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[25-09-2015] The first of the decrees guiding the new Law on Enterprises has finally been issued - Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP dated 14 September (“Decree 78”). Decree 78 will become effective as of 1 November 2015 and deals with enterprise registration matters only.

[21-09-2015] The first is the decree guiding the law of real estate business (Decree No. 76/2015/ND-CP dated 10 September 2015). Some of the key guidelines include:

[01-09-2015] Did you know that the Vietnamese Government has recently issued a resolution setting out deadlines requiring the relevant ministries to issue guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the new Enterprise Law and Investment Law?

[25-08-2015] Did you know that the Ministry of Finance just issued a circular to guide foreign investment in Vietnam's securities market? The circular will become valid on 1 October of this year. You will recall our last update on the removal of the foreign ownership cap on public companies (listed or unlisted). This circular provides guidance on how this is to be carried out.

[20-08-2015] Did you know that as of 1 September 2015, subject to certain conditions, the foreign ownership ratio in public companies (including listed companies) will no longer be subject to the 49% cap?

[07-08-2015] Did you know that the Ministry of Planning & Investment recently issued some guidelines to the licensing authorities in the cities and provinces regarding the implementation of the new 2014 Investment Law? The content of this guideline is a bit complicated and below is a 'simplified' explanation.

[30-07-2015] On 26 June 2015, the Government of Vietnam officially issued Decree No. 60/2015/ND-CP (Decree 60), amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 58/2012/ND- CP of the Government, dated 20 July 2012 (Decree 58), with respect to detailed guidelines for the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Securities.

[21-07-2015] On 15 June 2015, the Ministry of Vietnam has issued Circular 92/2015/TT-BTC (“Circular 92”) providing guidance on implementation of Decree No. 12/2015/ND-CP dated 12 February 2015 amending and supplementing a number of Personal Income Tax (“PIT”) regulations. Circular 92 will take effect from 30 July 2015 and will be applied from the tax year 2015.