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Key legal normative documents affecting enterprises issued in October 2025
LuatVietnam reviews key legal documents affecting enterprises issued in October 2025 in the fields of tax, insurance, finance, banking, and commerce.
From Dec. 15, 2025: Securities firms given 6-month period to remedy capital ratio below 180%
From Dec. 15, 2025: Securities firms given 6-month period to remedy capital ratio below 180%
This requirement is stipulated in Circular 102/2025/TT-BTC, amending Circular 91/2020/TT-BTC on financial safety indicators and handling measures applicable to securities business organizations that fail to meet financial safety indicators, issued on October 29, 2025.
Draft law proposes solutions to population aging and gender imbalance
Draft law proposes solutions to population aging and gender imbalance
The Ministry of Health has submitted a draft Population Law to the National Assembly, proposing measures to maintain replacement fertility, curb gender imbalance at birth, improve elderly care, and tackle the challenge of population aging.
Steering committee set up to build foreign-invested economy development scheme
Steering committee set up to build foreign-invested economy development scheme
The Ministry of Finance will act as the standing agency assisting the committee in drafting the plan for submission to the Politburo for consideration.
New public investment policies decreed
New public investment policies decreed
Government Decree 275/2025/ND-CP sets explicit limits of to-be-appraised funding sources and fund-balancing capacity, and specifies the competence to make changes to public investment plans.
Draft Deposit Insurance Law’s impacts on depositors, the financial system
Draft Deposit Insurance Law’s impacts on depositors, the financial system
Amid growing financial complexity, the draft revised Law on Deposit Insurance conveys the country’s efforts to better protect insured depositors, particularly small and vulnerable ones, while ensuring the stability of the domestic financial system.
Vietnam accelerates completion of decrees on the International Financial Center
Vietnam accelerates completion of decrees on the International Financial Center
Vietnam is speeding up the completion of a system of government decrees to implement National Assembly Resolution 222/2025/QH15 on the establishment of the International Financial Center. This marks an important step toward building a comprehensive and consistent legal framework for enhancing Vietnam’s financial standing in the region and beyond.
Country drafts criteria for global-standard digital firms
Country drafts criteria for global-standard digital firms
The MOST said that the purpose of issuing this criteria set is to establish benchmarks forVietnamese digital technology enterprises to strive toward, thereby enhancingtheir capacity for scientific and technological innovation and supporting thecountry’s digital transformation.
Nationwide inventory of public property to be conducted on January 1, 2026
Nationwide inventory of public property to be conducted on January 1, 2026
On October 17, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Decision No. 3531/QD-BTC on the implementation of the Nationwide Inventory of Public Property at agencies, organizations, units, and infrastructure assets invested and managed by the State.
Two types of licenses for export and transshipment of dual-use goods from October 10, 2025
Two types of licenses for export and transshipment of dual-use goods from October 10, 2025
As provided in Decree No. 259/2025/ND-CP of the Government on strategic trade control, which was promulgated and takes effect on October 10, 2025.
Private enterprises proposed to research, develop small modular reactors
Private enterprises proposed to research, develop small modular reactors
The draft resolution encourages private enterprises to participate in small modular reactors development to supply electricity for industrial projects such as steel plants, petrochemical complexes, and data centers.
