The construction and operation management of inland container depots in Vietnam 07/04/2017

The Government promulgates the Decree No.38/2017/ND-CP on construction and operation management of inland container depots.

Dealing with non-stop electronic toll collection from statutory vehicles nationwide 06/04/2017

The Prime Minister promulgates Decision No. 07/2017/QD-TTg on non-stop electronic toll collection.

Procedures for dispute resolution by commercial mediation 05/04/2017

The Government promulgates the Decree No. 22/2017/ND-CP on commercial mediation. This Decree prescribes the scope, principles, order and procedures for dispute resolution by commercial mediation, commercial mediators, commercial mediation institutions, Vietnam-based foreign commercial mediation institutions, and state management of commercial mediation activities.

Responsibility of agencies, units and localities to provide information for compilation of state financial reports 03/04/2017

The Government promulgates the Decree No.25/2017/ND-CP on state financial reports. This Decree prescribes contents of state financial reports; compilation and disclosure of state financial reports; and responsibility of agencies, units and localities to provide information for compilation of state financial reports.

How to determine prices of related-party transactions? 03/04/2017

The Government introduces the Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP prescribing tax administration for enterprises engaged in transfer pricing .

New legal documents come into effect as from March 2017 06/03/2017

There are a range of legal documents of the Vietnamese Government and ministries coming into effect as from March 2017, as follows:

Amending the stipulation on grant of foreign currency loans to residents by credit institutions and branches of foreign banks 10/01/2017

The State bank of Vietnam issued Circular No: 31/2016/TT-NHNN dated November 15, 2016 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No.24/2015/TT-NHNN.

Pilot issuance of electronic visas to foreigners to Vietnam from February 01, 2017 10/01/2017

The National Assembly issued Resolution No.30/2016/QH14 dated November 22, 2016 on pilot issuance of electronic visas to foreigners to Vietnam.

New laws coming into effect on 1 January 2017 05/01/2017

There are seven new laws come into effect as from 1 January 2017 including Civil Code, Press Law, Law on State Budget, Law on Fees and Charges, Law on Accounting, Law on Amendments and Supplements to Article 6 and Appendix 4 on the list of conditional business lines of the Investment Law, and Law of Pharmacy. The main contents of these laws will be introduced in this article.