Regulations

The Ministry of Trade and Industry promulgated Circular 04/2024/TT-BCT amending and supplementing some articles of Circular 20/2014/TT-BCT dated June 25, 2014 regarding rules of origin in AKFTA

Build a national database on cross-border trade and transport to store and share information to facilitate cross-border trade and transport as well as improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state management.

VCN - The Customs agency has received many proposals from businesses about answering and guiding policies on tax exemption, import tax and VAT refund for export processing enterprises. The General Department of Customs has responded and provided instructi

VCN - Scrap is a sensitive item with many potential risks of environmental pollution, directly affecting human health and the ecosystem. Therefore, strict management measures are needed to avoid the risk that Vietnam become a scrap gathering country in th

The law, which will take effect from July 1 this year, allows financial leasing companies to establish subsidiaries to handle and exploit bad debt assets. It also states that small financial leasing deals with value under VNĐ100 million do not need to control the purpose of capital use.

The absence of VAT on fertilisers has prevented domestic producers from declaring and deducting input VAT, which leads to higher cost of domestically produced fertilisers, by an estimated 5-8 per cent, and makes them vulnerable in competition from imported fertilisers.

VCN - Carry out assigned tasks in Resolution No. 58/NQ-CP dated April 21, 2023, to promptly meet practical requirements, remove difficulties for production and business, and contribute to promoting the innovation of administrative procedures and preventin

VCN - Assessing the implementation of the policy of reducing the VAT rate by 2%, Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department said that in 2023, the amount of VAT reduced (corresponding to 2%) was implemented at the branches of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Departm

VCN - Accordingly, regarding the ownership rate of credit institutions, the Law on Credit Institutions (amended) has stipulated a reduction in the maximum ownership rate at a credit institution from 15% to 10% of charter capital for an institutional share

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has proposed a zero-value added tax (VAT) rate to be maintained for exported services, over worries that tax hikes would undermine the competitiveness of Vietnamese providers against foreign rivals.