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On 31 January 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Circular No.  25/2022/TT-BTTTT ("Circular 25") stipulating the identification of imported raw materials, supplies, and components subject to exemption of import tax, directly serving the production of information technology products,…

A vehicle's energy label (or "energy label") is a label that provides information related to the type of fuel used and the fuel consumption level of the vehicle. Through energy label, consumers can comprehend the information of the vehicles they use, and have grounds to choose vehicles with appropriate…

On December 27, 2022, the Supreme People's Court issued Documentary No. 206/TANDTC-PC ("Documentary 206") to the People's Courts, Military Courts and agencies under the Supreme People's Court for announcing the responses to some entanglements in the trial work of the Judges’ Council of the Supreme People's…

According to the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, amended and supplemented in 2019, industrial property rights (“IP rights”) are rights of organizations and individuals for the following 07 subjects: Invention: a technical solution in the form of a product or process which is intended to solve a problem…

Previously, automobiles owners had to participate in random numbering to be entitled a license plate number for their. On November 15th, 2022, the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 73/2022/QH15 on trial implementation of automobile license plate auction (“Resolution 73”). Accordingly, owners of…

On 22 November 2022, the Ministry of Construction issued Documentary No. 5316/BXD-GĐ 2022 instructing on quality management procedures for construction and maintenance of construction works under the exclusive mechanism as prescribed in Decree No. 27/2022/ND-CP ("Decree 27"). According to Clause 8,…

Recently, on November 18, 2022, the Vietnam Social Security has issued Documentary No. 3511BHXH-TST on intensifying solutions to reduce late payment of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance premiums at the end of 2022. There are various strict measures against violating enterprises,…

In order to control fraud, counterfeiting of goods origin, labeling, illegal transshipment, and infringement on intellectual property rights, and illegal transshipment of imported and exported goods, various measures have been putting in place according to Documentary No. 5189/TCHQ-GSQL (“Documentary…

On November 9, 2022, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 21/2022/QD-TTg (“Decision 21”) on mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of inland waterway transportation, replacing Decision No. 47/2015/QD-TTg on the same content (“Decision 47”). Previously, Decision 47 provided various encouragement…

Chemical production and trade is an industry having many implicit risks to health and the environment, requiring strict management of the State. In order to meet the management requirements in the new situation, the Government has recently issued Decree 82/2022/ND-CP ("Decree 82"), amending and supplementing…

In order to improve the training quality of professional legal training institutions in Vietnam, on 30/9/2022, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1155/QD-TTg approving the Project of “Continue to develop the Judicial Academy into a major center for training judicial titles” (“Decision 1155”) and…

On 24/8/2022, the Government issued Decree No. 56/2022/ND-CP (“Decree 56”), replacing Decree No. 12/2017/ND-CP (“Decree 12”) stipulating the functions, duties, authorities and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport. Accordingly, from October 1, 2022, the organizational structure of the…

In accordance with the 2020 Law on Residence, residential information shall be integrated into the citizen identification card (“CIC”) with electronic chip, replacing family registers and temporary residence registers. Article 38.3 of the 2020 Law on Residence determined that family registers and temporary…

A suspended sentence is a conditional measure of exemption from prison sentence, applicable to imprisonment of up to 3 years, based on the consideration of the offender's record and mitigating factors and imprisonment is deem unnecessary. The Resolution No. 01/2022/NQ-HDTP ("Resolution 01") amending…

In order to implement the goal of establishing a national database on population and businesses of the State, on September 5, 2022, the Government issued Decree No. 59/2022/ND-CP (“Decree 59”) supplementing and concretizing regulations related to electronic identification and authentication in Decree…