Legal Document Updates in English (45/2018)

TO PUBLICIZE THE CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS LIST THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION
 

To ensure the fire prevention and fighting for condominium is one of the requested of the Prime Minister at the Directive No. 29/CT-TTg dated October 09, 2018 on raising the effectiveness of the State management of the management, operation and use of condominiums.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister requests the Ministry of Public Security to publicize on its portal the list of condominium projects that fail to comply with the fire prevention and fighting regulations or fail to purchase compulsory fire and explosion insurance.

With regards to organization and individuals that committing serious violations in the management, use and operation of condominiums, particularly acts of illegally appropriating

USED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS PROHIBITED FROM IMPORT
 

The Ministry of Information and Communications issues the Circular No. 11/2018/TT-BTTTT on detailing List of used information technology products prohibited from import with their HS codes on October 15, 2018.

Accordingly, the List of used information technology products prohibited from import includes:

- Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof: Group 8443;

- Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the

TO SHORTEN THE TIME OF GRANTING DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION

This is the highlight content of the Decree No. 130/2018/ND-CP dated September 27, 2018 of the Government on detailing the Law on E-Transactions regarding digital signatures and digital signature certification services.

In accordance to this new Decree, the time of granting digital signature certification shall be shortened to 50 days after receiving a valid dossier of application for a license, instead of 60 days as before.

STRIKE TO 2019, THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION COVERED BY HEALTH INSURANCE UP TO 88.1%
 

The Resolution No. 69/2018/QH14 on the 2019 socio-economic development plan has been approved on November 08, 2018 by the National Assembly.

The main criteria have been pointed out by the National Assembly are: Gross domestic product growth rate up to 6.6-6.8%; Consumer price index up to around 4%; Total export turnover growth rate up to 7-8%; Unemployment rate in urban areas under 4%; Number of patient beds per 10,000 people (excluding beds in commune health stations) up to 27; Percentage of population covered by health insurance up to 88.1%

Specific tasks and solutions to archive those objectives are:

THE GOVERNMENT: TO AVOID MONOPOLY STATUS OF TEXTBOOKS
 

This is the content prescribed at the Resolution No. 124/NQ-CP of the Government on the Governments regular meeting - September 2018.

Due to many opinions of the public about the status of textbooks, the Government assigns the Ministry of Education and Training to intensify the inspection and examination of the publication of textbooks and avoid monopoly status; urgently expose and finalize the revised Law on Education and submit it to the National Assembly at the 6^th session.

Teacher staffing is also an issue mentioned by the Government in this meeting. Specifically, the Government requires localities to re-arrange teacher payrolls to transfer teachers from units with staff surplus to unit shortage of

WITHDRAWAL OF IMPROPER RECEIVED SUBSIDIES FOR PEOPLE WITH MERITORIOUS SERVICES
 

On September 09, 2018, the Government issues the Resolution No. 119/NQ-CP on the Government’s regular meeting - August 2018 in which states the handling of subsidy allowances for people with meritorious services, who received their allowances in contravention of regulations.

To be specific, The Government assigns the provincial-level People's Committee Chairmen to recover the subsidy allowances in contravention of regulations and remit them into the State budget; however, the subsidy allowances for dead people with meritorious services to the Revolution, who received their allowance in contravention of regulations shall not be recovered. It was requested to review the responsibilities of organizations, units and individuals for their mistakes and strictly handle them according to the provisions of law.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
 

The Prime Minister issues the Decision No. 41/2018/QD-TTg on defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance on September 25, 2018.

The General Department of Taxation is an organization under the Ministry of Finance; has the legal entity status, a seal bearing the national emblem, State Treasury accounts. Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation is organized into a hierarchical system from the central to local level:

1. The General Department of Taxation at the central level:

- The Policy Department;

- The Legal Affairs Department;

- The Department for Tax Revenue Estimation;

- The Department for Propagation and Taxpayer Assistance…