Legal Update 08/2022

Legal Update 08/2022

In This Update

Labor – Salary

Employees engaged in operation of gas works may work up to 12 hours/day.

Public employees may retire up to 5 years later than the prescribed retirement ages.

Continue payment of support for employees affected by covid-19.

Tax – Fee – Charge

3 cases where vat is not refunded but carried forward to the subsequent period.

Reduce up to 10% of preferential import duty rates applicable to petroleum products.

From September 17 to the end of 2023, reduce 50% of charge for authentication of information on citizens.      

Finance – Banking

From September 01, organizations engaged in charity activities must open accounting book.

Order and procedures for banking supervision.

7 cases where registration for change of international bond issuance is not required.

Export – Import

Shorten the period for settling dossiers for grant of permits for importing cyberinformation security products.

Dossiers for import and temporary import of cars and mopeds.

Vietnamese import and export nomenclature.

Education – Training – Vocational Training

Quality assurance elements upon jointly organizing examinations for grant of foreign certificates of foreign-language proficiency.

Teachers of non-public primary schools shall be supported up to VND 3.7 million/person.

Priority policies by regions in enrollment in bachelor degree programs in early childhood education.

Medical – Health

6 medical devices subject to safe and technical inspection.

12 medical devices serving covid-19 pandemic prevention and control in emergency cases.

Organizational Structure

Change organizational structure of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Functions, tasks, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Construction.

Enterprise

Exclude support for Covid-19 prevention and control upon enterprise classification.

Transport

More works for passenger transport vehicles departing from stations.

Intellectual Properties

More exceptions where copyrights are not infringed.

Agriculture – Forest

Aquatic animal products used as samples shall be exempted from quarantine.

Bidding – Competition

From 2022, apply online contractor selection to 100% construction, installation bidding packages with a price not exceeding VND 20 billion.

Policy

3 cases subject to suspension of entitlement to monthly social allowance.

Industry

From October 01, repeal 3 legal documents on determination of localization rates of automobiles.

National Security

Information system logs must be stored for at least 12 months.


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