New legal documents in second half of August 2023

GOVERNMENT

1. Prime Ministerial Decision 995/QD-TTg dated August 25, 2023, approving Soc Trang Province’s planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

2. Prime Ministerial Decision 993/QD-TTg dated August 24, 2023, approving the National plan to implement the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use until 2030.

3. Prime Ministerial Official Note 766/CD-TTg dated August 24, 2023, increasing measures to prevent and deal with black credit.

4. Government Office Official Dispatch 6570/VPCP-KGVX dated August 24, 2023, regarding the mid-term review of the implementation of the National target program on sustainable poverty reduction in the 2021-2025 period and the report on the implementation of this program in 2023.

5. Government Decree 65/2023/ND-CP dated August 23, 2023, guiding the implementation of Intellectual Property Law’s stipulations on protection of industrial property rights, the right to plant varieties, and State management of intellectual property.

6. Prime Ministerial Decision 979/QD-TTg dated August 22, 2023, approving the plan to develop the inland container depot system in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

7. Prime Ministerial Official Note 749/CD-TTg dated August 18, 2023, accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital towards year’s end.

8. Government Office Notice 332/TB-VPCP dated August 17, 2023, regarding the Government Standing Committee’s conclusion at the recent meeting on major tasks and solutions to ensure macroeconomic stability, control inflation, promote growth and ensure major balances of the economy during the final months of 2023.

9. Government Decree 60/2023/ND-CP dated August 16, 2023, stipulating the examination and certification of technical safety and environmental protection standards of imported automobiles and components according to international treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory.

STATE BANK OF VIETNAM

1. Circular 10/2023/TT-NHNN dated August 23, 2023, terminating the execution of some contents of Circular 39/2016/TT-NHNN which stipulates the lending activities of credit institutions and foreign bank branches (with supplements in Circular 06/2023/TT-NHNN).

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Circular 04/2023/TT-BNNPTNT dated August 15, 2023, regarding the list of goods subject to Vietnam’s plant quarantine regulations.

GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF VIETNAM CUSTOMS

1. Official Dispatch 4259/TCHQ-TXNK dated August 16, 2023, regarding the value added tax applied to metals and prefabricated metal products.