Commentary

On 04, December 2018, the Government issued Decree No. 163/2018/ND-CP regulating the issuance of corporate bonds. This Decree takes effect from 01, February 2019. Accordingly, Decree No.163/2018/ND-CP regulate conditions of issuance towards 02 type of bonds, specifically: 1. For non-convertible bonds or bonds not accompanied by warrants: a) An issuing enterprise is a joint-stock company […]

On 6, December 2018, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) issued Circular No. 04/2018/TT-BKHTT on mechanisms and policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture. This Circular takes effect on 21 January 2018. Accordingly, the list of projects encouraging enterprises to invest in is synthesized on the principle of prioritizing the following projects: • […]

On 24, October 2018, The Government issued Decree No.148/2018/ND-CP amending, supplementing a number of regulations of Decree No.05/2015/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of some contents of Labor Code. This Decree takes effect on 15, December 2018. Accordingly, Decree No. 148/2018/ND-CP contains the following new highlights: 1. Supplement the subject of the labor contract is […]

On 25, October 2018, The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) issued Circular No.37/2018/TT-BCT amending, supplementing and abolishing a number of regulation on safety management and technical inspection of labor safety under the management of MIT. This Circular takes effect on 10, December 2018. Accordingly, Circular No.37/2018//ND-CP contains the following main points, specifically: 1. Amend […]

On 30, November 2018, The Government issued Decree No. 162/2018/ND-CP on handling administrative violations in civil aviation. This Decree takes effect on 15, January 2018. Accordingly, Decree No 162/2018/ND-CP regulate sanctions and remedial measures in civil aviation, specifically: 1. For an administrative violation in civil aviation, individuals, organizations shall be subjected one of the following […]

On 30, November 2018, based on the content of the meeting about implementation of the national one-stop-shop (OSS) mechanism, ASEAN one-stop-shop mechanism and the specialized inspection of the Ministry of Transport (MoT). The Government Office issued Notice No. 442/TB-VPCP announcing the conclusions of the Deputy Prime Minister Accordingly, The Deputy Prime Minister recognizes the positive […]

On 30/11/2018, The National Steering Committee for Combating Smuggling, Commercial Fraud and Counterfeiting issued the Document No. 454/KH-BCĐ389 on high-level anti-smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit schemes before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2019. This Document takes effect from the date of its promulgation. Accordingly, Document No. 454/KH-BCĐ389 has guidelines on the fight against […]

On 01/11/2018, The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 43/2018/QĐ-TTg issues the system of Vietnamese products. This Decision takes effect on 20/12/2018. Accordingly, system catalog consists of 07 levels are correspondingly encoded as follows: – Level 1 contains 21 product categories that are encoded in alphabetical order from A to U; – Level 2 includes the […]