REAL ESTATE IN DESPERATE NEED OF LEGAL REFORM
The 2014 Law on Real Estate Business made it easier to purchase, sell and transfer ownership of properties, but to truly kickstart the market Vietnam needs to make the legal frame - work more transparent. NGUYEN THANH HA , chairman of SBLAW , talk to VIET DUONG about the hurdles to real estate mergers and […]
To 2020, reduce the rate of poor households nationwide about 1% - 1.5%/year
On September 02, 2016, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 1722/QD-TTg on approving the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction during 2016 – 2020; with the objectives to achieve sustainable poverty reduction objectives and prevent poverty relapse; make contribution to the economic growth, guarantee social security benefits, improve the life, increase income of […]
E-permits for ships’ entry into seaports, inland ports
The Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 34/2016/QD- TTg dated August 23, 2016 on regulations on e-procedures for boats, ships’ entry, exit from seaports, inland ports, offshore oil ports via national single-window system. In accordance with this decision, two hours at the latest before arrival of ships at pilot boarding area; Vietnamese and Cambodian inland […]
Regulations on management of activities of seaplanes
On September 01, 2016, the Ministry of Transport issued the Circular No. 22/2016/TT-BGTVT on regulations on management of activities of seaplanes, seaplane bases, water areas for takeoffs and landings, accordingly, seaplanes refer to the special-use planes designed for taking off, landing, moving on stretches of land or open water. This Circular points out clearly that, […]
The tariff-rate quota applied to imported unmanufactured tobacco from member states of eurasian economic union shall be 500 tons
This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BCT dated August 19, 2016 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade application of import tariff-rate quotas for unmanufactured tobacco and poultry eggs originated from member states of Eurasian economic union in 2016. In particular, in 2016, the tariff-rate quota applied to imported poultry eggs including […]
Guidance on complicated bankruptcy cases
In accordance with the Resolution No. 03/2016/NQ-HDTP dated August 26, 2016 of the Supreme People’s Court ‘ s Council Of Justices guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the law on bankruptcy, In course of settling bankruptcy cases, judges must consider applying precedents recognized by the Council of Justices of the Supreme People’s […]
Representative offices in VietNam
Establishing a representative office in Vietnam is considered a safe initial step before traders conduct a series of complex high-cost legal procedures to establish a wholly foreign-owned enterprise. Market research For any new foreign trader entering Vietnam’s market for the first time, their initial primary purpose might be promoting the brand, getting acquainted with and […]
SBLAW advice on setting up a Vietnamese company
Lawyer Nguyen Thanh Ha – Harry Nguyen, Chairman of SBLAW – contributes legal notes for Singaporean investors to run companies in Vietnam. What follows are the basics of running a wholly foreign-invested company in Vietnam This article was published on Vietnam Investment Review on the occasion of national day of Singapore (09 August)
On stay of the effective date of penal code
On June 29, 2016, the National Assembly issued the Resolution No. 144/2016/QH13 on stay of the effective date of Penal Code No. 100/2015/QH13, Criminal Procedure Code No. 101/2015/QH13, Law No. 99/2015/QH13 on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies, Law No. 94/2015/QH13 on Custody and Temporary Detention, and addition of the draft Law Amending and Supplementing a […]