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On September 1, 2020, the Ministry of Transport has promulgated the Circular No. 19/2020/TT-BGTVT regulating levels and ranges of prices of several aviation or airport services in Vietnam.
On August 26, 2020, the Government promulgates the Decree No. 97/2020/ND-CP regarding the increase in air carrier’s indemnity limit, including:
This is the highlight of the Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP, prescribing administrative penalties for violations arising in the gas, oil industry, gas and petroleum trading activities.
This is the highlight of the Government’s Decree No. 98/2020/ND-CP, regulating penalties for administrative violations arising from trading, production and sale of counterfeit goods, prohibited goods and protection of customer’s interests.
General Department of Customs issues the Official Dispatch No. 5575/TCHQ-GSQL dated August 21, 2020, providing instructions about Certificate of Origin documents under EVFTA’s terms and conditions, specifically including:
Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has promulgated the Circular No. 06/2020/TT-BLDTBXH regarding the list of occupations subject to strict occupational safety and hygiene requirements.
The Circular No. 08/2020/TT-NHNN dated August 14, 2020, amending and supplementing the Circular No. 22/2019/TT-NHNN, prescribing prudential limits and ratios for operations of banks and foreign bank branches.
General Department of Taxation has issued the Official Dispatch No. 2578/TCT-CS in reply to queries about electronic invoices.
2019 Labor Code (in force from January 1, 2021) sets out various new regulations on labor discipline that employers and employees need to know.
Worker’s retirement age is expected to rise in 2021 as per new regulations laid down in the
2019 Labor Code .
Recently, the Government has promulgated the Decree No. 91/2020/ND-CP, regulating spam or junk text messages, emails and calls.
The Prime Minister issues the Decision No. 22/2020/QD-TTg regarding the reduction in land rents in 2020 for persons afflicted with the Covid-19 pandemic under the Resolution No. 84/NQ-CP dated May 29, 2020.
State Bank of Vietnam promulgates the Decision No. 1349/QD-NHNN regarding interest rates on reservable deposits and extra-reservable deposits of credit institutions and foreign bank branches.
This is mentioned in the Circular No. 75/2020/TT-BTC, prescribing rates and regimes for collection, payment, administration and use of food safety and hygiene fees.
The Ministry of Health has just issued the Circular No. 15/2020/TT-BYT regarding the list of medicines permitted for tendering, centralized procurement and application of price negotiation approach.
Recently, the Ministry of Finance has issued the Circular No. 74/2020/TT-BTC regulating road toll rates.
This is the highlight of the Official Dispatch No. 2533/BHXH-BT regarding the continued temporary suspension of contribution to the pension and death benefit fund which is issued by the Vietnam Social Security.
Supreme People’s Court issues the Official Dispatch No. 109/TANDTC-PC regarding trials for cases related to prevention and control of Covid-19 disease.
This is the highlight of the Official Dispatch No. 3027/TCT-DNNCN regarding the expansion of the electronic payment of registration fees and the exchange of electronic data on payment of automobile and motor vehicle registration fees.
National Assembly’s Standing Committee has promulgated the Resolution No. 979/2020/UBTVQH14, amending Subsection 2 of Section I of Environmental Protection Tax Schedule in Clause 1 of Article 1 in the Resolution No. 579/2014/UBTVQH14 dated September 26, 2018 as follows: