A competitive electricity market. Registration of mortgages. Liquidation and revocation of licences of credit institutions. An updated financial regime for BOT projects. Consular certification and legalisation. Further changes to the Labour Code. 2011 Financial Development Index
Foreign employees face strengthened controls. New guidance for representative offices of foreign organisations_x000D_ Protecting the Consumer. Is it necessary?. Get to know us. New legal instruments
The SBV moves again on gold. Capital accounts – the saga continues. Vietnam's take on providing legal assistance to foreign authorities. Measures for managing foreign employees further strengthened. Debating changes to the land laws. Vietnam slips in 'Doing Business' rankings
Update on copyright. The messy business of notarisation and legalisation. The SBV is finally 'registration ready' for international bonds. Priority projects identified. The SBV's latest on foreign cash trading for individuals. Higher environment protection fees for miners
Tightening the money-flow. But what happens to the employees?. Making enterprise bonds a more attractive source of capital?. New minimum salaries confirmed. Authorisations – can I just get someone else to act on my behalf?. The Ministry of Construction fights money laundering
Publishing representative offices – regulations at long last. Trending now : offshore listings. Salaries on the rise again. Sugar and rice and all things nice …. Tax exemption for employer paid hospital expenses
New rules for registration of contracts and transactions. More intervention from the SBV. A potential ban on the sale of unfinished houses. Case commentary - Never-ending litigation. Securities trading update. The Civil Proceedings Code gets a revamp. Allens marks International Children's Day_x000D_
Proposed new ban to support VND. Deferred tax … for some. Curtailing the banks' use of gold. Case commentary: cyber-squatters beware. New mining law to come into effect_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
The latest on private placements. And the rates came tumbling down …. New rules for state-ownership levels. Big changes ahead for Vietnam's telecoms industry. Case commentary: will a unilateral letter of guarantee be binding?. New limits on lending in foreign currencies. Allens celebrates Co-operative Alliance with Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu_x000D_ _x000D_
REITs a reality?. Crackdown on illegal foreign exchange. Government guarantees. New rules, but little change, for the tobacco industry. Tax rules for the insurance industry
The latest on land use fees. Case Commentary: Hoang Gia LLC v La Ma LLC. Details on guarantees for SME loans. Raising the bar for auditors. New details for government guaranteed international bonds. Long-awaited clarity for BOT projects
Changes for the insurance industry. New tax for environmentally 'unfriendly' products. The Securities Law gets a face-lift. A new consumer law to offer more protection. New rules on land and water surface rents
Last minute reprieve for banks. Automatic GMS proxies. The latest on foreign employees. New rules for enterprise statistical reporting. More regulation for higher education. Branch dilemmas - when is a branch required?
An amber light for betting business. Lease versus purchase: a trick decision for foreigners. Guidance for the implementation of unemployment insurance. Another year, another increase in minimum salaries. PPP regulations - a pilot program. Vietnam - opportunities and challenges. Case Commentary: Thai Binh Co v Vietnam Forestry Corporation
New Enterprises Decree - but some old issues remain. Liabilities of company officers, rights of investors. Getting tougher on breaches of industrial property rules. A (final) Circular 13 post-script. Perceptions of corruption - the annual list. Case Commentary: Choongnam Sprinning v E&T Company
Raising revenue. Another Circular 13 post-script. Capital account revisited: more guidelines but no less confusion. More detail on new real estate development rules. Draft regulations raise concerns for the telecommunications industry. New pricing regulations. Case commentary: Pacific Advertising v BIDV Financial Leasing
Post script on Circular 13. Securities decrees rewrites. Proposed further amendments to the Law on Securities. A re-vamp of the security registration rules. Proposed new clarification and guidance for the Law on Enterprises. Joint venture considerations – making your investment work for you_x000D_
But it was signed by the legal representative - surely that's enough?. Food safety - a new, tougher approach. Vietnam goes nuclear. Case commentary: setting aside an arbitral award. Greater regulation in store for credit institutions. New real estate development rules. Liability for directors in corporate insolvency
Listing foreign companies in Vietnam - a long, hard road. Taxing times for miners. The case against Megastar - one to 'watch' - New tougher rules for bank listings - More rumblings in the great 'pre-payment' debate
The PM gets strict on priority for local tenders. Further crack-downs on foreign employees. Case Commentary: Vinametric v tax Department of HCMC. New rules for state-funded construction contracts. Policing transfer pricing. Debating the Renminbi in Vietnam
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