This is a key requirement set out in Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP of the Government, issued following the March 2025 regular meeting and the online conference between the Government and local authorities.
The content was approved under Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the Party Central Committee regarding the 11th Plenary Meeting of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
On April 2, 2025, the Tax Department issued Official Dispatch No. 425/CT-NVT on providing guidance on the implementation of the automated personal income tax (PIT) refund process.
Conclusion No. 137-KL/TW of the Politburo and the Secretariat on the Scheme for Rearrangement and Reorganization of Administrative Units at All Levels and the Development of the Local Government Model at the Second Level was issued on March 28, 2025.
The Government has recently issued the new framework for average retail electricity prices under Decision 07/2025/QD-TTg dated March 31.
The 2025 Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents, with 72 articles arranged in nine chapters, removes the competence of commune-level administrations to promulgate legal documents so as to meet the requirements on renewal and improvement of the lawmaking process.
The Prime Minister on April 3 signed Official Dispatch 29/CD-TTg, requesting the Ministry of Public Security to intensify its crackdown on cybercrime, particularly fraud, given an ongoing restructuring of local police forces.
The cabinet has issued a resolution promulgating a plan to implement the arrangement of administrative units and building a two-tier local government model.
By the end of this year, all business-related administrative procedures will be carried out online in an uninterrupted, efficient and transparent manner in order to minimize paperwork, according to a program on simplifying administrative procedures related to production and trade activities for 2025-26.
Vietnam will waive visas for citizens from 12 countries, namely Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Russia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, according to Resolution No. 44/NQ-CP dated March 7.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 14 signed Directive No. 07/CT-TTg, accelerating the implementation of the project on developing resident data, e-identification and authentication applications to serve national digital transformation for the 2022-25 period, with a vision toward 2030 (Project 06) in ministries, sectors, and localities in 2025 and beyond.
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