
Latest regulations on retail electricity prices
06/02/2023 18:07VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed Decision No. 02/2023/QD-TTg on average retail electricity prices, applicable from February 3, 2023.

Decrees specifying Viet Nam’s special preferential import tariff schedule issued
Policies 05/01/2023 20:22VGP - The Government has issued 15 Decrees specifying Viet Nam’s special preferential import tariff schedule for the implementation of the Trade Agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements.

Strategy on deposit insurance development approved
Policies 02/01/2023 21:43VGP - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed Decision 1660/QD-TTg, approving the Strategy on deposit insurance development till 2025, with a vision towards 2030.

Birthplace information added on new Vietnamese passports from January 1, 2023
Policies 02/01/2023 21:21VGP - “Place of birth” information is added in new passports from January 1, 2023 in accordance with the Ministry of Public Security’s Circular 68/2022-TT-BCA (Circular 68).

HCMC aims to raise GRDP per capita to US$14,500 by 2030
Policies 02/01/2023 20:24VGP - By 2030, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) aims to achieve annual economic growth of 8 - 8.5 percent, with the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) per capita reaching about US$14,500, and the digital economy making up 40 percent of its GRDP.

Fresh policies take effect from January 2023
Policies 28/12/2022 15:34VGP - A string of fresh policies on retirement age of female workers, intellectual property rights, and insurance business will come into effect from January, 2023.

Gov’t strengthens prevention of biodiversity crime
Policies 28/12/2022 15:18VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision 1623/QD-TTg, dated December 27, 2022 approving a project to prevent biodiversity crime by 2030 with a vision towards 2050.

Ministry announces length of public holidays in 2023
Policies 27/12/2022 10:26VGP - Employees who are civil servants and public employees are entitled to public holidays and Tet for about 19 days in 2023, announced the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Gov't establishes Viet Nam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation
Policies 18/12/2022 20:42VGP – The Government has decided to establish Viet Nam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC) with a charter capital of VND1,000 billion.

Campaign against illegal trade and smuggling launched
Policies 12/12/2022 15:12VGP - The National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit Goods (National Steering Committee 389) has launched a campaign ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Policies take effect in December 2022
Policies 06/12/2022 14:19VGP - Below are among new policies on import and export nomenclature, electricity generation price bracket, and licenses to manufacture tobacco products taking effect from December.

Gov’t plans to withdraw State capital from 141 SOEs
Policies 30/11/2022 14:20VGP - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai signed Decision 1479/QD-TTg on November 29, 2022 approving a plan on SOEs restructuring in the 2022-2025 period.

Development orientations for Red River Delta through 2030
Policies 29/11/2022 15:21VGP - The Red River Delta region’s GRPD per capita is expected to reach VND274 million (more than US$11,000) by 2030.

Gov’t adopts action program for sustainable import-export by 2030
Policies 28/11/2022 17:33VGP - The Government has promulgated a decision approving an action program to implement the Commodity Import-Export Strategy by 2030.

Gov't issues Action Plan for Southeast region
Policies 24/11/2022 11:38VGP - The Government is resolved to help the Southeast region achieve an average GDP growth of 8-8.5 percent during the 2021-2030 period.

Authorities to accelerate fight against smuggling, trade frauds at int’l airports
Policies 23/11/2022 15:42VGP - Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently approved a plan to strengthen the fight against smuggling, counterfeits and trade frauds at international airports in the next three years.

Gov’t sets up working group to resolve property woes
Policies 18/11/2022 22:41VGP - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has recently signed a decision to formulate a multidisciplinary working group to assist businesses and localities in resolving troubling real estate projects.

Action plan on Central Highlands development issued
Policies 16/11/2022 18:09VGP - The Government has recently issued Resolution 152/NQ-CP (Resolution 152) approving an action plan to implement Resolution 23-NQ-TW of the Poliburo on the orientations for socio-economic development and defence-security safeguarding in the Central Highlands by 2030 with a vision towards 2045.

Birthplace information added to Viet Nam's passports
Policies 16/11/2022 14:46VGP - The National Assembly has freshly passed a resolution that allows places of birth to be added to Vietnamese passports.