Legal Document Updates in English (28/2018)

TO INCREASE THE SUBSIDIES FOR PEOPLE WITH MERITORIOUS SERVICE
TO THE REVOLUTION FROM JULY 01
 

On July 12, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 99/2018/ND-CP on prescribing levels of subsidies and preferential allowances for people with meritorious service to the revolution.

Accordingly, from July 01, 2018, the standard level for determination of subsidies and preferential allowances for people with meritorious service to the revolution specified in this Decree is VND 1,515,000, instead of VND 1,417,000 as before.

TO MAKE HEALTH DECLARATION WHEN TRANSFER CORPSES, BONES ACROSS BORDER
 

On June 25, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 89/2018/ND-CP guiding the implementation of the law on infectious disease prevention and control regarding border health quarantine.

This Decree requires making health declaration when transport corpses, bones (including body ash), microorganism sample, biological products, tissues and human body organs across the border between Vietnam and other countries. The corpse or bones of a person with any group-A infectious diseases is not allowed to be transported through the border. The microorganism sample concerning human medical specimens is not allowed to be imported if the permit to import human medical specimens is not available.

LAW ON COMPETITION 2018
 

Law No.  23/2018/QH14 on Competition is passed on June 12, 2018 by the National Assembly, takes effect on July 01, 2019.

This Law removes the limitation of economic concentration. Specifically, instead of prohibiting economic concentration if the combined market shares of enterprises participating in economic concentration account for over 50% on the relevant market, this Law only prohibits economic concentration if it causes or probably cause substantial anti-competitive effects on the Vietnamese market.

SEND SHIP FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION DATA REPORT
VIA THE WEBSITE WWW.VR.ORG.VN
 

The Circular No. 40/2018/TT-BGTVT on providing for data collection and reporting on fuel oil consumption of Vietnamese-flagged ships is issued on June 29, 2018 by the Ministry of Transport.

As from the calendar year 2019 onwards, ship-owners are required to collect and submit reports on ship fuel oil consumption data in the calendar year via the Vietnam Register’s portal (www.vr.org.vn) by February 28 of the following year.

In case of change in ship-owner, the existing ship-owner is required to collect and submit report on the ship fuel oil

LAW ON AMENDING PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SPORTS 2018
 

The most noticeable content is the provision: Organize illegal sports betting or participate in illegal sports betting is not allowed. Concurrently, annul the condition “having financial sources for business activities” with sports enterprises. Certificate of eligibility for sports business shall be granted by the People's Committee of province within 07 working days from the date on which the valid and complete application is received.

In additionally, for the first time this Law has provision on sports betting. Accordingly, sports betting is a form of entertainment with rewards in which participants predict the result of sporting events used for betting purpose.

DO NOT SEND PAPER DOCUMENTS
BETWEEN THE STATE’S AGENCIES
 

The sending and receipt of e-documents between agencies in the State administrative system is prescribed by the Prime Minister at the Decision No. 28/2018/QD-TTg dated July 12, 2018.

This Decision provides some rules about sending and receipt of e-documents between agencies in the State administrative system, conclude:

- All e-documents falling under the issuing and settling competence of agencies in the State administrative system shall be sent and received via document management and administration systems, except the case the recipients do not meet the requirement on technological infrastructure.