Legal Document Updates in English (14/2013)

FROM MAY 24, APPLY THE IMPORT TAX RATE OF
3% FOR HYDROGEN PEROXYT
 

On April 09, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 39/2013/TT-BTC amending, supplementing preferential import tax  rate for the commodity Hydrogen Peroxyt in the heading 2847.00.10 at the Preferential import tariff attached with the Circular No. 193/2012/TT-BTC dated November.

IMPORT TAX FEES FOR LIVE-STOCK BREEDING IS
VND 120,000/ONCE/01 BREAD
 

On April 04, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 37/2013/TT-BTC promulgating the level of collection, payment, management and use of fees and charges in livestock-breeding.

At this Circular, when Vietnamese and foreign organizations or individuals have proposal application to state management agencies or organizations, individuals which are assigned to issue license in the livestock-breeding by competent state agencies, they must pay fees in accordance with regulations. The specific levels are as follows: grant the permit for export and import of sperm and

DOUBLE THE ROAD TOLL COLLECTION AT
MY LOC TOLL STATION (NAM DINH)
 

On April 04, 2013, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 36/2013/TT-BTC guiding the regime of road toll collection, payment, management and use at My Loc toll station, Nam Dinh province.

According to this Circular, Cars of under 12 seats, trucks of a tonnage of under 2 tons and mass transit buses: 20,000 VND/ticket/trip; 600.000 VND/ticket/month and 1.600.000 VND/ticket/quarter; Cars of between 12 and 30 seats, trucks of a tonnage of between 2 tons and under 4 tons: 30,000 VND/ticket/ trip; 900.000 VND/ticket/month and 2.400.000VND/ticket/quarter, Cars of 31 seats or more; trucks of a tonnage of between 4 and under 10 tons: 44,000

STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES
 

This is the contents of the Resolution No. 35/NQ-CP issued by the Government on March 18, 2013 on some urgent problems in environment protection.

Accordingly, to resolve these matters and make a fundamental change in environment protection, the Government hereby requests all Ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies, provincial People’s Committees to fulfill the following tasks: enhance the environment protection work at industrial parks and industrial complexes; improve the investigations on environment protection requirements in strategies, planning, plans, and projects for development; focus on environment protection in mineral extraction; reduce environmental pollution in major cities and river basins

CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE
AT LEAST 5 SPECIALISTS
 

On April 08, 2013, the Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 11/2013/TT-BYT guiding the appointment for conformity certification organization for packed and processed foods; addictives; processing support addictives; packaging materials and equipments for having direct contact with foods.

At this Circular, appointed conformity certification organizations are required that they are established as prescribed by law, with activity function in the certification field; have registered and granted certificate of registration for certification operation by The Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality – The Ministry of Science and Technology as prescribed by law on product and goods quality and the assessment experts must have at least 05 assessment experts in official payroll (public employees or laborers who have signed contract with term of 12 months or more or non-term contract); having sufficient technical

PHARMACEUTICAL PRACTICE CERTIFICATES ARE REQUIRED
FOR DRUG-DEALING
 

To update new points which are amended and supplemented at the Decree No. 89/2012/ND-CP dated October 24, 2012, the Ministry of Health issued the Circular No. 10/2013/TT-BYT dated March 29, 2013 amending and supplementing the number of Articles of the Circular No. 02/2007/TT-BYT dated January 24, 2007 of the Ministry of Health guiding in detail the implementation of a number of articles on drug-dealing conditions prescribed by the Pharmacy Law and the Government's Decree No. 79/2006/ND-CP dated August 9, 2006, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Pharmacy Law.

Accordingly, dossiers for grant, re-grant, extension, business scope supplementation of certificates of full satisfaction of drug-dealing conditions: dossiers for grant, re-grant, extension, business scope supplementation of certificates of full satisfaction of drug-dealing conditions; in case of grant, re-grant, extension, business scope supplementation of certificates of full satisfaction of drug-dealing conditions, if the drug-dealing facilities have been

PRINCIPLES ON CORPORATION DOCUMENTS IN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 

On March 08, 2013, the Ministry of Science and Technology issued the Circular No.  07/2013/TT-BKHCN dated March 08, 2013 promulgating principles, forms and contents of corporation documents for foreign relationship in science and technology.

According to this Circular, Corporation document’s forms are corporation contract of science and technology; memorandum; agreement; corporation plan; corporation program; other forms as agreed by parties. Within that, the corporation contract on science and technology means agreement stipulating benefits, obligations and duties of parties in cooperation for science study, technology development study, provisions of services in activities of science study and technology development; the corporation agreement in science and technology means document providing for provisions of general commitments, coordination mechanism, and specific conditions binding legal liability applicable to concerned parties; the memorandum means document recording the initial

FREE COSPAS-SARAT EMERGENCY ALERT INFORMATION
 

This is the content at the regulation on supply, management, use of cospas-sarsat beacon data and receipt, handling, transmittance of the cospas-sarsat emergency alert information issued with the Decision No. 19/2013/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on April 02, 2013.

. Cospas-Sarsat organization means international organization of satellite information for search and rescue, . Cospas-Sarsat beacon means a device of the Cospas-Sarsat system used for transmittance of emergency alert information and position instruction and notification through satellite, assist activities of search, rescue; including types: EPIRB, ELT and PLB installed and used on the sea ships and sea construction works operating offshore.

REGULATIONS ON WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
 

On March 08, 2013, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Circular No. 06/2013/TT-BCT promulgating the content, order, procedure, appraisal and approval for wind power development planning.

In order to provide content, order, procedure, appraisal and approval for national wind power development planning and provincial wind power development planning, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requires central-affiliated provinces and cities must make plans on wind power development as follows: The general view on the wind power development in the world and Vietnam; natural and socio-economic characteristics of Vietnam: Current status and development trend by 2020 with vision to 2030; current status and power grid development planning in Vietnam by 2020 with a vision to 2030; determination of theoretical and technical wind power potential, exploitation capacity of wind energy of Vietnam; list of theoretical and technical wind power potential areas; technical, economic and financial targets for wind power development; environmental impact assessment of wind power operation; solutions, policies and mechanism...