Legal Document Updates in English (42/2012)

INTRODUCE PROVISIONS ON CAPITAL LOAN
IN ANCILLARY INDUSTRIES
 

October 17, 2012, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 1556/QD-TTg approving the Scheme “Supporting the development of medium and small enterprises engaged in ancillary industries”.

Under this Decision, the Prime Minister assumed the Vietnam Development Bank to introduce their provisions on capital loan applicable to medium and small enterprises engaged in ancillary industries. At the same time, this Decision also promulgated some solutions related to the policies on medium and small enterprises engaged in ancillary industries in order to boost the quantitative and qualitative growth of medium and small enterprises engaged in ancillary industries;   

SUPPORT EXPENSES OF SHORT-TERM APPRENTICESHIP
ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE
 

On October 08, 2012, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 42/2012/QD-TTg on giving support to units, organizations using employees who are ethnic minority people in the mountainous regions, especially difficult areas.
Specifically, the Prime Minister decided to support expenses of short-term apprenticeship (primary level and under 3-month vocational training) with the maximum amount of 03 million VND/person/course (specific supporting level according to each occupation and practical period of apprenticeship training), apprenticeship training of unskilled labor who are ethnic minority people, meeting sufficiently terms of employment and must be trained as required in the plans of employment, training of employers

PROMULGATING NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION
ON OFFSHORE SALTWATER QUALITY
 

On October 12, 2012, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment issues the Circular No. 10/2012/TT-BTNMT on national technical regulations on the environment, including National Technical Regulation on offshore saltwater quality.

This Regulation specifies the limit value of offshore saltwater quality parameters and it is applied to evaluate and control the quality of the offshore saltwater, for the purpose of protecting the marine environment and this is not applied to the islands offshore locations, the exploitation and exploration of oil and gas within a radius of less than or equal to 1 km.

BUILDING 45 FIXED CHECKING STATIONS ON THE ROAD SYSTEM
 

October 11, 2012, the Prime Minister issued the Decision No. 1502/QD-TTg approving the master plan of vehicle load checking station on the road till 2020, with a vision to the year 2030.

Under this Decision, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport building 45 fixed vehicle load checking stations on the existing road system before 2020; Funds are expected to be: 6,468.431 billion dong mobilized from the central budget and other lawful sources. Of which, for the period from 2012 to 2015, building 13 fixed vehicle load checking stations equipped with 142 sets of mobile balance with estimated cost is 1,157,174 billion dong;
At the same time, the Prime Minister also requested fixed vehicle load checking stations to applying modern technologies to ensure load control and size limit of vehicles quickly, accurately and efficiently; minimizing the human direct impact and intervention in the process of load control, vehicle limit size at the station; minimizing effects on objects not subject to checking during the operation of the station.

CONDITIONS FOR CONVERTING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES ESTABLISHED
BEFORE 15/10/2009
 

On October 10, 2012, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Planning and Investment promulgated the Circular No. 31/2012/TTLT-BCT-BKHDT guiding the settlement of industrial complexes established before the Regulation on the management of industrial complexes, promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 105/2009/QD-TTG dated August 19, 2009, takes effect.

Accordingly, converting industrial complexes established before the Regulation takes effect into industrial parks must comply with conditions for conversion such as:  the investors in developing infrastructure are enterprises operating under law provisions on enterprises; The land area leased or subleased to the projects, that apply for investment and Investment certificates, reaches at least 40% of the total industrial land area of the industrial complex; A concentrated sewage treatment