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Circular 01/2013/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on amendment and supplement regulations and procedures for granting certificates of preferential origin of goods Accordingly, in the case of export of goods in bonded warehouses, in addition to the specified documents, the C/O applicant has to submit the following additional documents: – The declaration of goods in/out … Read More

Circular 42/2012/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the list of goods permitted to be imported Only goods permitted to be imported in the form of trade, exchange of border residents when including in the list specified in Circular 42/2012/TT-BCT. The list has added some new items compared with the previous regulation such as: smoked … Read More

Decree 24/2012/ND-CP and Circular 16/2012/TT-NHNN of the State Bank of Vietnam on the gold trading management At some gold trading points in Hanoi like Tran Nhan Tong str (Hai Ba Trung dist), Dinh Tien Hoang str, Hang Bac str, Ha Trung str (Hoan Kiem dist), gold prices are in disorder. Gold plain ring and three … Read More

Circular 39/2012/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on 50 forms of alcohol production Depending on the purposes of wine production, various forms will be applied to report and record in accordance with provisions of the law. A number of forms issued with the Circular such as: application for new license, issuance, amendments for … Read More

Circular 213/2012/TT-BTC dated January 5th 2013 of the Ministry of Finance on the reduction of the procedures for foreign investors With the new regulations in this Circular, foreign investors are easier to open a securities trading account in the Vietnam stock market. Instead of having to submit the judicial record that has been notarized and … Read More

Circular 64/2012/TT-BNNPTNT dated December 24th 2012 of the Ministry of Agriculture on the list of fertilizers permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam Accordingly, there will be 281 types of fertilizers that are permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam, including: 5 types of organic fertilizer, 5 types of micro-organisms fertilizer, 30 kinds … Read More

Circular 230/2012/TTLT-BTC-BGTVT on December 2012 of the Ministry of Transportation guiding on the management, use, payment and settlement of the Road Maintenance Fund After the deduction of expenditures for the fee collecting organizations, the amount of road maintenance fees will be distributed to the central and local Road Maintenance Fund with rate of 65% and … Read More

Circular 26/2012/TT-BKHCN dated January 5th 2013 of the Ministry of Science and Technology on the handling of low-quality imported goods Upon the detection of imported goods circulated on the market that are not in accordance with the published standards and the corresponding technical regulations, the inspection agencies will consider inspecting the quality of imported goods. … Read More

Circular 32/2012/TT-BYT dated January 4th 2012 of the Ministry of Health on medical control when enter or exit Vietnam. People who enter, exit or transit through the Vietnam border has to make the medical report to prevent and combat infectious diseases regulated by the Ministry of Health. The medical report must be made at the … Read More

Circular 38/2012/TT-NHNN on Controlling the gold balance of credit institutions Circular 38/2012/TT-NHNN details regulations on on the gold balance of credit institutions which gold balance arising from gold purchasing and selling activities of credit institutions at the end of the day shall not exceed 2% of the owner’s capital. This balance is calculated on basis of … Read More