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The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam recently issued new regulations on the electronic trading in the stock market. The Circular 87/2013/TT-BTC provides a range of content to enhance security requirements for GDCKTT (Online Stock Trading) information, including required authenticaion information using digital certificates and digital signatures. Furthermore, the Circular lists provisions for licenses to provide … Read More

ANT Lawyers – Jul 4th, 2013. The new Vietnam law on managing e-commerce websites has been issued.  The Ministry for Industry and Trade Vietnam recently promulgate Circular 12/2013/TT-BCT that prescribes notification procedures, registration and disclosure of information related to e-commerce websites. Accordingly, websites of organizations or individuals that are registered to provide e-commerce services will … Read More

ANT Lawyers – new guidelines on Vietnam tax laws have been issued by Vietnam Ministry of Finance.  The Circular 65/2012/TT-BTC provides guidance on VAT regulations for trading enterprises. This provisions lay down that the monthly VAT refund will not be applied on enterprises that are only trading of goods and services for export but will … Read More

ANT Lawyers – The State Bank of Vietnam officially delayed the application date of Circular 02/2013/TT-NHNN. This Circular will serve as general guidance for banking related issues like classifications on assets, levels and methods of provisions, and risk handling. Furthermore, this Circular will outline conditions for enterprises such that they have better access to bank … Read More

ANT Lawyers – a new Tax regulation in Vietnam has been issued by the Ministry of Finance.  In particular, to ensure stable prices for petro products import, the Ministry of Finance instituted a new import tax adjustment in its recent Circular 70/2013/TT-BTC. After three consecutive increases in import tax rates (12% up to 19%), the … Read More