INVITATION TO VBF CONSULTATION WORKSHOPS ON TWO REPORTS SURVEYING PRACTICAL BUSINESS INTERGRITY EXPERIENCES IN VIETNAM
The Vietnam Business Forum Consortium (VBF) in collaboration with Center for Social Governance Research (CENSOGOR) and Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) will be holding (02) workshops on two studies "Identifying corruption risks in doing business" and "Sharing corporate practical experience of preventing corruption risk in doing business” in Hanoi (20th February 2017) and Ho Chi Minh (22nd February 2017).
DECREE ON PILOTING GRANTING E-VISAS FOR FOREIGNERS ENTERING VN
The Government has issued Decree No. 07/2017/NĐ-CP defining procedures on piloting granting e-visas for foreigners entering Viet Nam. According to the Decree, foreigners registering for e-visas will realize these following steps:
REALTY MARKET OUTLOOK GLOOMY
Problems in planning and large gaps between land prices and incomes will pose challenges for the property market over the next few years, experts said. According to President of the Viet Nam Real Estate Association Nguyen Tran Nam, housing prices are still far beyond the incomes of a majority of residents.
NEW POLICIES TAKE EFFECT IN FEBRUARY 2017
New regulations on e-visas for foreigners, sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of environmental protection, duty-free goods and business in prize-winning electronic games for foreigners will come into effect since February 2017.
POLICIES FOR FOREIGNERS COME INTO EFFECT IN 2016 (PART 2)
A series of regulations on foreign workers, personal income tax exemptions for experts of UN, NGOs, number of apartments owned by foreigners, management of foreign construction contractors and foreign insurance business providing trans-border insurance services have taken into effect since the second half of 2016.
EFFECTIVE POLICIES RELATING TO FOREIGN ELEMENTS IN 2016 (PART 1)
A string of new policies on civil status registration, employment, escorted transfer of violators, and individual income exemption involving foreign elements came into effect in 2016.
SEMINAR ON CENTRAL VIETNAM FOR LABOUR-INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING (15 NOV, FHKI)
[25-10-2016] Since the signing of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and the coming ratification of The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) amongst twelve of the Pacific Rim countries, the manufacturing sector of Vietnam is expedited and it will become dominant in the coming 2017.
TENDER NOTIFICATION
[10-10-2016] The public tender notifications issued by the Hong Kong SAR Government for your information. Be grateful if you would notify manufacturers, agents and distributors who, in your opinion, will be interested in submitting a bid for the tenders.
