The Government chief yesterday issued a decision on foreign experts working in ODA projects in Vietnam. Accordingly, those specialists and their relatives will be ensured by the State for equal treatment, properties and legal income during their stay in Vietnam.  

The provincial People’s Committee has just issued the Decision to add outdoor wooden furniture products to the list of groups of commodities receiving financial support to attend trade fair at home and abroad.

Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Planning and Investment have just issued Circular No. 30/2009/TTLT-BXD-BKH which implements a pilot reform of administrative procedures for projects of new urban area, housing and industrial park.

In the morning of 28 May, 2009, the Binh Dinh Department of Industry and Trade in association with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Da Nang branch (VCCI Da Nang ) held the Training course on business law, the Government’s demand stimulating policies for small and medium-size enterprises. Joining the event are leaders, experts of the Departments, agencies and enterprises in the province.

Thousands of additional goods have had their VAT rates halved until the end of the year, the Ministry of Finance has announced.

From July 1, 2009, those who enters Viet Nam will not be allowed to buy duty-free goods, according to a decision recently issued by the Prime Minister.

Under a decision newly made by PM Nguyen Tan Dung, from March 1 on, the issuance of Certificates of Origin (C/O) will be free.

Opening the door to some service fields earlier than WTO commitments is one of the measures to attract FDI between 2009 and 2010, offered at the government’s periodic meeting by Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has submitted to the prime minister a package of measures that are expected to boost both the inflow and disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI).

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has just issued guidelines for cutting by half of value added tax on 18 items effective from February 1 through December 31 this year as part of government efforts to boost investments and consumption demand.

The Government of Vietnam has recently issued the Decree 69/2008/NĐ-CP on policy of socialization of the activities in education and training, vocational training, health care, culture, sports and environment.

At the beginning of May 2008, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the overall plan of socio-economic development for Central Vietnam from now till 2020. Of the total VND2,333,000 billion invested in Central Vietnam, nearly VND411,000 billion is designated for the 2006 -2010 period, nearly VND608,000 billion for the 2011 - 2015 period and VND1,314,000 billion for the 2016 - 2020 period.

Under the 2005 Law on Enterprises, all enterprises (whether foreign invested or domestic) are permitted to establish job introducing organizations.