Legal Document Updates in English (45/2012)

FOREIGNERS’FEE FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARDS INCREASED
BY 20 USD
 

On November 09, 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 190/2012/TT-BTC amending and supplementing the Circular No.66/2009/TT-BTC, of March 30, 2009 of the Ministry of Finance stipulating the regime on collection, remittance, management and use of fees on passports, visas and papers on entry, exit, transit and residence in Vietnam.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance decided to raise the fee level for granting visas, temporary residence cards for foreigners resident in Vietnam. Of which, the fees for granting temporary residence cards increase by 20$. Specifically, the fee for granting the card that is valid up to 1 year is 80$; valid for between over 1 year and 2 years is 100 $; Valid for between over 2 year and 3 years is 120$ ( the previous regulation is 60, 80, 100 $ respectively).

COLLECTING FEE OF ESTABLISHING REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES
 

This is one of the contents regulated under the Circular No. 187/2012/TT-BTC regime on collection, remittance and management of fee licensing to establish representative offices of the foreign trade promotion organizations in Vietnam.

Accordingly, the foreign trade promotion organizations and other foreign organizations conducting operations relating to trade promotion in Vietnam on the establishment and operation of representative offices of foreign trade promotion organizations in Vietnam when being licensed for establishment of representative offices in Vietnam must pay fee. The fee levels licensing for establishment of

STIPULATING DECLARATION FORM FOR GOODS IN TRANSIT
 

On November 02, 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 186/2012/TT-BTC stipulating declaration form, annex declaration for goods in transit and regime of printing, issuance, management, use of declaration, annex declaration for goods in transit.

Under this Circular, declaration for goods in transit is printed bilingually in Vietnamese and English in pink background, sizes of Declaration and Annex declaration are A4. Each type of declaration and Annex declaration includes 02 copies.

FROM DECEMBER 25, 2012, CARGO CONTAINER TRANSPORT AFFIXED WITH INSIGNIAS
 

This is one of the contents regulated under the Decree No. 93/2012/ND-CP dated November 08, 2012 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No.91/2009/ND-CP, of October 21, 2009 on road transport business and business conditions.

Accordingly, from December 25, 2012, not only means for passenger transport on fixed routes, passenger transport under contracts, or passenger transport by taxi must be affixed with insignias. Cargo container transport must be also affixed with insignias.

The Decree also regulated that business units may be deprived right to use licenses when breaching the business conditions, seriously affecting the transport service quality and transport safety. Particularly breaching one of following contents: Transport business units have 5% of number of means of transportation

CONDITIONS FOR DOCTORAL LEVEL TRAINING TO SCHEME 911
 

On October 12, 2012, the Ministry of Education and Training issued the Circular No. 35/2012/TT-BGDDT regulating doctoral-level training under the scheme on "doctoral training for universities and colleges lecturers during the period 2010-2020" approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No.911/QD-TTG of June 17, 2010 (the scheme 911).

Accordingly, tenured lecturers, contractual lecturers working in an indefinite or definite term of the universities, institutes which provide tertiary education, the universities and colleges or those who have desire and commitment to become a lecturer at the schools including those who have just graduated from university or got master degree (within 12 months up to the date of application); Researchers working at the Scientific Research Institutes; Those who have the capacity and