Activities of public administrative and justice reform

New legal documents come into effect from March 2014 05/03/2014

There are many new legal documents of the Vietnamese Government, the Prime Minister and ministries coming into effect from March 2014. This article will introduce them with their noticeable provisions.

Plenary session of the Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform 21/02/2014

On 19 February 2014, the Advisory Council of the Prime Minister for Administrative Procedure Reform had a plenary session, chaired by Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong - Chairman of the Council, to evaluate operating results in 2013 and discuss the directions in 2014.

Plan of the Government to implement the new Constitution 17/02/2014

On 13 February 2014, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed Decision No. 251/QD-TTg issuing Plan of the Government to implement the new Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (the Plan).

Ministry of Justice approved Project on applying information technology in statistics of the Justice sector for the 2014-2018 period 14/02/2014

On 8 February 2014, Minister Ha Hung Cuong issued Decision No. 298/QD-BTP approving Project on applying information technology in statistics of the Justice sector for the 2014-2018 period (hereafter called the Project).

New stipulation on foreign investors’ purchase of shares of Vietnamese credit institutions 15/01/2014

The Government issued Decree No. 01/2014/ND-CP dated January 03, 2014 providing conditions of and procedures for share purchase, total of maximum shareholding level for foreign investors, the maximum shareholding percentage for a foreign investor in a Vietnamese credit institution; conditions for a Vietnamese credit institution to sell shares to foreign investors.

New stipulation on trade union finance 17/12/2013

The Government issued Decree No. 191/2013/ND-CP dated November 21, 2013 detailing on trade union finance. This Decree details on trade-union finance for revenues from trade-union fee, and support allocation amounts with state budget.

Administrative punishments in advertising sector 18/11/2013

The Government on November 12 promulgated Decree 158/2013/ND-CP, under which advertising products that are banned from being advertised shall be fined up to VND 100 million (nearly US$5,000).

New stipulation on state’s investment credit and export credit 25/10/2013

The Government issued Decree No. 133/2013/ND-CP dated October 17, 2013 on amending and supplementing the Decree No. 54/2013/ND-CP dated May 22, 2013, on supplementing the Government’s Decree No. 75/2011/ND-CP dated August 30, 2011 on state’s investment credit and export credit.

Amending the stipulation on the people’s identity card 27/09/2013

The Government issued Decree No.106/2013/ND-CP dated September 17, 2013 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 05/1999/ND-CP dated February 03, 1999, on the people’s identity card already amended and supplemented by the Government’s Decree No. 170/2007/ND-CP dated November 19, 2007.

Regulations detail some articles of the Labor Code on employment of foreigners working in Vietnam 18/09/2013

On September 05, the Government has issued Decree No. 102/2013/ND-CP on detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code on employment of foreigners working in Vietnam included procedures for granting labor work permits for foreign citizens working in Vietnam, labor is the expulsion of foreign citizens working without a work permit in Vietnam.

Steering Committee for implementation of the scheme overall simplification of administrative procedures, citizenship papers held the first meeting 09/09/2013

Steering Committee for implementation of the scheme overall simplification of administrative procedures, citizenship papers and databases related to population management period 2013-2020 (896 Steering Committee) on September 06 has the first session was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Head of Directing Committee. The problem that the members of the Steering Committee discuss particular interest is to find funding for the project implementation and coordination between ministries in the implementation of this scheme.

New Decree on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of industrial property 05/09/2013

Government issued Decree No. 99/2013/ND-CP dated August 29, 2013 on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of industrial property.

Government issues resolution on formulation of legal documents 23/08/2013

The Government has commented on the mechanism of controlling the promulgation of circulars and inter-ministerial circulars, proposed by the Minister of Justice, according to its newly-issued resolution. The move was made after a number of new legal documents have caused negative public feedback.

New Decree guiding the laws on enterprise income tax and value-added tax (revised) 19/08/2013

The Government issued Decree No. 92/2013/ND-CP dated August 13, 2013 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on enterprise income tax and law amending and supplementing a number of articles of law on value-added tax.

New Decree stipulating the accountability of state agencies in implementation of the assigned tasks and powers 13/08/2013

The Government has just issued Decree No. 90/2013/ND-CP dated August 08, 2013 stipulating the accountability of state agencies in implementation of the assigned tasks and powers.

New Decree on business in prize-winning electronic games for foreigners 09/08/2013

The Government has just issued Decree No. 86/2013/ND-CP dated July 29, 2013 on business in prize-winning electronic games for foreigners replacing the Decision No. 32/2003/QD-TTg dated February 27, 2003, of the Prime Minister, promulgating the Regulation on business operation of prize-winning electronic game for foreigners.

New Decree on penalties for administrative violations of the laws on statistics 30/07/2013

The Government has just issued Decree No. 79/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 19, 2013 on penalties for administrative violations of the laws on statistics.

Amendments to Article 170 of the Law on Enterprises 22/07/2013

The National Assembly session 13 has formally adopted Law No. 37/2013/QH13 Amending and Supplementing Article 170 of the Law on Enterprises.

The Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm 19/07/2013

On July 17, Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 77/2013/ND-CP detailing the implementation of the law to prevent and combat tobacco on a number of measures to prevent and combat the harmful effects of tobacco.

We must "block" the bid-rigging, negative conditions 16/07/2013

It is required by the National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on Project Procurement Law (as amended) are given in session 19 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on July 11. Congress Chairman also stressed "It have to clear to Congress that the bill is more than the current law in part to prevent bid-rigging, negative conditions and how should we be dealt with ".

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