On November 08, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issues the Circular No. 20/2023/TT-BCT on prescribing working time and rest time for workers doing jobs of special characteristics in the field of offshore petroleum exploration and exploitation.
The 2023 Law on Price will take effect on July 1 next year and supersede its 2012 predecessor with revisions made in 2014, 2020 and 2022.
The Ministry of Public Security has recently released a draft Law on Extradition, proposing the application of urgent arrest of criminals for extradition upon requests of foreign countries, adding cases of refusal of extradition to foreign countries and providing commitments to refraining from imposing the capital punishment on persons extradited to or from Vietnam.
The Government on November 16 set out several tasks on bio-tech development and application for ministers, heads of government agencies, and People’s Committee chairpersons of centrally run localities.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 11 issued Dispatch 1087/CD-TTg, requiring the strengthening of management over the implementation of auctions for mining rights, especially for minerals used as common building materials.
This is one of the new points prescribed in the Decree No. 75/2023/ND-CP on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP dated October 17, 2018, detailing, and guiding measures to implement, a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance.
The Prime Minister has recently called for the drastic implementation of measures to develop the real estate market in a safe, healthy, and sustainable manner.
The COVID-19 epidemic has officially been downgraded to Group B, instead of the current Group A, according to a decision released on October 19 by the Ministry of Health
The Government has recently revised Decree 152 of 2020, guiding the recruitment and management of foreign workers in Vietnam, in an attempt to create favorable conditions for foreigners working in the country.
Taking effect on July 1, Decree 45, guiding a number of articles of the Law on Oil and Gas, is expected to facilitate the petroleum sector’s oil and gas exploitation and prospecting activities, thus contributing to its rapid and sustainable development.
The Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Development Fund of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced to provides loans to SMEs with a short-term interest rate of 1.2 percent per year and a long-term interest rate of 4.4 percent per year, under Decision 12/QD-HDTV of October 4, 2023.
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