DIRECTIVE NO.17/CT-TTG ON IMPORT OF TECHNOLOGIES, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENTS

.... The import of technologies, machinery and equipment must ensure the conformity with content of requirements stated in the national Strategy on goods export and import, national Strategy on science and technology development, planning on economic-social development of localities, regions in each period, planning on sector development ...

DECISION NO.50/2013 OF THE PRIME MINISTER ON PRESCRIBING RETRIEVAL AND DISPOSAL OF DISCARDED PRODUCTS

This Decision prescribes liabilities, rights and benefits, retrieval and disposal of discarded products on Vietnam’s territory, applies to producers, importers, consumers and organizations and individuals relating to retrieval and disposal of discarded products on Vietnam’s territory, including list of the discarded products, time for retrieval and disposal.

DECREE NO.72/2013 ON MANAGEMENT, PROVISION AND USE OF INTERNET SERVICES AND ONLINE INFORMATION

This Decree is applicable to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in or related to the management, provision, use of Internet services, online information, and online games, and assurance of information security.

DECREE NO.102/2013/ND-CP ON THE ISSUANCE OF WORK PERMITS TO FOREIGN CITIZENS

This Decree elaborates some Articles of the Labor Code on the issuance of work permits to foreign citizens that work in Vietnam, the expulsion of foreign citizens that work in Vietnam without work permits.

NO.2341/QD-BTC

Circular No.2341/QD-BTC on promulgating roadmap of carrying out use of public digital signatures in e-customs procedures

DECREE NO.95/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT ON LABOUR, SOCIAL INSURANCE, AND PENALTIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AGAINST REGULATIONS ON OVERSEAS MANPOWER SUPPLY

This Decree deals with the violations, penalties, fines, remedial measures, the powers to impose penalties, the procedure for imposing penalties against regulations on labor, social insurance, and overseas manpower supply; applied for employers, workers and organizations and individuals that commit violations specified in this Decree.

DECREE NO.107/2013/ND-CP OF THE GOVERNMENT ON SANCTIONING OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN ATOMIC ENERGY

This Decree prescribes the administrative violations, the sanctioning form and rate, remedial measures, the authority of sanctioning administrative violations in atomic energy, including administrative violations in science study and technology development operation in atomic energy; construction, operation, maintenance, exploitation, management and dismantlement of nuclear facilities, radiation facilities; exploration, exploitation, processing, and use of radioactive ores; production, storage, use, transport, transfer, export, import of radioactive sources, radiation equipment, nuclear fuel, source nuclear material, nuclear material and nuclear equipment; processing and storage of radioactive waste and support services applying atomic energy.

CIRCULAR NO.140/2013/TT-BTC OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE REGARDING REGISTRATION FEE

The Circular amend and supplement the Circular No.34/2013/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance guiding registration fee.

DECREE NO.110/2013 STIPULATES THE ACTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS

This Decree stipulates the acts of administrative violations; forms, level of sanction, remedial measures for each act of administrative violation; authority to make violation record, sanctioning authority, specific fine level for each title for acts of administrative violation in many areas, including Enterprise and cooperative bankruptcy

DECREE NO.129/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT ON PENALTIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION PERTAINING TO TAXATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION ON TAXATION

Administrative violations pertaining to taxation include violations against the Law on Tax administration, the Law on the amendments to the Law on Tax administration (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Tax administration); taxes, land rents, water surface rents, land levy; revenues from mineral extractions and other government revenues collected by tax authorities as prescribed by law.

DECREE NO.131/2013 ON SACTIONING ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

This Decree provides administrative violations, sanctioning forms and levels, remedial measures, competence to make minutes of administrative violations and competence to sanction administrative violations of copyright and related rights.

DECREE NO.187/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT

This Decree details implementation of the Commercial Law with respect to international purchases and sales of goods, including activities of export and import; temporary import for re-export; temporary export for re-import; border-gate transfer; activities of entrustment and receiving entrustment in importing and exporting goods; and agency for sale and purchase, processing and transit of goods.

DECREE NO.154/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT

This Decree applies to Vietnamese organizations and individuals, foreign organizations and individuals participating in investment, establishment, management and other activities related to the concentrated information technology parks.

DECREE NO.01/2014/ND-CP ON FOREIGN INVESTORS' PURCHASE OF SHARES OF VIETNAMESE CREDIT INSTITUTIONS

This Decree provides for conditions of and procedures for share purchase, total of maximum shareholding level for foreign investors, the maximum shareholding percentage for a foreign investor in a Vietnamese credit institution; conditions for a Vietnamese credit institution to sell shares to foreign investors.

DECISION NO.03/2014 OF THE PRIME MINISTER ON REGULATION ON STATE MANAGEMENT FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION ACTIVITIES

This Regulation provides for regulations on state management for investment promotion activities and coordination mechanism among ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial/municipal People's Committees (hereinafter referred to as ministries, provincial People’s Committees) and the management board of industrial zone, high tech zone, processing zone, economic zone and border gate economic zone (hereinafter referred to as “the Management Board) in investment promotion activities.

DECREE NO.222/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT

This Decree prescribes the cash payment and state management on cash payment in a few of payment transactions on Vietnam’s territory.

CIRCULAR NO.133/2013/TT-BTC REGARDING PRIORITY REGIME IN THE STATE MANAGEMENT OF CUSTOMS

The duration for a business to enjoy the priority regime for the first time is 03 years (thirty six months) after the General Director of Customs signs a decision on application of the priority regime to this business.

CIRCULAR NO.141/2013 OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Guidance on the implementation of the government's decree No.92/2013/ND-CP dated August 13, 2013 regarding the law on the amendments to the law on enterprise income tax and the law on the amendments to the law on value-added tax

DECREE NO.116/2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT DETAILING IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF LAW ON PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF MONEY LAUNDERING

This Decree details implementation of a number of Articles of Law on prevention and combat of money laundering about measures to prevent and combat money laundering, collect, process and transfer information of prevention and combat of money laundering, responsibilities of state agencies in prevention and combat of money laundering and international cooperation in prevention and combat of money laundering.

DECREE NO.182/2013 REGARDING THE REGION-BASED MINIMUM WAGE LEVELS APPLIED TO LABORERS

This Decree stipulates the region-based minimum wage levels applied to laborers working for enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups, farms, households and individuals and agencies, organizations employing laborers.