Legal Updates & Publications

In this edition of our newsletter we report on the following: (i) New Decree providing for region-based minimum wage levels for employees working under labour contracts; (ii) Official Announcement on the Effectiveness of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership; (iii) New Decree No. 163/2018/ND-CP on the issuance of corporate bonds; (iv) Draft Circular amending Circular No. 19/2014/TT-NHNN dated 11 August 2014 guiding the foreign exchange management for foreign direct investment in Vietnam; and (v) Draft Circular implementing the new Decree No. 63/2018/ND-CP on public private partnerships.

In this edition of our newsletter we report on the following: (i) Draft Law on Securities; (ii) New Decree on compulsory social insurance applicable to foreign employees working in Vietnam; (iii) New Decree implementing the Labour Code; (iv) New Decree on the confidentiality of information of credit institutions and branches of foreign banks; (v) New Decree on the use of electronic invoices (e-invoices) for the sale of goods and services; and (vi) Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP).

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In this edition of our newsletter we report on the following: (i) New Law on Competition (and Draft Decision on the Implementation Schedule and Plan for the new Law on Competition); (ii) New Decision on Vietnam standard industrial classification; (iii) New Decree on business registration; and (iv) New Official Letter on wholesale and retail activities;