New regulations on education and environment coming into force as from the beginning of September, 2017

1. Disseminating knowledge of school violence prevention and intervention on the Internet

This is the most noticeable measure prescribed in the Decree No. 80/2017/ND-CP providing for safe, healthy and friendly learning environment, and school violence prevention and intervention.

Additionally, the Decree elaborates the following measures:

- Educate and provide advice about self-defense knowledge and skills for learners;

- Conduct propagation and dissemination activities so as to increase awareness of learners, managing officials, teachers and employees in educational institutions, learners’ families and public awareness of the risks and consequences of school violence;

- Publicly disclose school violence prevention plans and channels for receiving information and denunciations of school violence;

- Conduct inspections, collect and handle information concerning school violence;

- Adopt positive education methods without using violence against learners.

The Decree No. 80/2017/ND-CP shall duly come into force as from September 05, 2017.

2. General knowledge required in examination for promotion of lecturer’s professional title from the second rank to the first rank

Ministry of Education and Training has recently promulgated the Circular No. 18/2017/TT-BGDDT providing for requirements, contents and forms of examination for promotion of professional titles taken by lecturers of public higher education institutions.

According to the Circular, an examination taken by the Second-rank Senior Lecturer for promotion of his/her professional title to the First-rank Senior Lecturer must include the following general knowledge:  

- The Communist Party’s policies, and the Government’s policies and laws on education and training in general and higher education in particular;

- Viewpoints, orientations and strategies for developing training departments or majors of education institution;

- Law on Officials in conformity with standards on professional title of the First-rank Senior Lecturer;

- 70% of questions in an examination paper shall be those about education and training matters and the remaining 30% shall be questions about the law on officials.

Additionally, the Circular No. 18/2017/TT-BGDDT (which is coming into force as from September 05, 2017) stipulates that the form of examination shall be subjective test with the 180-minute test period.

3. Price to calculate charge for granting water right

This is the most noticeable content prescribed in the Government's Decree No. 82/2017/ND-CP providing for calculation method and charge for granting water right.

According to the Decree, the price to calculate charge for granting water right with respect to water exploited for hydroelectric power generation shall be 70% of the electricity price to calculate the royalty on water resources for hydroelectric power generation.

The price to calculate charge for granting water right in cases other than for hydroelectric power generation purpose shall be the price to calculate royalty on water resources announced by the People’s Committee of province or central-affiliated city where the water exploitation work is located.

The Decree No. 82/2017/ND-CP comes into force as from September 01, 2017 and nullifies regulations in Article 40, Clause 3 Article 47 of the Government’s Decree No. 201/2013/ND-CP dated November 27, 2013.

4. Determination of actually residual value of clean water supply works in rural areas

This is the content prescribed in the Circular No. 76/2017/TT-BTC on amendments to the Circular No. 54/2013/TT-BTC providing for management, use and operation of concentrated clean water supply works in rural areas (which is coming into force as from September 10, 2017).

According to the Circular, the actually residual value of the following types of water supply works must be determined:

- The works which have been transferred to the managing units (including public service providers, Commune-level People’s Committees or Co-operatives, etc.) but they operates ineffectively; 

- The works which are not yet transferred to managing units by September 10, 2017;

- The works which are received for transfer as from September 10, 2017 without documents or with incomplete or insufficient documents in accordance with regulations of the law on investment and construction.

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