Commentary

On July 3, 2018, the Prime Minister issued Decision No.807/QD-TTg approving the target program to thoroughly handle the establishments causing serious environmental pollution in the public utility sector in the 2016-2020 period. This Circular took effect from the date of its promulgation. Accordingly, Decision No. 807/QD-TTg regulates measures to thoroughly handle the establishments causing serious […]

On June 02, 2018, the Prime Minister issued Decision No.800/QD-TTg amending and supplementing some contents of the National Strategy on Gender Equality during 2011-2020. This Decision took effect from the date of its promulgation. Accordingly, Decision No.800/QD-TTg has revised some objectives of the National Strategy on Gender Equality, specifically as follows: Setting the target by […]

On June 26, 2018, the Government issued Decree No.91/2018/ND-CP on granting and management of sovereign guarantees. This Decree took effect since July 1, 2018. Accordingly, the eligibility for sovereign guarantees and limit on sovereign guarantees are as follows: An enterprise is eligible for a sovereign guarantee when it fulfills the following conditions: – It has […]

On June 20, 2018, the Ministry of Justice issued Circular No.08/2018/TT-BTP guiding the registration, provision of information, contract and exchange of information on registration of security measures in the Center for registration of transactions and assets. This Circular took effect since August 4, 2018. Accordingly, the Circular No.08/2018/TT-BTP provides some new highlights as follows: Types […]

Research on the current situation of Vietnam-Korea economic cooperation in several key areas shows that Korea is one of the most important trade and strategic partners of Vietnam. Over the past 22 years, economic relation between the two countries has developed rapidly across many sectors. These achievements were reiterated and reconfirmed in the signing of […]

EU yellow card matter dominates seafood businesses Cao Thi Kim Lan, director of Binh Dinh Seafood Joint Stock Company (Bidifisco) says a sense of deep loss has been felt throughout the company since EC issued a ‘yellow card’ warning against Vietnam. In the six months since the warning was deliviered, Vietnam’s seafood industry has faced […]

At the Conference on publicizing Decree 51/2018/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles in Decree 158/2006/ND-CP stipulating the Commercial Law on commodity trading through Mercantile Exchange held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on 9th May in Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Loc An, Deputy Director of Domestic Market stated that the model of the […]

Vietnam is now home to more than 80,000 foreign workers, according to Le Quang Trung, deputy head of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). They come from over 100 countries and territories and work as mangers, managing directors, experts and technical workers, Trung said at a meeting […]