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MPI DRAFT DECREES GUIDING INVESTMENT LAW AND ENTERPRISES LAW
Thank you for your comments on the Draft Decrees guiding Investment Law, Enterprises Law, and PPP Law. We have consolidated and herewith enclosed our final papers which have been submitted to the Government for your information.
Due to the rush deadline and huge amount of feedbacks received, we were just able to prepare the Vietnamese version of the comments and hope for your understanding.
Comments on Draft guiding PPP Law_VIE
Consolidated comments on Draft Decrees guiding LOI-LOE_VIE (Clean)_Updated 17 Nov
We will keep you informed on further updates on these important Draft Decrees.
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28 Oct. 2020 updated
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (“MPI”) has recently issued the Draft Decrees guiding Investment Law and Enterprises Laws for public comments.
The English version is under translation and will be sent to you by early next week.
Your feedback (both in English and Vietnamese, using the Template) should be sent to VBF Secretariat at info@vbf.org.vn by COB Tuesday, 10th November 2020 for our submission to MPI.
Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to your responses in due course.
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