HIGH-SPEED VESSELS HAVE THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 20 YEARS MEASURED
On November 20, 2014, the Government issues the Decree No. 111/2014/ND-CP prescribing the useful life of inland waterway vessels and the useful life of vessels permitted for import and takes effect on January 05, 2015.
Accordingly, inland waterway vessels have useful life from 18 – 35 years depending on each...
FROM JULY 01, 2016, ALL ENTERPRISES CONDUCTING REAL ESTATE TRADING MUST HAVE LEGAL CAPITAL OF VND 20 BILLION
At the Decree No. 76/2015/ND-CP dated September 10, 2015 of the Government guiding a number of articles of the Law on Real Estate Trading, the Government also emphasizes that enterprise wishes to conduct real estate trading must set up an enterprise or cooperatives which has an amount of legal...
Routes for transporation of goods in transit through the Vietnamese territory
On May 13, 2014, the Ministry of Transport issued the Circular No. 15/2014/TT-BGTVT guiding the routes for transportation of goods in transit through the Vietnamese territory[...]
Increase the import tax for petroleum to 35% from january 07
The Ministry of Finance has just issued the Circular No. 03/2015/TT-BTC dated January 6, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance amending the preferential import tax rate for some petroleum commodities in the Heading 27.10 in the Preferential Import Tariff, decide to increase the preferential import tax for leaded or...
Gold jewelry with gold content of under 95% having export tax at 0%
The Ministry of Finance has issued the Decision No. 788/QD-BTC dated April 27, 2015 on promulgating new administrative procedures on export of gold jewelry, goldsmiths’ wares and other golden articles in subheadings 71.13, 71.14, 71.15 of export tax schedule in the field of customs under the authority of Ministry...
Allowed to submit the copies on granting for establishing banks
This is the new content prescribed at the Circular No. 08/2015/TT-NHNN dated June 30, 2015 of the State Bank of Vietnam amending, supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 40/2011/TT-NHNN dated December 15, 2011 of the State Governor of Vietnam regulating on licensing and organizations, operations of...
Support to develop production and business for households escaping poverty
The Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 28/2015/QD-TTg dated July 21, 2015 of the Prime Minister on credit policy for households escaping poverty, prescribing credit loans from the Bank for Social Policies for household escaping poverty to develop production and business in order to have a stable life and...
Encourage the plan of action to develop the environmental industry
On August 01, 2014, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 1292/QD-TTg approving the Plan of Action to develop the environmental industry and energy conservation in implementation of Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework[...]
To exempt from customs declaration for postal articles in diplomatic and consular bags
On April 14, 2015, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 49/2015/TT-BTC dated April 14, 2015 o providing customs procedures for mails and parcels and bales of imports and exports sent via postal services provided by designated enterprises.
In accordance with this Circular, imported and exported mails sent via...
ADJUSTMENTS ON COMPULSORY RESERVES APPLICABLE TO CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
On December 04, 2015, the State Bank of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 23/2015/TT-NHNN dated December 04, 2015 of the State Bank amending, supplementing a number of articles of the Decree No. 581/2003/QD-NHNN dated June 09, 2003 of the State Bank Governor promulgating the regulation on compulsory reserves applicable...
