Legal Document Updates in English (09/2018)

CASINO BUSINESS MUST USE COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO MANAGE TRANSACTION

On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 146/2017/TT-BTC guiding management and supervision of casino tax collection, takes effect on February 12, 2018.

This Circular defined that casino enterprise must use computer software to manage any transactions related to cash and tokens and ensure that this software data must be specified in the revenue statement made according to the revenue statement; at the same time, these transactions must be sufficiently recorded and reported to relevant competent authorities.

INDEXING FACTORS IN CALCULATING MONTHLY SALARY PAID
FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE IN 2018

On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued Circular No. 32/2017/TT-BLDTBXH on indexing factors in calculation of average monthly salary and earnings for which social insurance has been paid.

Specifically, with regards to employees eligible for the salary policy regulated by the State and paying social insurance from January 01, 2016 onwards and entitled to lump-sum social insurance or employees whose relatives are eligible for lump-sum survivorship allowance upon their death from January 01, 2018 to December 31, 2018; Employees paying social insurance according to the salary policy decided by their employers and entitled to pension, lump-sum pension, lump-sum social insurance or employees whose relatives are eligible for lump-sum survivorship allowance upon their death from January 01, 2018 to December 31, 2018, monthly salary for which social insurance has been paid shall be indexed as follows:

FOOD SELLERS ALLOWED TO SELF-DECLARED PRODUCT

On February 02, 2018, the Government issued Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP on elaboration of some articles of the Law on Food safety.

Accordingly, food manufacturers and food sellers are allowed to self-declare for pre-packaged processed foods, food additives, food processing aids, food containers, primary packages of foods. Products, raw materials that are manufactured or imported for production or processing of exports or internal production and are not sold domestically are exempt from self-declaration.

RATE OF PAYMENT FOR MEDICINES USED AT THE HEALTH FACILITY IS 0.1%

On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 55/2017/TT-BYT on rate and payment for medicine loss at health facilities.

Accordingly, the maximum rate of payment for medicines used at the health facility over the total value of medicines used in the fiscal year shall be 0.1%. Management, determination and payment for medicine loss shall be based on the value of actual loss of each medicine used at the health facility.

HOSPITAL IS SELF-ASSESS ACCORDING TO 8 CRITERIA GROUPS

On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Health promulgated Circular No. 54/2017/TT-BYT on criteria for assessment of information technology application at health facilities.

There are 08 criteria groups in the criteria for assessment of information technology application at health facilities: Infrastructure, management software, Hospital Information System, Radiology Information System, Picture Archiving and Communication System, Laboratory Information System, non-functional criteria, Electronic Medical Record, information confidentiality and security.

Health facilities are take charge in determining levels of IT application and submit a report to supervisory health

INCENTIVE POLICY FOR CUSTOMERS PARTICIPATING
IN LOAD ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS

On November 16, 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Trade prescribed contents and processes for implementation of load adjustment programs in Circular No. 23/2017/TT-BCT

Accordingly, customers participating in load adjustment programs shall be entitled to: Incentive sums per electricity load or capacity that they have reduced after making load adjustment events take place; or advantages given through electricity pricing mechanisms; or priority policies for improvement of reliability in power supply and quality of customer services, depending on actual conditions of the power system. Incentive policy is specified upon in the contract for participation in that load adjustment program.

PARTIALLY PAID TUITION FEES FOR CHILDREN ACCOMPANYING MEMBERS
OF REPRESENTATIVE MISSIONS

This is the new content of the Law No. 19/2017/QH14 on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that passed on November 21, 2017 by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Specifically, minor children accompanying members of representative missions may have their tuition fees in the host countries and expenses for purchase of medical examination and treatment insurance premiums partially paid. Concurrently, members of representative missions and their accompanying spouses shall be paid traveling expenses in case parents, parents-in-law, spouses or children of members of representative missions die.