Client update: New important legislations take effect from July 1, 2014
From July 1, 2014, new legislations take effect
as the land law, the regulations on management of multi-level marketing
activities, the tender law, the law on fire prevention and fighting and the law
on reception of citizens. 1. The land
law The revised Land Law, consisting of 14 chapters
and 212 articles, clearly regulates the State’s rights, obligations and its role
in land management. In order to guide and implement the Law, the Government
has issued some Decrees such as 43/2014/ND-CP, 44/2014/ND-CP, 45/2014/ND-CP and
46/2014/ND- CP. 2. The regulations
on management of multi-level marketing activities The goods are not permitted doing business by
multi-level marketing include: goods on the list of banned/ restricted goods
and goods are being applied emergency measures to take back, prohibit or cease
temporarily putting on the market under the laws. Goods are medicine; medical
equipment; veterinary medicine (including veterinary medicine and aquaculture),
plant protection products; chemicals, insecticides, etc are not permitted to do
multi-level marketing. 3. The
tender law The Law on Bidding was adopted on November 26,
2013 with 13 chapters and 96 articles. The new law gives a priority to human
resource development and opportunities for domestic bidders and workers. It
targets to support Vietnamese bidders to receive advanced technology and
management experience to edge their competence and competitiveness to handle
large-scale projects. The law regulates assessment of dossiers of invitations
on specific fields and prohibits low-cost bidding. It also consists of
regulations on banned acts and dealing with breaches of bidding. 4. The law
on fire prevention and fighting The law on fire prevention and fighting
includes 9 Chapters and 65 Articles, clarifying responsibilities of leaders of
organizations, agencies, householders and individuals in investigating and
supervising regulations on fire prevention and fighting. The law adds
additional regulations on service of fire alarming and fighting. 5. The law on reception of citizens The Law on reception of citizens includes 9 Chapters
and 36 Articles, requiring agencies and organizations to organize the reception
of citizens in line with its duties and functions. The new law enhances
responsibilities of leaders of agencies and organizations in reception of
citizens. ____________________________________________________________________________________ About
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