Legal Document Updates in English (43/2015)

THE WAY SUBJECT TO SPECIAL EXCISE TAX FOR VEHICLES
THAT SEAT FEWER THAN 24 PEOPLE
 

On October 28, 2015, the Government issued the Decree No. 108/2015/ND-CP guiding a number of Articles of the Law on Special Excise Duty and the Law on amending the Law on Special Excise Duty, within that, one of the most important contents is on special excise tax for vehicles that seat fewer than 24 people and gasoline manufacturer of goods subject to special excise tax (sells their goods to other resellers.

In particular, in case an importer or manufacturer/assembler of vehicles that seat fewer than 24 people sell them to resellers, for importer of vehicles that seat fewer than 24 people, the taxable price is the selling price imposed by the importer which must not fall below 105% of the import price.

For manufacturer/assembler of vehicles that seat fewer than 24 people, the taxable price is the selling price imposed by the manufacturer which must not fall below 7% of the average selling price imposed by the resellers. The average selling price imposed by the resellers is the selling

TO ISSUE THE BIRTH NOTICE FOR A BABY BORN THROUGH SURROGACY
 

Circular No. 34/2015/TT-BYT has just been issued by the Ministry of Health on October 27, 2015 on amending and supplementing the Articles 2 of the Circular No. 17/2012/TT-BYT dated October 24, 2012 of the Ministry of Health regulating the issuance and use of the birth notice, and one of the most important contents is the regulations on issuing the birth notice for a baby through surrogacy.

In this case, a baby is born through surrogacy, intended parents or a woman who carries and gives birth (surrogate mother) must submit written confirmations about surrogacy

ENTERPRISES PROVIDING AVIATION SERVICES
MUST HAVE MINIMUM CAPITAL OF VND 100 BILLION
 

At the Decree No. 102/2015/ND-CP dated October 20, 2015 on management and operation of airports and airfields, the Government prescribed that the minimum capital for establishment and operation of airport enterprises, enterprises providing aviation services at the airport/airfield is VND 200 billion for Enterprises operating at international airports and VND 100 billion for Enterprises operating at domestic airports.

Besides, aviation services such as passenger terminal operation services; air operations area services; cargo terminal and depot operation services; air navigation services, including air traffic control services, aeronautical information, guiding, supervision services; aviation meteorology services, aeronautical information services; search and rescue services; aviation fuel supply services; aircraft repair and maintenance services; in-flight food and

TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM SPEED OF 90 KM/H
AT THE HANOI- HO CHI MINH CITY RAILWAY ROUTE
 

On August 24, 2015, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 1468/QD-TTg approving the adjusted master plan on development of Vietnam’s railway transport through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, with the objective to synchronously develop railway transport in terms of infrastructure, means of transport, transport services and railway industry up to advanced and modern level.

In accordance with  the Scheme, from now to 2020, To upgrade and gradually modernize the 1,726km Hanoi- Ho Chi Minh City railway route to achieve the average speed of 80-90 km/h, for passenger trains, and 50-60 km/h, for cargo trains; firstly concentrate on the upgrading of the railway section in the areas of Hai Van Pass, Khe Net Pass, Hoa Duyet-Thanh Luyen; to renovate and upgrade weak bridges and tunnels; to improve horizontal alignment of railway routes, to construct new rails and extend rails in railway stations, etc; to renovate, upgrade, and step by step improve up to the national railway grade the 285km-long Yen Vien-Lao Cai; 96km-long Hanoi (Gia Lam) - Hai Phong;

GIVE PRIORITY FOR EXCELLENT GRADUATES WHEN APPLYING
TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE FORCES
 

In accordance with the Decree No. 105/2015/ND-CP dated October 20, 2015 of the Government guiding a number of Articles of the Ordinance on environmental police forces, excellent graduates of academies and universities shall be given priority when apply to environmental police forces.

Environmental police forces are entitled to inspect the any entity’s adherence to regulations of law on environmental protection, natural resources, and food safety in the acts suspected as crimes and administrative violations pertaining to environmental protection, natural resources, and food safety are discovered; denunciation or information about crimes and administrative violations pertaining to environmental protection, natural resources, and food safety is received; and the inspection is necessary for settlement of complaints and denunciations in the process