Law MOF expects to improve stock market transparency The Ministry of Finance has recently issued Circular 69, amending and supplementing several articles of Circular 57 of 2021, providing the roadmap of restructuring the stock trading market, bond trading market, derivatives trading market, and trading market for other types of securities. 11/25/2023 20:00 | Vietnam Law NA resolution sets a target of 6-6.5 percent GDP growth in 2024 11/25/2023 07:48 | Vietnam Law New Law on Price 11/17/2023 10:09 | Vietnam Law Bio-tech development and application intensified 11/17/2023 09:00 | Vietnam Law 1 Vietnam Law | 11/17/2023 08:00 Traditional handmade lanterns in Hoi An ancient town In Hoi An ancient town, lanterns have not only become familiar with locals but also left good impressions on every visitor. Not only lighting up the night sky, traditional handmade lanterns with diverse shapes, sizes and colors are an attractive decorative addition to any home, street, public space and convey a lot of meaning. 2 Vietnam Law | 11/16/2023 17:00 Conditions for consent under Decree 13 on personal data protection Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on personal data protection (“Decree 13”), since its official announcement, has strongly attracted the public’s attention. Decree 13 has become effective on 1 July 2023. It is the first comprehensive set of rules on personal data protection to prove Vietnam’s ultimate effort to achieve international legal standard. 3 Vietnam Law | 11/12/2023 17:16 Draft Law on Extradition to enhance transnational collaboration in criminal arrest The Ministry of Public Security has recently released a draft Law on Extradition, proposing the application of urgent arrest of criminals for extradition upon requests of foreign countries, adding cases of refusal of extradition to foreign countries and providing commitments to refraining from imposing the capital punishment on persons extradited to or from Vietnam. 4 Vietnam Law | 11/12/2023 15:30 Stricter rules needed to manage mining right-related auctions: PM Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 11 issued Dispatch 1087/CD-TTg, requiring the strengthening of management over the implementation of auctions for mining rights, especially for minerals used as common building materials. 5 Vietnam Law | 11/12/2023 11:00 State-owned press group model to be brought into law The Ministry of Information and Communications (MOIC) has released a draft revising the 2016 Press Law with six new policies, in which the proposal on development of a state-owned press group model is highlighted. 6 Vietnam Law | 11/11/2023 19:10 Supplementary health insurance packages to provide more benefits for the insured: MOH The Ministry of Health (MOH) is considering to diversify supplementary health insurance packages to offer insured patients with more benefits than the basic package provided currently, such as regular health checkups, screening for early diagnosis of some diseases, elderly healthcare services, among others. 7 Vietnam Law | 11/10/2023 08:40 ESG practice: Key to help Vietnam develop its circular economy Nguyen Anh Duong, Director of the Department for General Economic Issues and Integration Studies under the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), has granted an interview to a Viet Nam News reporter about impacts of businesses' ESG (environmental-social-governance) practices on the process of the country's circular economy development 8 Vietnam Law | 11/09/2023 09:30 Program approved to improve labor productivity By 2030, Vietnam will be among three leading ASEAN countries in labor productivity growth rate, according to Prime Minister Decision 1305/QD-TTg issued on November 8. 9 Vietnam Law | 11/06/2023 11:04 What to know before adopting a Vietnamese child I am an American citizen and have been married to a Vietnamese woman for two years. My wife has an eight-year-old daughter from her previous marriage. Am I allowed to adopt my stepdaughter? 10 Vietnam Law | 11/05/2023 09:00 Deputy Minister: Culture and people must be internal strengths of the Capital The draft revised Law on the Capital has been submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th session for debate and will be approved at the 7th session next year. The draft aims to develop the Capital’s cultural identity and social security, thus making the Capital’s culture and people become its internal strength for promoting its sustainable development. The VietNamNet talks with Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung on this issue. 11 Vietnam Law | 11/03/2023 15:03 Ministry puts forward mechanism enabling direct renewable energy purchase The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed a mechanism under which large buyers can purchase electricity from renewable energy producers through direct power purchase agreements . 12 Vietnam Law | 11/03/2023 13:11 Vietnamese entrepreneurs during northern domination and feudal period Vietnamese entrepreneurs constitute a social group with a long history, distinctive traditions and valuable contributions, which has played a pivotal role in different periods of the country’s socio-economic prosperity. 13 Vietnam Law | 11/02/2023 09:30 Government approves National Data Center development scheme The National Data Center must become an important part of the country’s digital infrastructure serving economic development and social management in conformity with Vietnamese characteristics. 14 Vietnam Law | 11/01/2023 16:08 Choice of textbooks: Teachers’ opinions must be more respected The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is seeking public opinions on a draft circular on choice of textbooks for use at general education institutions to replace Circular 25/2020/TT-BGDDT. 15 Vietnam Law | 10/27/2023 09:00 Citizens may now use their ID cards to enjoy health insurance-covered medical services From December 3, when seeking medical examination and treatment, a health insurance participant will be allowed to produce his/her citizen identity card instead of his/her health insurance card stuck with his/her photo. 16 Vietnam Law | 10/27/2023 08:00 Vietnam’s pharmaceutical industry sets development targets for the next decade By 2030, Vietnam will become a center for manufacturing or processing of, and transfer of technologies for, brand-name medicines in the ASEAN region. 17 Vietnam Law | 10/26/2023 16:00 PM urges special credit support for feasible realty projects The Prime Minister has recently called for the drastic implementation of measures to develop the real estate market in a safe, healthy, and sustainable manner. 18 Vietnam Law | 10/14/2023 18:03 New Petroleum Law detailed for implementation Taking effect on July 1, Decree 45, guiding a number of articles of the Law on Oil and Gas, is expected to facilitate the petroleum sector’s oil and gas exploitation and prospecting activities, thus contributing to its rapid and sustainable development. 19 Vietnam Law | 10/02/2023 17:15 Chang Son traditional folding fans bursting with new vitality Located about 30 kilometers from the center of Hanoi, Chang Son is a typical wet rice farming village in the north of Vietnam but it has long been well-known for the craft of making folding fans. 20 Vietnam Law | 10/01/2023 10:22 New rule rolled out to develop open educational resources for higher education By 2026, Vietnam will build and put into operation a portal of open educational resources, providing learning, teaching, and research materials for learners, officials, lecturers of higher education institutions and those who need to update higher education knowledge, according to Decision 1117/QD-TTg. 1 2 3 4 5