New legal documents come into effect from June 2015 08/06/2015

There are several legal documents of the Vietnamese Government, the Prime Minister and ministries coming into effect from June 2015, as follows:

New legal documents come into effect from May 2015 12/05/2015

There are several legal documents of the Vietnamese Government, the Prime Minister, and ministries coming into effect from May 2015, as follows:

The Government issued Action Plan on information technology application and development 21/04/2015

On 15 April 2015, the Government issued Resolution No. 26/NQ-CP to launch Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW dated 1 July 2014 of the Politburo on enhancing the application and development of information technology (IT) to meet the demands for sustainable development and international integration.

New legal documents come into effect from April 2015 06/04/2015

There are several legal documents of the Vietnamese Government coming into effect from April 2015, as follows:

The 19th session of the Central Steering Committee on Judicial Reforms 16/03/2015

On 14 March 2015, State President Truong Tan Sang chaired the 19th session of the Central Steering Committee on Judicial Reforms to discuss some important draft laws regarding the operation of judicial agencies.

New legal documents come into effect from March 2015 03/03/2015

There are several legal documents of the Vietnamese Government, the Prime Minister and ministries coming into effect from March 2015, as follows:

Decree issued in February 26/02/2015

In February this year, the Government issued a number of Decrees, including the following ones.

Promptly implementing the amended Law on Civil Judgement Enforcement 20/01/2015

On 15 January 2015, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed Decision No. 55/QD-TTg issuing a plan to implement the amended Law on Civil Judgement Enforcement (the Plan).

New guidance for interest rate of state investment, export loans and the difference that enables debtors to be entitled to preferential interest rate at the post-investment stage 08/01/2015

Ministry of Finance has just issued Circular No. 189/2014/TT-BTC dated December 11, 2014 providing for interest rate of state investment, export loans and the difference that enables debtors to be entitled to preferential interest rate at the post-investment stage.

New regulation attracting individuals who are Vietnamese people living abroad and foreign experts to participate in science and technology activities in Vietnam 28/10/2014

Government on September 22, 2014 issued Decree No.87/2014/ND-CP. The Decree defines the policy on attracting individuals who are Vietnamese people living abroad and foreign experts to participate in science and technology activities in Vietnam and the responsibility for implementation of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned.

Legal normative documents come into force in October 2014 06/10/2014

A number of legal normative documents come into force in October 2014, including:

Deploying synchronous measures to ensure the implementation of the Constitution 30/07/2014

The Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has directed ministries, agencies and localities to continue implementing synchronous measures to ensure the implementation of the Constitution; and to enhance the quality of drafting, appraising and inspecting legal documents and administrative procedure management.

Promoting communication to support administrative procedure management 28/07/2014

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed ministries, agencies and localities to perform a number of tasks to improve effectively administrative procedure management, including promoting communication to support such activities.

Promptly implementing laws and resolutions adopted at the 7th session of the 13th National Assembly 23/07/2014

At the 7th session, the National Assembly passed 11 laws and 6 resolutions, and commented on other 16 drafted laws. The Prime Minister, in the Official Document No. 1257/TTg-V.III dated 22 July 2014, requested ministries, ministerial-level agencies and relevant agencies to promptly implement these documents.

President Office announces newly- approved laws, resolution 11/07/2014

The State President’s Office on July 10 held a press conference to announce new laws and a resolution that were approved during the seventh session of the 13th National Assembly in late June.

Regulating the abuse of requesting certified copies while performing administrative procedures 26/06/2014

On 20 June 2014, the Prime Minister signed Directive No. 17/CT-TTg regulating the abuse of requesting certified copies of documents while performing administrative procedures.

The National Assembly passed the Law on Public Investment 23/06/2014

On 18 June 2014, the National Assembly passed the Law on Public Investment with yea votes of 88.35% of all National Assembly deputies.

National Assembly passes new notary legislation 23/06/2014

More than 90 per cent of National Assembly deputies yesterday approved the revised Law on Notary at the ongoing seventh session. The newly adopted law includes 10 chapters and 81 articles covering notaries, notary public practice, notary public institutions, notary procedures and State management of notary public activities.

Promoting administrative reforms in the field of implementing investment projects involving land use 11/06/2014

On 6 June 2014, the Government issued Resolution No. 43/NQ-CP providing for a number of key tasks of administrative procedure reforms in the formation and implementation of investment projects involving land use to improve business environment.

New legal documents come into effect from June 2014 03/06/2014

There are several legal documents of the Vietnamese Government, the Prime Minister and ministries coming into effect from June 2014.
1. Decree No. 18/2014/ND-CP of the Government dated 14 March 2014 provides for the royalty regime in the field of journalism and publishing. The Decree comes into effect as from 1 June 2014.