When the employees work for the business during the time that both parties have agreed, normally from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., if they, unfortunately, got accidents, they will be entitled to the occupational accident regime in Vietnam. However, there are some cases that the employees are not entitled to the occupational accident regime in…
Wages have always been a particularly sensitive issue in society. On August 16, 2022, Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong asked a question during a discussion session of the National Assembly Standing Committee that “In Vietnam, husband and wife have joint accounts, so if a wife takes her husband’s ATM card,…
When employees who commit crimes are sentenced to imprisonment for a certain period of time, can they continue to enjoy the social benefits they have contributed to for many years? Or will those regimes be automatically canceled or suspended when the citizen implements the prison regime in accordance with his/her crime? If an employee of…
On August 15, 2022, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 53/2022/ND-CP, which specifies various provisions of the Vietnam Cybersecurity Law. For many years, Decree 53 has been drafted, amended, and awaiting to be implemented. Without this decree, Vietnamese authorities would not be able to enforce the entire Cybersecurity Law, particularly the provisions of this…
According to Decree 85/2021/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP dated May 16, 2013, on e-commerce, Vietnam has specific provisions on supplementing business licenses for foreign investors and foreign-invested economic organizations. Foreign e-commerce platforms must supplement business licenses before January 1, 2023 Accordingly, the Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital…
Foreign investors who intend to invest and conduct business in Vietnam must make sure they have a temporary residence period during their stay. For everyone’s information, we outline the procedure for extending a temporary residence card for foreign investors in accordance with the most recent legislation in Vietnam. According to the Immigration Law 2019, a…
Foreigner investors must thoroughly understand legal issues and required documents in order to establish a company in Vietnam timely and conveniently. You must first take into account the provisions of the Enterprise Law and related documents in order to understand what is necessary to establish a company, but at the very least, you must be…
Pursuant to Article 16 of Circular 37/2019/TT-BCT detailing a number of contents on trade remedy measures, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issues an official notice on the receipt of the application for exemption of official anti-dumping measures for some welding consumable products after Vietnam issued Decision No. 1624/QD-BCT dated August 15, 2022,…
On August 15, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Decision No. 1624/QD-BCT on the application of the official anti-dumping duty on some welding consumable products originating from Malaysia, Thailand, and China. The case of the anti-dumping investigation for some welding consumable products originating from Malaysia, Thailand, and China has been initiated…
(Published in Vietnam Investment Review Magazine) Of the six businesses that are not subject to anti-circumvention tax according to the conclusion of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on August 1, ASL LAW has successfully represented and protected the interests of two of its clients. On August 1, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued…