Legal Document Updates in English (09/2014)

CHARGE FOR BLOOD TEST FOR ANTI – HIV IS VND 52.000 PER SAMPLE
 

On January 15, 2014, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 08/2014/TT-BTC providing the rates, regime of collecting and using the prophylactic medicines and medical quarantine charges.

Accordingly, from March 01, 2014, the charges for blood and urine test change from VND 10,000 to VND 1 million; within that the charges for testing Anti – HIV is VND 52,000 per sample; for rapid malaria diagnosis techniques (QBC, ICI, Parasite F) is VND 30,000 and for Tuberculosis bacterium qualitative PCR is VND 154,000 per sample; and the maximum charge of VND 1 million/sample shall be applied to measure content of HIV virus in blood by Real Time high technique (ARN and ADN). At the same time, the charges for vaccination not include the vaccine costs for  vaccines injected into skin; vaccines injected under skin; vaccines injected to muscles and drinkable vaccines are in turn  VND 17,000; VND 14,000; VND 10,000; VND 7,000 per injection. The charge for Insect killing for road means

SMES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BORROWING LOANS FROM THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT FUND
 

On November 16, 2013, the National Assembly passed the Law on Employment No. 38/2013/QH13provides employment creation support policies; labor market information; assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills; employment service organizations and activities; unemployment insurance; and state management of employment.

Within that, the Law points out clearly that small- and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups and business households and workers are eligible for borrowing loans from the National Employment Fund. In particular, small- and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups and business households that employ many people with disabilities or ethnic minority people shall take loans from the National Employment Fund at lower interest rates.

To borrow loan from the National Employment Fund,  small- and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups and business households must have loan-borrowing project that is feasible in the locality, suits their production and business lines and creates more stable jobs; a loan-borrowing project certified by a competent agency or

SUPPLEMENT THE CONDITIONS FOR SELF-PRINTED INVOICES
 

On January 17, 2014, the Government issued the Decree No. 04/2014/ND-CP amending and supplementing some articles of the Decree No. 51/2010/ND-CP dated May 14, 2010 of the Government providing for goods sale and service provision invoices.

Within that the most important content is that business organizations, may themselves print invoices for goods and service sale if having granted tax identification numbers; having turnover from goods and service sale; not having been sanctioned for tax-related violations at the level prescribed by the Ministry of Finance within 365 (three hundred and sixty five) consecutive days by the date of notification of the issuance of self-printed invoices; having equipment systems for printing and making out invoices when selling goods or services; being accounting units as defined in the Accounting Law and having goods and service sale software linked with accounting software to ensure that invoices will be printed and made out only when accounting operations arise and having written request for use of self-printed invoices and getting permission of tax

ENTERPRISES MUST HAVE CAMERAS IN THE
PRIZE-WINNING ELECTRONIC GAME BUSINESS 24/24H
 

This is the content of the Circular No. 11/2014/TT-BTC dated January 17, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance guiding some articles of the Decree No. 86/2013/ND-CP of July 29, 2013, on the business of prize-winning electronic games for foreigners.

In particular, an enterprise engaged in the business of prize-winning electronic games  must have electronic equipment and cameras for constant monitoring and surveillance of all activities in the facility (24/24h), in which enterprises must ensure for monitoring at the following basic positions: gates of business establishment; area of prize-winning electronic game machines for the assurance to monitor activities of players at each prize-winning electronic game machine; area for counter cashier, tally of cash, tokens, and storage of equipment containing cash and tokens. And images at positions specified at Clause 2 this Article must be fully stored in the minimum duration of thirty (30) days from the day of recording. In necessary case, time of storage may be prolonged at the request of competent state management agencies.

PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE’S PRESIDENT MUST RECEIVE
IN PERSON CITIZENS AT LEAST 1 DAY A MONTH
 

Contents prescribed at the Law on Reception of Citizens No. 42/2013/QH13 passed on November 25, 2013, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 6th session, the citizen has conditions to make complaints, petitions or reports and, denunciations, petitions or reports to the leaders of state agencies.

The Law requires that The Government General Inspector and Chairperson of the Government Office shall receive in person citizens at central citizen reception offices at least 1 day a month .The district-level People’s Committee chairperson shall receive in person citizens at the district-level citizen reception office at least 2 days a month.

Besides, leaders must irregularly receive citizens in the cases of pressing and complicated cases involving many people and related to responsibilities of many agencies, organizations and units, or about which opinions of agencies, organizations and units remain divergent; cases, without prompt direction and consideration, may cause