May import used equipment with age not exceed 10 years

This is one of the significant contents under the Circular No. 23/2015/TT-BKHCN dated November 13, 2015 of the Ministry of Science and Technology on import of used machinery, equipment and technological lines and it takes effect on July 01, 2016. A piece of used equipment may be imported if it satisfies the following criteria: its […]

Maximum level of fees should not exceed vnd 200,000/copy

On October 12, 2015, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice promulgated the Joint Circular No. 158/2015/TTLT-BTC-BTP on regulations on collection, payment and management of fees for certification of true copies from originals, authentication of signatures, contract and transactions. The Joint Circular regulates Level of fees collected for certification of true copies from […]

May transfer capital overseas for investment

According to the Decree No. 83/2015/ND-CP dated September 25, 2015 prescribing offshore investment, an investor may transfer foreign currency, goods, machinery and equipment overseas  before  being  granted  an  offshore  investment registration  certificate  to  pay  expenses  for  the  formulation  of  an investment project including: Market and investment opportunity research, field survey…. Of which, the limit on […]

Electricity prices for generation projects used for grid-tied generation projects

Takes effect from December 07, 2015, the Circular No. 32/2015/TT-BCT dated October 08, 2015 on project development and model electricity sale contract applied to generation projects using solid wastes, emphasizes that the investors may only formulate generation project using solid wastes within the national planning for development of power sources using solid wastes. If the project […]

The criteria to define poor households, near poor households for the period of 2016 – 2020

The Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 1614/QD-TTg approving scheme for "conversion of uni-dimensional poverty measure into multi-dimensional poverty measure for the period of 2016 - 2020" on September 15, 2015, within that the Decision emphasizes that the poverty line for the period of 2016 – 2020 shall be built as combine income-based poverty line and […]

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries are entitled to the prioritized assistance

This content is prescribed at the Circular No. 13/2015/TT-BKHDT of the Ministry of Planning and Investment dated October 28, 2015 issuing the list of areas entitled to the prioritized assistance and criteria for selection of subjects entitled to the prioritized assistance of Development Fund for small and medium-sized enterprises. The fund shall make prioritized loan […]

State enterprises must public salary and bonus regimes on website

In accordance with the Decree No. 81/2015/ND-CP dated September 18, 2015 of the Government on disclosure of information of state enterprises, an enterprise shall make a report on the result of performance of public-utility tasks and other social and post this report on its portal or website and,  at the same time, send it to […]

Foreigners sent to maritime boundary areas must notify their arrival in writing at least 24 hours in advance

In accordance with the Decree No. 71/2015/ND-CP dated September 03, 2015 of the Government on management of activities of persons, vehicles and craft in maritime boundary areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, foreigners sent to maritime boundary areas by Vietnamese agencies or organizations shall produce letters of introduction of provincial-level People’s Committees and, at […]

Supports in writing news, articles and producing programs and publications to introduce vietnam in the foreign mass media

On September 07, 2015, the Government issued the Decree No. 72/2015/ND-CP on management of external information activities, official information on Vietnam, information promoting the image of Vietnam, and information on the world situation into Vietnam. In accordance with regulations prescribed in this Decree, foreign news and press agencies, communication companies and reporters shall be supported […]