Legal Document Updates in English (25/2018)

TO AMEND REGULATIONS ON MANAGEMENT
OF WAGES AND BONUSES IN VAMC

A number of Articles of the Circular No. 37/2016/TT-BLDTBXH providing guidelines for management of employees, wages, remunerations and bonuses paid to employees working in Vietnam Asset Management Company (hereafter called VAMC) are amended by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affair on June 22, 2018 at the Circular No. 04/2018/TT-BLDTBXH.

Accordingly, when determining the planned average wage amount and realized average wage amount for the purpose of identifying the planned wage fund, realized wage fund, VAMC shall determine the profit (planned or realized in the current year or previous year) is replaced by the difference between revenues and expenses (total revenue minus total expenses). As the previous provisions, VAMC determines

ADDRESS OF AGENCIES GRANT CERTIFICATES OF FREE SALE (CFS)

This is one of the contents of the Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management and the Government’s Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management.

This Circular prescribes agencies granting CFS for exported goods which are managed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade include:

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHILDREN
IN A PRIVATE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION GROUP IS 70

Article 14 of the Regulation on Organization and Operation of private preschools enclosed with the Circular No. 13/2015/TT-BGDDT dated June 30, 2015 by Ministry of Education and Training is amended and supplemented on May 30, 2018 at the Circular No. 13/2018/TT-BGDDT.

Accordingly, private independent preschool education groups and classes are classified as other education institutions of the national education system. Organizational structure of a group or class: Head of the group or class; officer in charge of preschool education activities, teachers, employees and children.

The maximum number of children of a private preschool education group or class is 70 (seventy). Age and quantity of children of each group or class must adhere to provisions of the preschool charter. The officer in charge of preschool education activities must possess an intermediate professional education diploma in early childhood pedagogy or higher.

CIRCULAR NO. 18 ON REPEALING THE GRANT OF LICENSE
TO IMPORT RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND TRANSCEIVERS

To attach the list of legislative documents which are entirely repealed in sectors under the state management by the Ministry of Information and Communications with the Decision No. 823/QD-BTTTT dated May 31, 2018.

In particular, this List mention the Circular No. 18/2014/TT-BTTTT dated November 26, 2014 on detailing

03 OBJECTS ARE SUPPORTED FOR AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE

This is the content of the Decree No. 58/2018/ND-CP dated April 18, 2018 of the Government on agricultural insurance, takes effect on June 05, 2018.

Specifically, there are 3 objects are supported for agricultural insurance, include:

- Crops: rice, rubber, pepper, cashew, coffee, fruit trees and vegetables;

- Livestock: buffaloes, cows, pigs and poultry;

- Aquatic animals: black tiger shrimps, white-leg shrimps and pangasius cat fish.

Individuals engaged in agricultural production who are from poor or near-poor households are entitled to support of up to 90% of agricultural insurance premiums; Individuals

7 GROUPS OF RURAL CAREER ARE SUPPORTED FOR DEVELOPMENT

On April 12, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 52/2018/ND-CP on development of rural trades.

Accordingly, there are 7 groups of rural trade activities are supported for development, include:

1. Processing and preserving agricultural, forest and aquatic products.

2. Producing fine-art handicrafts.

3. Processing materials serving rural trade production.

4. Producing timber, rattan and bamboo, ceramic and porcelain, glass, textile and garment, fiber, embroidery, knitwear, and small mechanical engineering products.

5. Producing and trading in ornamental creatures.

6. Making salt.

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORATE’S TASKS IN PREVENTION
AND COMBAT OF CORRUPTION

On April 09, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 50/2018/ND-CP on defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam.

Accordingly, the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam is a ministerial-level agency of the Government and functions to perform the state management of inspection, citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations, and prevention and combat of corruption nationwide; and inspect, settle complaints and denunciations and prevent and combat corruption.

Regarding the prevention and combat of corruption field, the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam shall perform some tasks such as:

- To inspect the implementation of the law against corruption by ministries, ministerial-level agencies,

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF THE LAW ON FORESTRY,
LAW ON FISHERIES

The Plan on organization of the implementation of the Law on Forestry and the Law on Fisheries is promulgated by the Prime Minister at the Decision No. 390/QD-TTg dated April 11, 2018.

According to the Plan, by September 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall submit to the Government 3 Decree including: Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Forestry; Decree on management of endangered, specious and rare forest fauna and flora species and implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; Decree on forest management and specialized forest protection forces.

ALL VOTERS MAY GIVE OPINIONS ON THE ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES

On April 16, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 54/2018/ND-CP on guiding the collection of voters’ opinions on the establishment, dissolution, merger, separation and adjustment of boundaries, of administrative units.

According to this Decree, all voters in a commune-level administrative unit who are directly affected by the establishment, dissolution, merger, separation or adjustment of boundaries, of such administrative unit may be named in the list of voters and distributed voter opinion polls.