New legal documents in first half of September 2023

GOVERNMENT

1. Prime Ministerial Decision 1058/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2023, approving the strategy to develop rural occupations until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

2. Prime Ministerial Decision 1059/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2023, approving Nghe An Province’s Development Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

3. Prime Ministerial Decision 1056/QD-TTg dated September 13, 2023, approving the program to tighten controls and improve the quality of bachelor of laws training in the 2023-2030 period.

4. Official Note 794/CD-TTg dated September 12, 2023, urging the introduction of expressway standards and the implementation of measures to ensure the progress and quality of transport infrastructure projects.

5. Government Office Notice 370/TB-VPCP dated September 9, 2023, regarding Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang’s conclusion at the conference urging the implementation of measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, preparing for the meeting with an inspector delegation from the European Commission (EC).

6. Government Decree 68/2023/ND-CP dated September 7, 2023, amending Decree 115/2022/ND-CP on Vietnam’s Preferential Export Tariff and Special Preferential Import Tariff for implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in the 2022-2027 period.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

1. Decision 1934/QD-BTC dated September 11, 2023, approving the action plan to implement Government Resolution 21/NQ-CP on the implementation of Instruction 15-CT/TW on economic diplomacy in the 2022-2026 period, serving Vietnam’s development until 2030.

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

1. Notice 289/TB-BGTVT dated September 8, 2023, regarding Minister Nguyen Van Thang’s conclusion at the meeting on trial use of sea-sand as a raw material in the construction industry and transport infrastructure projects.

2. Notice 287/TB-BGTVT dated September 8, 2023, regarding Deputy Minister Le Anh Tuan’s conclusion at the meeting on the implementation of Component Project 4 of the Long Thanh International Airport Project (first stage).

DRUG ADMINISTRATION OF VIETNAM

1. Official Dispatch 9415/QLD-DK dated September 12, 2023, continuing the import, distribution, circulation and use of drugs produced by Arena Group S.A. (Romania).

HANOI TAX DEPARTMENT

1. Official Dispatch 65203/CTHN-TTHT dated September 8, 2023, regarding tax reduction/exemption under the Agreement on Double Taxation Prevention between Vietnam and Malaysia.

2. Official Dispatch 65202/CTHN-TTHT dated September 8, 2023, guiding the application of the value added tax according to Government Decree 15/2022/ND-CP.

3. Official Dispatch 65204/CTHN-TTHT dated September 8, 2023, regarding value added tax reimbursements for ODA projects.

GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF VIETNAM CUSTOMS

1. Official Dispatch 4625/TCHQ-GSQL dated September 6, 2023, regarding goods subject to anti-dumping taxes.

HANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE

1. Plan 228/KH-UBND dated September 11, 2023, ensuring food security and safety, improving the quality of agro-forestry-fishery products in Hanoi in the 2023-2030 period.

2. Plan 227/KH-UBND dated September 8, 2023, coordinating the implementation of the plan to tighten controls over establishments which may pollute the environment.