Legal Document Updates in English (42/2020)

INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION AMONG BUSINESS REGISTRATION AGENCIES
AND OTHER STATE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES

On October 15, 2020, the Government promulgates the Decree No. 122/2020/ND-CP prescribing inter-agency coordination in settlement of procedures for registration of establishment of enterprises, branches and representative offices, declaration of labor use, grant of identification numbers of units participating in social insurance, and registration for use of invoices of enterprises.

After granting establishment registration certificates, or when there is a change in the contents of registration, of enterprises, branches or representative offices, business registration agencies shall share with social insurance agencies the information on enterprise registration certificates, operation registration certificates of branches or representative offices. For cases of establishment registration certificate grant, sharing expected total number of employees, business lines, methods of payment of social insurance premiums of the enterprises, branches or representative offices with social insurance agencies is also required.

When enterprises pay social insurance premiums, social insurance agencies shall share information on the number of employees who pay social insurance premiums with

TO FINE UP TO VND 20 MILLION
FOR THE ACT OF CONCEALING THE COVID-19 INFECTED CASES

The Government issues the Decree No. 117/2020/ND-CP on sanctioning of administrative violations in health sector on September 28, 2020.

Accordingly, a person who provides inaccurate information on the infectious disease according to the content provided by a competent health agency shall be fined from VND 10 million to VND 15 million, and forced to correct untruthful information on mass media in the area previously reported for 03 consecutive days as prescribed by law.

Noticeably, a person who conceals, fails to report or fails to report in time the current state; deliberately gives false information or deliberately spreads agents of group A infectious diseases of himself/herself or of other people shall be fined from VND 10 million to VND 20 million.

TO PROPAGANDIZE ETHNIC MINORITY TRADITIONAL COSTUMES
IN QUARTER IV, 2020

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism promulgates the Decision No. 2774/QD-BVHTTDL on organization of propaganda, dissemination and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minority traditional costumes in association with tourism development on October 02, 2020.

Specifically, the Plan aims to effectively implement the Party’s policies and lines, the State’s legal policies in preserving and promoting traditional costumes of ethnic minorities to meet the requirement of "cultural heritage is both a driving force and a goal”, contributing to the sustainable development of the culture of Vietnamese ethnic minorities.

TO SUPPORT TEACHERS OF PEOPLE-FOUNDED
AND PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AFFECTED BY COVID-19

On October 19, 2020, the Prime Minister issues the Decision No. 32/2020/QD-TTg on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2020 providing regulations on the implementation of policies to support people facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, one more group of people affected by COVID-19 pandemic shall be entitled to the support policy, including: Employees working for people-founded and private education institutions, and public education institutions that exercise financial autonomy in terms of frequent expenditures at early childhood, pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary level, with no revenue or financial source to pay the salary due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

TO HOLD DIALOGUES WITH YOUTH AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR

This is a new content prescribed in the Law No. 57/2020/QH14 dated June 16, 2020 of the National Assembly on Youth.

Specifically, the Prime Minister and chairpersons of the People’s Committees at all levels shall hold dialogues on youth affairs with youth at least once a year. Persons responsible for holding dialogues with youth under Clause 1 of this Article shall direct the preparation of dialogue plans and programs and publicize them on the portals, websites or at the head offices of their agencies, organizations or units at least 30 days before the date of organizing the dialogues.

March is the Youth Month. The Youth Month shall be organized to promote the spirit of vanguard, voluntariness and creativity of youth for participation in activities in the

5 CASES FOR REFUSAL OF MEDIATION OR DIALOGUE,
REPLACEMENT OF MEDIATORS

On June 16, 2020, the National Assembly promulgates the Law No. 58/2020/QH14 on Mediation and Dialogue at Court.

Accordingly, a person may be appointed as a mediator if he/she fully meets conditions prescribed by this Law, such as: Having worked as judges, verifiers or clerks of courts, procurators, etc.; Possessing mediation and dialogue experience and skills; Being physically fit to fulfill assigned tasks; Possessing a certificate of further training in mediation and dialogue skills, etc.

Each case of mediation or dialogue shall be conducted by 01 mediator. The suer or requester shall select a mediator from the list of mediators of the court with jurisdiction to settle the case and shall notify the mediator’s full name and address to such court.

TO LOOSEN CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF JUDICIAL EXPERTISE OFFICES

This new provision is passed by the National Assembly in the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Judicial Assessment, No. 56/2020/QH14 dated June 10, 2020.

To be specific: to provide 04 more cases in which a judicial expert assessor shall be relieved from duty, including:

Firstly, he/she has a retirement or resignation decision, unless he/she has a document expressing his/her aspiration to continue carrying out judicial assessment activities and his/her managing agency or organization wishes to continue employing him/her in accordance with law;

Secondly, he/she changes his/her working position or is transferred to another agency or organization that no longer has appropriate conditions for judicial assessment;

Thirdly, he/she so requests. In case he/she is a civil servant, public employee, army officer, people’s public security