit requests. In accordance with...

PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE’S HAVING NO ON-LENT CAPITAL MORE THAN 180 DAYS OVERDUE CAN ACCESS TO ON-LENT CAPITAL

On April 28, 2017, the Government issued the Government No. 52/2017/ND-CP dated April 28, 2017 of the Government on on-lending of the Government’s foreign borrowed capital to People’s Committees of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces. Within that, the most important content is the eligibility conditions for the provincial People’s Committee’s access...

Guidelines for payment deducting of trade union fee

On November 21, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 191/2013/ND-CP detailing on Trade- Union Finance[...]

Cases under cancellation of transaction relationship with credit institutions

On December 5, 2013, the State Bank issued Circular No. 27/2013/TT-NHNN, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Ciruclar No. 02/2012/TT-NHNN dated February 27, 2012, on guiding foreign exchange transactions among the State Bank of Vietnam and credit institutions and foreign banks’s branches. [...]

To ban some HS codes of asbestos

On September 09, 2016, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 25/2016/TT-BXD promulgating the list and HS codes of asbestos in amphibole group banned from import. In accordance with the Circular, The list and HS codes of asbestos in amphibole group banned from import includes Crocidolite: Crocidolite (blue asbestos): fibrous,...
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Reduce non-performing loans to below 3 percent of the total outstanding loans by the end of 2015

The National Assembly has just passed 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, requires Ministries, industries and relevant units to arrange and restructure weak credit institutions, continue implementing measures to reduce...
Import duty exemption for 5 years for assemble medical equipment

Import duty exemption for 5 years for assemble medical equipment

On December 8, 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 10/2015/TT-BTC Detailing the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 54/2014/QD-TTg of September 19, 2014, on import duty exemption for components imported to produce or assemble medical equipment prioritized for research and manufacture. Domestically unavailable components...

Open fund shall conduct collection under agreed price

On December 31, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 216/2013/TT-BTC amending the Circular No. 38/2011/TT-BTC dated March 16, 2011 [...]
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Seeking private sector involvement in investment in railway infrastructure

With the target to gradually reduce the burden on the state budget, and meet the target of socio-economic development, industrialization - modernization of the country; to restructure the railway sector investment, enhance private sector involvement investment ratio in the railway infrastructure commensuration with other transport fields; the Minister of...