Legal Document Updates in English (28/2013)

PERSONS ON ENTRY ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE OF DUTY-FREE GOODS
 

This is the content prescribed at the Decision No. 44/2013/QD-TTg dated July 19, 2013 of the Prime Minister amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulation on trading in duty-free goods promulgated together with the Decision No. 24/2009/QD-TTg dated February 17, 2009 of the Prime Minister.

At this Decision, Duty-free shops may be located at port of international airports to serve passengers on entrance (not including drivers and attendants in vehicles on entrance) in areas under the management and supervision of Customs agencies.

Accordingly, Persons on entry when purchasing duty-free goods must produce their passports having the entry stamp or produce their boarding passes. Duty-free shop

BASIC WAGE FOR STATE CORPORATION’S PRESIDENT IS VND 36 MILLION PER MONTH
 

On May 14, 2013, the Government issued the Decree No. 51/2013/ND-CP promulgating wages, remunerations, bonuses for the Member Assembly’s members, the company’s President, the Controller, the General Director or director, the Deputy General Director or Deputy Director, and the Chief Accountant of one member state owned limited companies.

This Decree promulgates the basic wages for the specialized managing officers as follows: the President of Member’s Council or specialized company’s Presidents under Economic Groups: VND 36 million per month; Group’s General Director or Director: VND 35 million per month and so on.

Remunerations for part-time managers shall be calculated according to their works and working durations, and shall not exceed 20% of wages of specialized

ISSUANCE LIMIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BONDS MUST
HAVE ASSESSMENT ON CREDIT RATING
 

This is the regulations of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) in the Circular No. 17/2013/TT-NHNN dated July 16, 2013 promulgating the guidance for the foreign exchange control regarding to enterprise’s international bond issuance not guaranteed by the Government.

At this Circular, the SBV guides the process for limit confirmation, plan appraisal, register for international bond issuance. A dossier for plan appraisal on international bond issuance includes written request for plan appraisal on international bond issuance by state bank; copy of plan on international bond issuance; copy of written approval for plan on international bond issuance by competent authorities; copy of audited financial statement of state commercial bank in three (03) last consecutive years adjacent to issuance year; report of state commercial bank about meeting rates of safety assurance and limits  and so on.

For enterprises being state commercial banks, a dossier for confirming the issuance limit includes request for confirming the international bond issuance limit; copy of plan on

50M² IS THE MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM PETROL AND OIL TANKS
TO PUBLIC CONSTRUCTIONS
 

On June 18, 2912, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issues the National Technical Regulations on petrol and oil shop’s design requirements at the Circular No. 11/2013/TT-BCT

Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade promulgates that tanks of petrol and oil are made of petrol-resistant and non-combustible materials; installment of petrol tanks at stores must not to install petrol tanks floating on ground; not to install petrol tanks and pits in or under stalls, besides, when installing petrol tanks, it is required to calculate ability to be push floating and must have measures to prevent floating of tanks; surrounding tanks must cover sand or fine soil with the thickness of not less than 0.3 m; tanks installed under roads must apply measures to protect tank structure and for tanks made of non-conductive material materials must have measure to annul electrostatic when ex-warehousing or warehousing petrol and oil.

Pumps must be laid in aeration positions. If pumps are laid in house, they must be laid in separate space, together with measures of air ventilation and open doors turned outside. And the pump must ensure that vehicles may stop easily along

HARBORS MUST HAVE SURVEYS IN THE USAGE PROCESS
 

This is the requirement of the Ministry of Transport at the Circular No. 14/2013/TT-BGTVT dated July 05, 2013 promulgating navy construction’s maintenance.

At this Circular, the Ministry of Transport regulates clearly that the survey of the navy constructions below are compulsory for wharves, ports, lighthouses, seawalls, sand walls, communications systems (radio towers) in special class and first class; the navy constructions that are subsided, cracked, tilted, or at risk of collapse.  Other parts of navy constructions that need surveying is the main bearing structure of the construction that may lead to collapse if it is damaged. The survey position, survey figures, and limits of those figures such as deformation, tilt, subsidence, crack, etc; the survey duration, number of measurement cycles and other necessary information shall be decided by the designer of the navy construction.

During the operation, the survey must be carried out in accordance with the survey plan made by the surveying contractor and approved by the person in charge of maintenance; the survey plan must specify the measurement methods, instruments, the positions of marks