exported and imported goods

Guiding the methods for defining customs value of exported and imported goods

On March 25, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 39/2015/TT-BTC prescribing customs value of exported and imported goods. According to this Circular, The customs value is the selling price of goods at the border gate of exportation exclusive of international insurance cost (I) and international freight...
Collecting and processing information

Collecting and processing information about labor supply and demand on july 1 of the same year

On July 24, 2015, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued the Circular No. 27/2015/TT-BLDTBXH guiding for collecting, archiving and synthesizing the information of labor market, defining that the time for collecting and processing information about labor supply and demand on is 30 days and from...
perform altruistic gestational surrogacy

03 establishments permitted to perform al truistic gestational surrogacy

In accordance with the Decree No. 10/2015/ND-CP dated January 28, 2015 of the Government on giving birth through in vitro fertilization and conditions for altruistic gestational surrogacy, The National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Hue Central General Hospital and Ho Chi Minh City Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital are allow...
Annul the experience factor for preschool foreign teachers

Annul the experience factor for preschool foreign teachers

In accordance with the Decree No. 124/2014/ND-CP dated December 29, 2014 of the Government amending Clause 6, Article 31 of the Government’s Decree No. 73/2012/ND-CP of September 26, 2012, on foreign cooperation and investment in education, from February 16, 2015, The foreign teachers and lecturers teaching in short-term training...
treatment by health insurance for hiv

Guiding the medical examination and treatment by health insurance for hiv-positive people

The Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 15/2015/TT-BYT dated June 26, 2015 guiding the medical examination and treatment by health insurance for HIV-Positive people and people using HIV/AIDS related health care services, prescribing that HIV-positive people having health insurance who receive medical examination and treatment and people having...
Transactions not required to be reported

Transactions not required to be reported

On November 11, 2014, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 31/2014/TT-NHNN amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 35/2013/TT-NHNN of December 31, 2013 guiding the implementation of a number of provisions on anti-money laundering. Of which, there are important amendments on intensive assessment...

Cancel purchasing expenditures that the estimation has not been approved yet

On August 13, 2014, the Prime Minister issued the Directive No. 25/CT-TTg on superintending to perform financial tasks – Budget 2014, actively cut down on or put off the implementation of payment tasks for purchasing equipment, cars… that are out of date but still be usable[...]
commission for insurance contracts

Maximun commission for insurance contracts of guarantee insurance is 10%

This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 194/2014/TT-BTC dated December 17, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Circular No. 124/2012/TT-BTC dated July 30, 2012 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the implementation of a number of articles...
real estate transfer

The tax rate applicable to incomes from real estate transfer is 2% of the tranfer value

From January 01, 2015, The tax rate applicable to incomes from real estate transfer is 2% of the transfer value and from securities transfer is 0.1% of the securities selling price of each transfer are the important contents in the Decree No. 12/2015/ND-CP dated February 12, 2015 of the...

Cadres and civil servants will take 9 days off on Lunar New Year 2014

On December 12, 2013, the Government Office promulgated Official dispatch No. 10525/VPCP-KGVX on regulating the Tet holidays and change of weekend in 2014 holidays for cadres, civil servants and staffs. [...]