Legal Document Updates in English (18/2014)

25 MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS WITH STRICT REQUIREMENTS
ON LABOR SAFETY
 

On March 06, 2014, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs issued the Circular No. 05/2014/TT-BLDTBXH promulgating list of machines, equipment and supplies having strict requirement on labor safety.

Within that, these machines equipment and supplies are: Types of boilers (including super-heated sets and water warming sets) having working pressure of more than 0.7 bar; Water heaters have solvent temperature of more than 115ºC; oil heating boilers; pressure tanks have a working pressure of more than 0.7 bar; tanks (cisterns) and barrels used for storage and transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or liquids with working pressure of more than 0.7 bar or liquid or solid in powder form with no pressure but when removing can be used with pressure higher than 0.7 bar; system of fixed gas pipeline, except for the gas pipeline on

PUBLISHING HOUSES MUST HAVE AT LEAST 200 M² FOR USE
 

At the Decree No. 195/2013/ND-CP dated November 21, 2013 of the Government detailing a number of articles of, and measures for implementing, the Publication Law, publishing houses may be established when meet all the conditions such as having a head office of at least 200 square meters (m2) for use; having at least VND 5 (five) billion for publication activities and having sufficient equipment for publication activities beside the regulations prescribed in the Publication Law such as having guidelines, objectives, functions, tasks, target service recipients and main publications suitable to its managing agency’s functions and tasks; having qualified persons for appointment of a general director (director) and an editor-in-chief and at least 5 full-time editors and being in line with the approved master plan on development of publishing houses.

Besides, To be granted a publication import business license by the Ministry of Information and Communications, a publication import business must satisfy the requirements

TO 2030, ALL PEOPLE WILL HAVE HOUSES WITH NECESSARY HOUSE EQUIPMENT
 

On January 25, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 198/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of the northern key economic region through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

The master plan shall be implemented at 07 northern key economic region (embracing 7 provinces and cities, namely Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc and Bac Ninh) is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific-technological center of the country. + The average GDP growth will be 8.7% in the 2021-2030 period (1.3 times the national average); the average per-capita GDP (according to actual prices) will reach USD 10,500-12,000 by 2030; Economic restructuring: by 2030, the proportion of agriculture-forestry-fisheries will make up 2.2% of the region’s GDP, industry-construction, 47.8%, and services, 50%; The region’s export value will account for 39% of the country’s total by 2030; the region will lead the country in the modernization process with the technological renewal rate will be 20% per year on average and so on.

The region’s development space embraces two sub-regions, namely the Hanoi capital sub-region and the

ENCOURAGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOLUNTARY PENSION PROGRAM
 

This is the content prescribed at the Decision No. 144/QD-TTg dated January 20, 2014 of the Prime Minister on Approving the scheme on formation and development of the voluntary pension program in Vietnam.

At the Decision, the Prime Minister has pointed the Ministry of Finance to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related agencies, to encourage employees and employers (enterprises) that sign labor contracts to participate in the voluntary pension program. Employees and enterprises may only participate in, and enjoy preferential policies from, the voluntary pension program when they fully participate in all compulsory social insurance programs. By 2020, there will be some 400-500 enterprises with around 150,000 persons buying pension insurance products or making contributions to voluntary pension funds in the form of investment entrustment. By 2020, the accumulated turnover of voluntary pension funds for reinvestment in the economy, including the capital and securities markets, will approximate VND 10-12 trillion. The

CRITERIA FOR DEFINING BUFFER ZONES OF SPECIAL-USE FORESTS AND PROTECTION BELT
 

On March 26, 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued the Circular No. 10/2014/TT-BNNPTNT on criteria for defining buffer zones of special-use forests and protection belt of marine protected areas.

Within that, the buffer zone of marine protected area has the width not exceeding 1,000 m (one thousand) from the boundaries of marine protected area outwards with the activities of fishery, aquaculture, boat docks, tourist attractions and other activities of the people directly affected the conservation of marine protected areas; and the marine protected areas adjacent to land, islands, the buffer zones also include the area of land, coastal water with hamlet communities and residential groups living and operating their business and production and traditional living activities.

The definition of internal buffer zones must meet the criteria as areas with hamlet communities and residential groups