STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING COSTS

On February 15, 2017, the Ministry of Construction issued the Decision No. 79/QD-BXD on standard project management and construction consulting costs. The most important content is the standard construction consulting costs; the construction consulting costs are used for determination of costs of consulting works in the total investment and construction...
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International cooperation in lawmaking work

On November 26, 2014, the Government issued the Decree No. 113/2014/ND-CP on the management of international legal cooperation. The Decree prescribes the management of international cooperation of Vietnamese agencies or organizations with foreign agencies or organizations and international organizations in lawmaking work; legal training and retraining; organization of conferences,...

BANNED FROM MOTORBIKE DRIVING WITH THE VISION LESS THAN 4/10

This is a part of the Joint-Circular No. 24/2015/TTLT-BYT-BGTVT dated August 21, 2015 of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport on the Regulations on health standards for drivers, medical facilities for checking up driver’s health. Specifically, health standards for the driver driving vehicles of category A1 are...

New regulation on real estate transfer in Vietnam

Recently, the real estate market has started to become more active after a gloomy period of the investment and business market due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and tends to rocket more strongly in the post-Covid-19 period, thanks to many policies to support and promote this market...
Encouraging to develop

Encouraging to develop the special-use forest system

The Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 1976/QD-TTg dated October 30, 2014 approving the master plan on the national special-use forest system through 2020, with a vision toward 2030 with the objective of conserving and sustainable developing important natural eco-systems, values of natural landscapes, historical and cultural relics and...

Regulations on construction investment costs

This is one of the contents prescribed at the Circular No. 06/2016/TT-BXD dated March 10, 2016 of the Ministry of Construction guiding the determination and management of construction investment costs. In accordance with this Circular, the construction works price includes the detailed construction unit price of works and the general...

Allowed to raise petrol and oil price two times/month

According to the Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP dated September 03, 2014 of the Government replacing the Decree No. 84/2009/ND-CP dated October 15, 2009 on petrol and oil trading, from November 01, 2014[...]

Some notes on labeling of goods when importing

When importing products into the territory of Vietnam, the products label must show the information of the importer in accordance with the provisions of Vietnamese law, specifically as follow: Pursuant to clause 3 Article 12 Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP: “Article 12. Name and address of entity responsible for the product For...

International schools must study Vietnamese program and Vietnamese studies

On October 15, 2014, the Ministry of Education and Training issued the Circular No. 34/2014/TT-BGDDT guiding the implementation of a number of the Decree No. 73/2012/ND-CP dated September 26, 2012 of the Government on the foreign cooperation and investment in education, prescribing that students as Vietnamese citizens who study...

FROM NOVEMBER 23, FEE PAID FOR SINGLE-ENTRY VISA IS REDUCED TO USD 25

This is one of the significant contents regulated under the Circular No. 157/2015/TT-BTC dated October 08, 2015 promulgating on collection, payment, and management of fees for issuance of passports, visas, documents for entry, exit, transit, and residence in Vietnam. Accordingly, from November 23, 2015, fee paid for single-entry visa is...