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.

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