Legal Updates & Publications

In this edition of our newsletter we report on: (i) Several decrees introducing new import duty rates effective from 1 January 2018 for products imported from various countries having free trade agreements with Vietnam; (ii) New decree regulating region-based minimum wage levels applicable to labourers who work under labour contracts; (iii) Approval of certain equitisation plans for state-owned enterprises (PVPower, PVOil, EVN Genco 3); (iv) New decree on trading activities and businesses directly related to the trading activities of foreign investors and foreign invested companies; and (v) New decree applicable to logistics businesses.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on Equitisation of Vietnam oil and gas, and energy sectors SOEs is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on social insurance contributions for foreign employees working in Vietnam is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on the New Decree on Equitisation is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on the New Circular on Solar Energy is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on the Updated Equitisation Schedule for State Owned Enterprises is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

Frasers’ Legal Alert on the second working draft of a decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 15/2015/NĐ-CP on investment in the form of a public private partnership is now available. Please click on the link below to read this Legal Alert.

File: Legal-Alert-Updated-Draft-Decree-on-PPP-00127407.pdf

Frasers’ Legal Update on the recent legislative developments with respect to solar power projects in Vietnam is now available. Please click on the link below to read this legal update.

Frasers’ Legal Update on Decree 95 is now available. Please click on the link below to read this legal update.

File: Legal-Update-2016-Decree-95.pdf

The latest edition of Frasers’ newsletter is now available.

It has been four months since the new Law on Real Estate Business came into effect (New Law on Real Estate Business) on 1 July 2015,

On 14 September 2015, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP on enterprise registration (Decree 78), replacing Decree No. 43/2010/ND-CP of the Government of Vietnam, dated 15 April 2010, as amended by Decree No. 05/2013/ND-CP dated 9 January 2013, on the same matter (Decree 43).