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📍📍📍New guidance on minimum wages for trained workers📍📍📍

On June 17, 2022, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor jointly issued Official Letter 2086/BLDTBXH-TLDLDVN directing the implementation of Decree 38/2022/ND-CP on minimum wages region.
Decree 38 does not contain any provision that requires paying wages higher than the regional minimum wage for employees who have undergone vocational training or vocational training. Regarding this content, in Official Letter 2086, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs guide:
With the agreed contents, commitments in contracts, labor agreements or other legal agreements more favorable to employees than those specified in this Decree 38 will continue to be implemented, except unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Accordingly, the content that has been implemented is the salary regime paid to employees who perform jobs or titles that require vocational training or vocational training that is at least 7% higher than the regional minimum wage. unless otherwise agreed by the parties in accordance with the labor law.

In addition, in order to properly implement Decree No. 38/2022, Official Letter 2086 also requires the employer to review the agreements in the contract, the collective labor agreement and the regulations. regulations of the employer to adjust and supplement accordingly.

📍📍📍No need to make a separate invoice for value added tax reduction

On June 20, 2022, the Government issued Decree 41/2022/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 123/2020/ND-CP on invoices and documents and Decree 15/2022 /ND-CP regulates tax exemption and reduction policies according to Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15.

Previously, according to Clause 4, Article 1 of Decree 15/2022, business establishments had to make separate invoices for goods and services eligible for value-added tax reduction. If there is no separate invoice for goods and services eligible for value-added tax reduction, the value-added tax reduction will not be granted.

However, this regulation has been completely revised in Decree 41/2022 of the Government, according to which:
- In case a business establishment calculates value-added tax by the credit method when selling goods or providing services with different tax rates, the value-added invoice must clearly state the tax rate of each business establishment. prescribed goods and services.
- In case the business establishment uses the percentage method on revenue when selling goods or providing services, the sales invoice must clearly state the amount of the reduction as prescribed.

Thus, with the amendments in Decree 41, there are no longer any regulations that require enterprises to make separate invoices for value added tax reduction according to the tax exemption and reduction policy of Resolution 43/2022/ QH15.

In addition, Decree 41/2022 also promulgates the Form No. 01/TB-HDSS Notice on the receipt and handling of the error in the e-invoice made according to Form No. 01/TB-HDSS, replacing Form No. 01/TB- Serial number Appendix IB attached to Decree 123/2020/ND-CP.

Decree 41/2022 takes effect from June 20, 2022.

📍📍📍Reducing and simplifying procedures for granting land use right certificates

On June 16, 2022, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 721/QD-TTg approving the plan to reduce and simplify regulations related to business activities within the scope of State management functions of the Government. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Accordingly, in the period from 2022 to 2025, procedures for registration and issuance of certificates of land use rights, ownership of houses and other land-attached assets for recipients of land use rights transfer or house purchase housing, construction work in housing development projects will be reduced and simplified by:
- Adding a way to submit administrative procedures via online public services to create favorable conditions for people and businesses as well as contribute to shortening the time to carry out the procedures compared to carrying out the procedures in the traditional way. traditional formula.
- Implement connection, data sharing, electronic communication between tax authorities, treasury, natural resources and environment, banks, One-stop shops or payment intermediary service providers to allow allows online payment of financial obligations on land on the online payment system of the National Public Service Portal.

Online payment of financial obligations in land administrative procedures will help cut down on procedures, costs, and travel time to contact tax authorities, banks, One-Stop-Shop or financial agencies. resources and environment.

📍📍📍9 solutions to improve the efficiency of foreign investment cooperation
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The Prime Minister has officially approved the foreign investment cooperation strategy for the period 2021 - 2030 in Decision No. 667/QD-TTg dated June 2, 2022. In this Decision, the Prime Minister sets out specific goals in foreign investment cooperation in the period of 2021 - 2030.
To achieve the goal, Decision 667/QD-TTg also points out nine solutions to improve the efficiency of foreign investment cooperation, including:

- Effectively implement the issued solutions such as:
+ Resolution No. 50-NQ/TW on orientations to perfect institutions and policies, improve the quality and efficiency of foreign investment cooperation to 2030;
+ Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW on developing the private economy to become an important driving force of the socialist-oriented market economy;
+ Resolution 58/NQ-CP on the action program to implement Resolution No. 50-NQ/TW on orientations to perfect institutions and policies, and improve the quality and efficiency of foreign investment cooperation by 2030; …
- Improve the business investment environment, improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy;
- Developing an ecosystem of science, technology and innovation;
- Innovating and enhancing competition in attracting foreign investment;
- Developing supporting industries, promoting linkage and spreading;
- Promoting internal capacity and taking advantage of competitive advantages to improve the efficiency of foreign investment cooperation;
- Improve the efficiency of international economic integration and Vietnam's position in the international arena;
- Modernize and diversify investment promotion;
- Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management of foreign investment.

📍📍📍How to calculate the minimum salary when working by week or day from July 1, 2022
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According to Decree 38/2022/ND-CP stipulating the minimum wage for employees working under labor contracts. In addition to the minimum wage (monthly and hourly) mentioned in Article 3 of this Decree, Clause 3, Article 4 of Decree 38 has stated how to calculate wages for employees who have the form of weekly or daily wages or production. products or wages.

Specifically, these salaries will be converted to monthly or hourly rates and the salaries of these forms are not lower than the minimum monthly or hourly wage. When calculating during normal working hours selected by the employer, the converted monthly or hourly salary is calculated as follows:

- Monthly salary = Weekly salary x 52 weeks : 12 months
or = Daily salary x number of normal working days/month
or = The salary by product, the salary paid during the normal working hours of the month.

- Hourly converted salary = Weekly and daily salary : normal working hours per week, per day
or = salary by product, package salary: the number of hours worked during normal working hours to produce products and perform contracted tasks.

📍📍📍Increase the regional minimum wage for employees from 1/7/2022
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The Government has issued Decree 38/2022/ND-CP stipulating the minimum wage for employees working under labor contracts. This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2022.

The minimum monthly salary is:
- Region I increased by 260,000 VND: From 4.42 million VND/month to 4.68 million VND/month.
- Region II increased by 240,000 VND: From 3.92 million VND/month to 4.16 million VND/month.
- Region III increased by 210,000 VND: From 3.43 million VND/month to 3.64 million VND/month.
- Region IV increased by 180,000 VND: From 3.07 million VND/month to 3.25 million VND/month.

The minimum hourly wage according to 04 regions is:
- Region I is 22,500 VND/hour.
- Region II is 20,000 VND/hour.
- Region III is 17,500 VND/hour.
- Region IV is 15,600 VND/hour.

The minimum monthly salary is the lowest salary as the basis for negotiating and paying wages to employees applying the form of monthly salary payment, ensuring the salary according to the job or title of the employee who works enough. normal working hours in a month and completing agreed labor norms or jobs must not be lower than the monthly minimum wage.

The hourly minimum wage is the lowest salary as the basis for negotiating and paying wages to employees who apply the form of hourly pay, ensuring the salary according to the job or title of the employee working in the field. hour and complete the agreed labor or work norm not less than the hourly minimum wage.

Decree No. 38/2022/ND-CP dated June 12, 2022 officially takes effect from July 1, 2022

📍📍📍From November 1, 2022, a new Certificate of Origin (C/O form D) will be issued
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On June 1, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 10/2022/TT-BCT amending and supplementing a number of Circulars regulating the implementation of the Rules of Origin of goods in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.

Accordingly, the Certificate of Origin (C/O form D) according to the provisions of Appendix II issued together with Circular 19/2020/TT-BCT will only be issued until the end of October 31, 2022. From November 1, 2022, the customs authority will issue a new C/O form D according to Appendix II of Circular 10/2022/TT-BCT.

C/O form D is made in English, on white paper, A4 size. A set of C/O includes 01 original and 02 copies.

Each C/O has a unique reference number of the C/O issuer. At the same time, each C/O has the signature and seal of the C/O issuing organization. The signature and seal of the C/O issuer shall be hand-signed and stamped or made in electronic form. Member States may accept electronic signatures and seals in accordance with their respective national regulations.

The original C/O is sent by the exporter to the importer for submission to the customs of the importing Member State at the port or place of importation. The second copy is kept by the C/O issuing organization of the exporting Member State. The third copy is kept by the Exporter.

📍📍📍Ministry of Planning & Investment promulgates Roadmap to apply online contractor selection from 2022
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Circular 08/2022/TT-BKHDT detailing the provision and posting of information on bidding and contractor selection on the national bidding network system. Article 37 stipulates the roadmap as follows:

- In 2022, organize online contractor selection for bidding packages:

+ Applying the form of open bidding, competitive offers in the field of goods, non-consulting services and consulting services with a package price of not more than 10 billion VND and in the field of construction and installation with a bidding package price of no more than VND 10 billion. more than 20 billion.

+ Applying the form of open bidding and competitive offers using State capital for procurement in order to maintain the operation of State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, and political organizations. social - professional...

- In 2023, organize the online selection of contractors for the following bidding packages:

+ Applying open, limited bidding and competitive offers in the fields of goods, construction and installation, non-consulting services, and consulting services with a bidding package price of not more than VND 200 billion;

+ Applying the form of open bidding, competitive offers using State capital for procurement in order to maintain the operation of State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations...

- From 2024 onwards, organize online contractor selection for bidding packages:

+ Applying the form of open bidding, limited bidding, competitive offers in the fields of goods, construction and installation, non-consulting services, and consulting services with the bidding package price not exceeding VND 500 billion;

+ Applying the form of open bidding, competitive offers using State capital for procurement in order to maintain the operation of State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations...

Note: The roadmap for applying online contractor selection does not apply to mixed bidding packages, bidding packages applying the method of 02 stages with 01 dossier bag, 02 stages with 02 dossier bags.

📍📍📍Employees can temporarily stay in industrial zones from July 15, 2022
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This is the new content in Decree 35/2022/ND-CP dated May 28, 2022 of the Government regulating the management of industrial parks and economic zones.
If before, in the industrial park, the export processing zone did not allow people to live. Only in some necessary cases, foreigners who are managers, executives and experts are allowed to temporarily reside at enterprises in industrial parks and export processing zones. Now, with the new regulations in Article 25 of Decree 35, experts and workers will be allowed to temporarily stay and stay at accommodation establishments in industrial parks to serve production and business activities.
Accommodation of experts and workers is built in the service land area of ​​the industrial park.
In which, accommodation establishments must maintain a safe distance from the environment as prescribed by law, ensure security and order, and do not affect production and business activities of enterprises.

Decree 35/2022/ND-CP takes effect from July 15, 2022.

📍📍📍The deadline for submitting the tax and land rent extension is September 30, 2022
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According to Article 5 of Decree 34/2022/ND-CP, subjects entitled to an extension to pay value-added tax, corporate income, personal income and land rent in 2022 shall directly declare and send an application form to propose the extension of tax payment and land rent according to the form promulgated together with this Decree to the tax authority directly managing it.

Taxpayers only need to submit a one-time request for the entire tax and land rent arising in the extended tax periods together with the time of submitting monthly (or quarterly) tax declarations as prescribed by law. tax administration law.

Taxpayers can submit an application for extension electronically; send the hard copy directly to the tax office or by postal service.

If the application for extension is not submitted at the same time as submitting the monthly (or quarterly) tax return, the deadline for submission is September 30, 2022. If filed before September 30, 2022, the tax administration agency will still extend the tax payment deadline, the land rent of the arising periods will be extended before the time of submitting the Application.

In case the extended amounts are under different management areas, the tax agencies directly managing them are responsible for transmitting information and sending the extension requests to the relevant tax authorities.

If the taxpayer sends a written request for extension to the tax authority after September 30, 2022, the tax and land rent payment deadline shall not be extended according to the provisions of this Decree.

📍📍📍Government issues new Decree on management of industrial zones
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The Government issued Decree No. 35/2022/ND-CP stipulating the management of industrial parks and economic zones. Compared with the previous regulations, the new Decree has omitted many procedures on the establishment of industrial zones. In particular, Article 6 of Decree 35 stipulates that an industrial park is determined to have been established from the date the competent authority:

- To decide on investment policies for industrial park infrastructure projects using public investment capital in accordance with the law on public investment;

- Approving the investment policy and at the same time approving the investor, approving the investor or granting the investment registration certificate to execute the investment project on construction and business of infrastructure of the industrial park according to regulations. of investment law.

In addition, investors implementing investment projects on construction and business of infrastructure of industrial zones must satisfy the conditions specified in Article 10:

- Conditions for real estate business in accordance with the law on real estate business.

- Conditions for land allocation, land lease or change of land use purpose by the State for the implementation of investment projects on construction and business of infrastructure of industrial zones according to the provisions of the law on land, the law on land. forestry law and other relevant laws.

This Decree takes effect from July 15, 2022.

📍📍📍Only use paper invoices until the end of June 30, 2022
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According to Decree No. 123/2020/ND-CP, enterprises and economic organizations that have announced the issuance of ordered invoices, self-printed invoices or purchased invoices from tax authorities before October 19, 2020 shall can still continue to use that invoice until the end of June 30, 2022.

Instead of using paper invoices, from July 1, 2022, businesses, economic organizations, business households and business individuals will have to switch to using electronic invoices.

Currently, 63 provinces and cities across the country have applied e-invoices. Although there are still many obstacles in the implementation process, the application of e-invoices also shows many benefits such as:
- Help invoice users and bill recipients save costs in carrying out administrative procedures.
- Minimizing risks during use, avoiding loss and damage of invoices.
- Helping businesses promote the application of digitization, State agencies promote reform of administrative procedures, implementation of e-government, digital government....

📍📍📍Four modes of supporting small and medium enterprises📍📍📍

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has issued Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT guiding a number of articles of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP on supporting small and medium enterprises. Accordingly, the Circular provides specific guidance on 04 support regimes for small and medium enterprises as follows:

1. Technology Support:
- Support the cost of renting and buying digital transformation solutions;
- Assess readiness for digital transformation to propose appropriate support.
- Agencies and organizations that support small and medium-sized enterprises use the results of the assessment of the level of digital transformation to consider support in accordance with the receiving capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises.

2. Support for human resource development:
- Direct training on corporate governance including basic corporate governance training and intensive corporate governance training.
- Online training course through available online teaching tools such as Zoom Cloud Meeting, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams and other similar tools.

3. Support for creative startups
- Support students of small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in domestic and foreign intensive training, including: Tuition fees, materials, meals, accommodation, transportation (including air tickets).
- Support to maintain accounts on e-commerce platforms: For domestic e-commerce platforms, payment fees, fixed fees and service fees must be paid by the seller; For international e-commerce platforms, it is seller account fees, warehousing fees, barcode registration costs, product design and photography costs, advertising costs...
- Support to participate in international competitions on innovative start-ups including: Competition fees and charges; eat and stay in the host country; travel (including airfare); transport documents, products, equipment for participating in the contest.

4. Support to participate in industry linkages, production and processing value chains: Linking in the form of a contract to buy input materials together, linking in the form of a contract to sell products together...

Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT takes effect from June 25, 2022

📍📍📍Conditions for businesses to receive 2%/year interest rate support📍📍📍

Article 4 - Decree 31/2022/ND-CP dated May 20, 2022 of the Government on interest rate support from the State budget for loans of enterprises, business households and cooperatives stipulating conditions supported with interest rate of 2%/year for enterprises, cooperatives and business households as follows:
- Have request for interest rate support, meet loan conditions as prescribed by current law.
- The loan with interest rate support is a loan in Vietnam D**g, signed a loan agreement and disbursed during the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023.
- The interest rate support from the state budget has not been supported according to other policies and the capital is used for the right purposes:
+ For the purpose of using the loan capital in one of the registered business sectors, including: Aviation, transportation and warehousing (H), accommodation and catering services (I), tourism (N79). , education and training (P), processing industry, manufacturing (C), agriculture, forestry and fishery (A), software publishing (J582), Computer programming and related activities (J-62), information service operations (J-63)
Note, construction activities directly serve the above mentioned economic sectors but do not include construction activities for real estate business purposes specified in the economic sector code (L).
+ Having the purpose of using the loan capital to implement projects on construction of social housing, housing for workers, renovating old apartment buildings on the list of projects compiled and announced by the Ministry of Construction.

In addition, this Decree also stipulates that loans may not continue to receive interest rate support in the following cases:
- Loans with overdue principal balance and/or late payment interest balance are not eligible for interest support for the interest payment obligation at the interest payment term but the time of repayment is within the specified period. overdue principal balance and/or late payment interest balance.
The loan can only continue to receive interest support for the next interest payment terms after the customer has fully paid the overdue principal balance and/or the late payment interest balance.
- Loans with debt extension are not supported with interest for the debt extension period.

📍📍📍5 dangerous symptoms after Covid-19 need urgent medical report📍📍📍

The Ministry of Health has issued Decision No. 1242/QD-BYT promulgating the Guidelines for Rehabilitation and self-care for related diseases after being infected with Covid-19. Accordingly, if people see any of the following dangerous symptoms, they should immediately contact a medical staff:

- Finding shortness of breath with light activity and this condition does not improve when taking any position to reduce shortness of breath such as lying on the stomach, lying on one side with head high, standing or sitting with head bowed, standing with back wall.

There is a change in shortness of breath when you are at rest that does not get better with movement techniques and light exercise.

- Feeling chest pain, heart palpitations or dizziness when in certain positions or during exercise or physical activity.

worsening confusion or finding it difficult to speak or understand speech.

- Changes in sensation and movement in the face, arms, or legs, especially on one side of the body, and/or worsening anxiety or mood, thoughts of harm self.

📍📍📍What is an Industrial Park?📍📍📍

An industrial park is an area with definite geographical boundaries, specialized in manufacturing industrial goods and providing services for industrial production, established under the conditions, order and procedures specified in Decree No. 82/2018/ND-CP.

Industrial parks include many different types, including: Export processing zones, supporting industrial parks, ecological industrial parks (hereinafter referred to as industrial parks, unless there are separate regulations for each type of industrial park). ).

- Export processing zone is an industrial park specializing in the production of export goods, providing services for export production and export activities, established according to the conditions, order and procedures applicable to industrial parks. specified in this Decree.
The export processing zone is separated from the outside area according to regulations applicable to non-tariff zones specified in the law on import and export tax;

- Supporting industrial park is an industrial park specializing in the production of supporting industry products and providing services for the production of supporting industry products. The ratio of land area for investment projects in supporting industries to lease or sub-lease must be at least 60% of the industrial park's leasable industrial land area;

- Eco-industrial park is an industrial park in which enterprises in the industrial park participate in cleaner production activities and use resources efficiently, have linkages and cooperation in production to realize industrial symbiosis activities to improve the economic, environmental and social efficiency of enterprises.

📍📍📍Guidelines for testing people suspected of being infected with Covid-19 in hospitals📍📍📍

On May 17, 2022, the Ministry of Health issued Decision 1226/QD-BYT promulgating guidelines to adjust a number of regulations on screening, streamlining, testing people suspected of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 and collecting treatment. treating people with Covid-19 in medical examination and treatment establishments.

Accordingly, hospitals perform SARS-CoV-2 test for people who come to the hospital, inpatients, and medical staff if they suspect they have Covid-19 such as cough, fever, runny nose, burning pain. throat, chest tightness, shortness of breath, body aches, loss of taste and smell, and other related abnormal signs during Covid-19 screening.

The hospital focuses on risk assessment and detecting suspicious signs of Covid-19 to order tests for patients before surgery, patients in high-risk departments such as intensive care, sudden stroke, dialysis, postoperative and other patients according to professional requirements.

In addition to patients, other subjects that need to be tested for Covid-19 are: people who take care of the sick, people who provide services to the hospital, people who come to work, work with the hospital, students, etc.

Visitors who show signs of suspicion of Covid-19 as above should take the initiative to go to the Covid-19 screening area and follow the instructions and instructions of medical staff.

📍📍📍The General Department of Customs guides the conversion time to implement the new C/O form D📍📍📍

On May 12, 2022, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No. 1683/TCHQ-GSQL on the transition time to implement the new C/O form D as follows:
- For C/Os issued during the transition period from May 1, 2022 to the end of October 31, 2022, the customs authority will accept the old C/O form D (specified in Circular 19/2020/ TT-BCT) and new C/O form D.
- For C/O form D issued from November 1, 2022, the customs authority will only accept C/O form D issued according to the new form.

* C/O is an abbreviation of Certificate of Origin, that is, Certificate of Origin, issued based on a multilateral or bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Among types of C/O, C/O form D applies to goods imported and exported between Vietnam and ASEAN member countries under the CEPT agreement.

Based on this form, goods will enjoy preferential policies applied under trade agreements between countries.

📍📍📍Hanoi amends regulations on compensation for residential land when land is recovered📍📍📍

Hanoi People's Committee promulgates Decision No. 20/2022/QD-UBND amending and supplementing Regulations issued together with Decision 10/2017/QD-UBND on compensation, support and resettlement. residence when the State recovers land in the area of ​​the City. Article 1 of Decision 20/2022 amending Clause 2, Article 26 of Decision 10/2017 on cases eligible for compensation with land as follows:

- In the case of households with many generations, many couples living together on an acquired residential land parcel that are eligible to separate into separate households or have many households that share the right to use a parcel of land. In recovered housing, each household is allocated 01 resettlement rate equal to the residential land allocation quota in the locality and does not exceed the acquired residential land area.

- In case each household is allocated 01 resettlement rate equal to the minimum residential land allocation quota in the locality which exceeds the recovered residential land area, the resettlement land area exceeding the recovered residential land area must be calculated. land use levy according to the land price when allocating resettlement land multiplied by the adjustment coefficient K.
Compared with the old regulations, the new regulation on compensation with residential land has changed significantly because the unmodified content only stipulates the allocation of 1 more resettlement land with an area equal to the new maximum residential land allocation quota. Local minimum for households:

- Having many couples or a large number of people (with 07 people or more) living regularly at the site clearance site before the notice of land acquisition;

- Having an area of ​​residential land to be acquired that is greater than or equal to the total maximum new residential land allocation quota plus the local minimum residential land allocation limit.
This Decision takes effect from May 16, 2022.