Legal Updates

Documents guiding implementation of Real Estate Business Law, Housing Law being drafted: Official

The Government has issued plans and lists of tasks to build documents guiding the implementation of the newly-approved Law on Real Estate Business and Law on Housing

Policies take effect from July

A string of fresh policies on residence, social support for social protection beneficiaries, prevention and control of HIV/AIDS come into effect from July.

New features of ordinances valid from July 1

* From July 1, 2021, the Residence Law 2020 officially takes effect. The Residence Law 2020 replaces the Residence Law 2006

Draft decree to tighten rules on foreign investment in multi-level marketing

In the future, foreign investors who wish to register for multi-level marketing (MLM) activities in Việt Nam may need three consecutive years of experience

First e-government development strategy towards digital government issued

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently signed Decision No. 942/QD-TTg approving the e-government development strategy

Binh Duong promulgates regulations on reception, management, distribution and use of money and goods donated to the Covid-19 prevention control

Provincial People's Committee has issued Decision No.1606/QD-UBND promulgating regulations on reception, management, distribution and use of money and goods...

Documents required for foreigners when traveling on domestic flights

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has announced its new requirements for documents when foreigners are travelling on domestic flights.

Businesses need to master the rules of product origin

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Circular 02/2021/TT-BCT stipulating the rules of origin of goods in Free Trade Agreement...

Restoration of Vietnamese citizenship

I have renounced Vietnamese citizenship to apply for naturalization in a foreign country

16 new laws are about to be amended, supplemented, and promulgated

On June 7th 2021, the Prime Minister issued Decision 889/QD-TTg on the list of legal documents that need to be amended, supplemented and promulgated.

Gov't issues decree on preferential export and import tariff schedules

The Government has issued Decree No. 53/2021/ND-CP outlining Viet Nam’s preferential export tariff and special preferential import tariff schedules

New decree to boost social housing development

With a view to removing bottlenecks for the development of social housing projects to meet market demand, the Government issued in April Decree 49/2021/ND-CP,

Associating businesses with social responsibility

The Government has just issued the Decree 47/2021/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprises