Legal Document Updates in English (47/2014)

HANDLING VIOLATIONS FOR IMPORTED AUTOMOBILES
USED FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS
 

This is one of the new contents regulated under the Circular No. 55/2014/TT-BGTVT dated October 20, 2014 of the Ministry of Transport amending Circular No. 31/2011/TT-BGTVT stipulating the inspection of technical safety, quality and environmental protection for imported motor vehicles.

Accordingly, in the process of examination on technical safety and environmental protection, if detecting used non-cabin chassis (including new chassis with a built-in used engine or used chassis with a built-in new engine); Used ambulances; other automobiles used for more than five years, calculated from production year to importing year; other automobiles used and functionally transformed compared to previous design; automobiles with frame numbers, engine numbers and VINs (if any) being erased, modified and re-stamped; in case of left-hand drive motor vehicles with steering wheel being not positioned on the left, the Inspection agency shall withhold procedures for inspection and certification of conformity to regulations on technical safety, quality and environmental protection and establish a written record of violations no later than three

ALLOWED TO RAISE PETROL AND OIL PRICE TWO TIMES/MONTH
 

According to the Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP dated September 03, 2014 of the Government replacing the Decree No. 84/2009/ND-CP dated October 15, 2009 on petrol and oil trading, from November 01, 2014, the interval between two consecutive price adjustments is at least fifteen days, for price increase, and maximum fifteen days, for price lowering.

The Decree also stressed that when changes in price constituents lower the current base price with 15 days, key traders shall reduce the minimum retail price corresponding to the base price at the time of price adjustment by the traders; and the same time, send price declaration documents and price adjustment decisions to competent state agencies and take responsibility before law for adjusted prices; reduction level, interval between two (2) reductions and number of reductions are not limited.

Another significant content is regulation on limiting rights of petrol and oil retail price adjustment by key traders. Accordingly, from November 01, when changes in price

REGULATIONS ON THE INSPECTION OF QUALITY IN MANUFACTURING MOTOR VEHICLES
 

On October 20, 2014, the Ministry of Transport promulgated Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT dated October 20, 2014, amending Circular No. 31/2011/TT-BGTVT stipulating the inspection of technical safety, quality and environmental protection in manufacturing and assembling motor vehicles.

Under this Circular, after the product is granted the Certificate, the workshop shall start mass production, inspection of quality during production, assembly for each product and must ensure that all these products must meet the standard, technical regulations the same way as the product inspection dossier and certified typical sample. Each product from mass production must be inspected as a finished product by the workshop in either of the following manners: inspection under the quality management agency’s supervision and self-inspection.

For the finished product inspection under the quality management agency’s supervision, the quality management agency shall carry out the supervision on the finished production inspection at motor vehicle manufacturing and assembling establishments in the

CONTAINER NOT CHECKED ON SCHEDULE SHALL BE SUSPENDED
 

This is required by the Ministry of Transport under the Circular No. 49/2014/TT-BGTVT dated October 15, 2014, on safety inspection of containers carried through Vietnam ports.

Besides, container shall be suspended in the following cases: the container does not have a Safety Approval Plate, or the Safety Approval Plate is not affixed properly to the container; the container has been not checked or maintained on schedule; the container is damaged or unsafe as prescribed.

SHALL BE PAID COMPENSATION FOR WASTEFUL ACTS
 

Cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in state budget-funded agencies and organizations and heads of state enterprises who commit violations who commit violations, fail to implement, or improperly implement the provisions of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat shall pay compensation in accordance with the regulations as prescribed under the Decree No. 84/2014/ND-CP dated September 08, 2014 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat.

The compensation amount shall be calculated in Vietnam dong and determined based on written explanations of persons committing wasteful acts and proposals of the Council for handling compensation responsibility. The person liable for compensation shall make one-off payment of compensation within 30 days after receiving a compensation decision. In case he/she is unable to make one-off payment of the compensation amount, the unpaid amount shall be paid gradually within 12 months after the compensation decision is issued. If he/she is unable to pay compensation, 20% of his/her monthly salary shall be deducted until the compensation amount is fully paid under the competent person’s decision.

Suspension from compensation payment shall be applied in the following cases: he/she is hospitalized for medical