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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...

Impose a fine of vnd 5 million for import of pesticides banned from use

This is the content prescribed at the Decree No. 31/2016/ND-CP of the Government on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on plant varieties, plant protection and quarantine. Accordingly, from June 25, 2016, importing formulated pesticides which are in the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam from a manufacturer...

THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS HAS 23 AFFILIATED UNITS

From February 17, 2017, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs only have 23 affiliated units, reduced by 01 unit compared with previous regulations is the important content in the Decree No. 14/2017/ND-CP dated February 17, 2017 of the Government on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure...
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Conditions for food safety assurance for vagetable oil production

On December 22, 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 59/2014/TT-BCT dated December 22, 2014 prescribing conditions for food safety assurance for vegetable oil production and trading establishments and takes effect on February 06, 2015. Accordingly, Vegetable oil production establishments must have production location constructed under...

Credit institutions are entitled to overdraft for compensate for the shortage of capital in the inter-bank electronic payment

Takes effect on March 25, 2017, the Circular No. 29/2016/TT-NHNN dated October 12, 2016 stipulating overdraft and overnight lending applicable in the inter-bank electronic payment, to allow credit institutions to make payment in excess of the credit balance in their Vietnamese dong clearance account opened at the Banking Operation...

PUBLIC COMPANY SHALL BUILD ITS WEBSITE WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER IT BECOMES PUBLIC

Takes effect on January 01, 2016, the Circular No. 155/2015/TT-BTC dated October 06, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the disclosure of information on the securities market, requires that public company shall build its website within 6 months after it becomes public. Similarly, public company shall build its website...

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[...]

Companies must declare the seaport charge schedule

On November 02, 2016, the Government issued the Decree No. 146/2016/ND-CP dated November 02, 2016 of the Government on regulations on publishing of freights and surcharges of ocean container shipping and seaport charges, requires enterprises to declare the seaport charge schedule on publishing of freights and surcharges of ocean...

To reduce 50% of personal income tax for staffs working in border-gate economic zones

On November 26, 2013, the Prime Minister promulgated Decision No. 72/2013/QD-TTg, prescribing mechanisms and financial policies applicable to border-gate economic zones, which regulates that Vietnamese and foreigners directly working or involved in production and business activities [...]

Exempt from import duty for machinery imported or temporarily imported for re-export to serve ODA

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[...]