On 13/08/2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision 25/2019/QD-TTg amending the Decision No. 35/2015/QD-TTg dated 20/08/2015 on the promulgation of the list of essential goods and services, which must be registered according to model contracts and general transaction conditions.
According to Decision 25/2019/QD-TTg, the service of “Life insurance” will be removed from the list of essential goods and services that must be registered in form of contracts and general trading conditions. Thus, from 10/01/2019, this list only has 09 types of goods and services. As follows:
– Electricity supply for daily life;
– Supplying domestic water;
– Pay TV;
– Land fixed telephone service;
– Ground mobile communication service (payment method: postpaid);
– Internet access service;
– Air passenger transportation;
– Transporting railway passengers;
– Buying and selling apartments, living services provided by the apartment management unit.
Decision 25/2019/QD-TTg will take effect from 01/10/2019. Accordingly, the removal of the “Life Insurance” service from the list of essential goods and services must register a model contract, a general transaction condition that is consistent with consumer protection in the present. Therefore, when the Decision takes effect, consumer rights are still guaranteed.