Foreign exchange agents aren’t allowed to exchange foreign currency for other foreign currencies
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...
PAYMENT OF TRANSACTION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION MUST NOT EXCEED TWO WORKING DAYS
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...
Restricting the new establishment of timber processing and trading establishments
On December 11, 2014, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 2242/QD-TTg approving the Scheme for strengthening the management of natural forest’s timber exploitation in 2014 – 2020 in order to improve quality of natural forest and develop the production forests with high quality eligible for sustainable exploitation...
THE INVESTOR IS ALLOWED TO DIRECTLY MANAGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH LESS THAN VND 15 BILLION
Takes effect on June 01, 2017, the Decree No. 42/2017/ND-CP dated April 05, 2017 of the Government on amendments to the Government's Decree No. 59/2015/ND-CP dated June 18, 2015 on management of construction investment projects, to allow that the investor shall use its legal status and qualified affiliated units...
Conditions for manufacture of cosmetic products
On July 01, 2016, the Government issued the Decree No. 93/2016/ND-CP providing for conditions for manufacture of cosmetic products, within that, the manufacture of cosmetic products must have a cosmetic manufacturer must be established under the law; and have obtained a Certificate of eligibility for cosmetic manufacturing.
A cosmetic manufacturer...
Registration of civil status at overseas vietnamese consular offices
On June 30, 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice issued Joint Circular No. 02/2016/TTLT- BNG-BTP guiding the registration and management of civil status at overseas Vietnamese diplomatic missions and consular offices.
In accordance with this Joint Circular, the representative mission in the consular region where...
The maximum fee for appraisal of performance art programs is VND 5 million
On November 15, 2016, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 288/2016/TT-BTC on amounts, collection, payment, management and use of fees for appraisal of performance art programs; fees for appraisal of performances recorded on tapes, discs, software programs or other materials.
At this Circular, the Ministry of Finance, the...
Surrogacy arrangement in Vietnam
Question: I would like to know about surrogacy arrangement which is carrying of a pregnancy for intended parents. A couple (Non-Resident of Vietnam) who attempted IVF with no success and they have embryos stored in Thailand.We select a surrogate mother who is our relative and would like to go through...
Housing Law of Viet Nam 2005
Housing Law of Viet Nam provides for house ownership, housing development, management of use of houses and house-related transactions, and state management of houses[....]
SUPPLEMENT THE CASES ON THE DOCUMENT CEASE TO BE EFFECTIVE
On June 22, 2015, the National Assembly passed the Law No. 80/2015/QH13 on Promulgation of Legal Documents, within that, the most important contents is the supplementation on legal documents ceasing to be effective.
In particular, beside a legal document ceases to be effective in part or in whole such as...
