Publications

Government to cut half of business conditions in 2018
To promote fast and sustainable economic growth, efforts should be devoted to further improving the business climate and economic competitiveness, reforming specialized inspections of imports and exports and cutting business...

Removing specialised inspection obstacles for the transportation field
Recently, the Ministry of Transport has fundamentally change the method of management for specialised inspections with the implementation of risk assessment management. Despite a wide application of international practices and...

Vehicle importers required to have auto parts certificates
In addition to vehicle type approval (VTA) certificates issued by authorities in exporting countries, enterprises must submit similar certificates for some auto parts when they import cars into Vietnam. The Ministry...

PPP regulations to facilitate project implementation
Public-private partnership (PPP) regulations would be amended toward facilitating project implementation while ensuring strict management of projects and harmony of the interests among the State, investors and users, heard a...

The Government abrogates many business conditions managed by Ministry of Industry and Trade
The Government issued a Decree No. 08/2018/NĐ-CP about adjustment of some Decrees regarding to business investment conditions under state management by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Typically, in the field...

Maternity leave for foreign female employees
I am a foreigner working as a teacher at an international school in Ho Chi Minh City. I signed a two-year contract with a local school from August 2017 to...

How to manage banned goods, when new provisions have not been issued?
VCN- The Law on Foreign Trade Management has taken effect since 1st January 2018, stipulating the nomenclature of banned imported and exported goods, and nomenclature of imported and exported goods under...

Important regulations effective from this month
Heavy fines for littering public places, vocational training support for young people and change of dialing codes are among important regulations that will be effective from this month. Government’s Decree 155/2016/ND-CP...