Regulations on Online Civil Status Registration in Vietnam

On July 28th, 2020, the Government issued Decree No. 87/2020/ND-CP (Decree 87) regulating the electronic civil status database, online civil status registration i.e. birth certificate registration, marriage certificate registration, death certificate registration.

The Decree is the provisions on the building, management, updating, exploitation and use of the electronic civil status database; connecting and sharing data between the electronic civil status database with the national population database, the national public service portal, the public service portal, the provincial electronic one-door information system, other databases of ministries, branches and localities; issue copies of civil status extracts, certify civil status information; online civil status registration. Although an application can be submitted online, the person applying for civil status registration must still be present at the civil status registry to sign the civil status book and receive results in case of registration of the following procedures: birth certificate registration; marriage registration; guardian registration; recognition of parents, children; change, correct civil status, redefine ethnicity, supplement civil status information; death registration.

Upon receiving results at the civil status registration office, the requester for civil status registration must submit and present papers and documents that are part of the civil status registration dossier as prescribed.

Cases in which the requester is not present at the civil status registration office to sign the civil status book and receive the results, but still have to submit and present papers and documents that are part of the household registration dossier civil status according to the law on civil status, including: confirm civil status information; record in the civil status book the birth, marriage, divorce, marriage cancellation, guardianship, recognition of father, mother, child, identification of father, mother, child, adoption, change of civil status, death registration of Vietnamese citizens who have been settled at a foreign competent authority.

To perform online civil status registration, the requester needs to access the National Public Service Portal, the Provincial Public Service Portal to register an account and authenticate users according to the instructions. Upon successful account login, the requester must provide information in the available form; attach photocopies or electronic copies of papers, documents as prescribed; pay fees and charges through the online payment function or by other means as prescribed by law. After the submission of the dossier is completed, the system will automatically send a number of administrative documents for the requester to follow up, look up the progress of the application or access to complete the application when requested by the civil status registration agency.

Decree 87 will take effect from September 15, 2020. The construction of the civil status database, the development of online civil status registration, helps people to handle administrative procedures anytime, anywhere, without having to travel many times, without having to queue and not take time to wait, limiting crowds. In addition, the use of online public services also contributes to reducing the harassment, bureaucracy and troubles of a part of cadres and civil servants, increasing the publicity and transparency of the state agencies file handling.

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Vietnam Attracts Japanese Investors

During the volatility of the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision to invest in Vietnam became more and more interesting to Japanese investors.

Since 10 years ago, many Japanese enterprises have considered Vietnam as a promising foreign investment market after China. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 has left serious consequences for the Chinese economy, when a series of the world’s no.1 supply chains in this country were broken. Many foreign investors have chosen ASEAN, including Vietnam to invest, where there is a safe political system and a stable health system, and a favorable legal corridor.

According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, as of mid-June this year, the total foreign investment in Vietnam reached 15.67 billion USD. Japan ranks 4th among countries with total registered capital to invest in the Vietnam market. In the investment scenarios in Vietnam, finding local businesses becomes a short but effective step. Foreign investors choose potential businesses to invest in or buy back businesses. In which, Saizo is a typical example.

Saizo Japan is a prestigious brand in Japan, famous for its comprehensive range of health care products. During the scientific cooperation at the Center for Scientific Research of Vietnam, realizing the potential for development from products of natural origin, Saizo Japan planned to invest in chain technology, as well as the application of the Japanese biological science and technology background.

Saizo Japan is a prestigious brand in the country of the sun, famous for its comprehensive range of health care products. During the scientific cooperation at the Center for Scientific Research of Vietnam with Master of Science Nguyen Xuan Phu, realizing the potential for development from products of natural origin, Saizo Japan planned to invest in chain technology, as well as the application of the Japanese biological science and technology.

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Millenium Oil and Gas Corporation Applied to Invest 15 Billion USD in Khanh Hoa

Millennium Oil and Gas Corporation (USA) proposed to invest in Vietnam energy sector with a liquefied gas power project in Nam Van Phong area, Khanh Hoa with a total investment of up to 15 billion USD.

After studying, Chairman of Millenium Vietnam Company (a member of Millenium Petroleum Group), if approved, they will invest in this project with a scale of 600ha, total investment capital of 15 billion USD, capacity of the power plant is 9,600MW.

In addition, Millenium Oil and Gas Group will invest in a port system to supply gas to power plants and LNG distribution agents for the whole of Southeast Asia. The location chosen by the investor is in My Giang village, Ninh Phuoc commune or maybe in Ninh Hai ward, Ninh Hoa town.

If the Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee agrees to permit the investment, the project will be guaranteed by the US Government and will work with the Government of Vietnam to implement. The group hopes to turn the LNG terminal in southern Van Phong into the energy hub of Southeast Asia. Because Millenium is a corporation specializing in oil exploitation, it will sell gas directly to consumers without intermediaries, this is an advantage.

According to the Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, the area of investors applying for investment in the power plant and LNG storage is totally consistent with the local development orientation.

It is known that Millenium Petroleum has 35 years of experience in implementing advanced power projects from natural gas, liquefied natural gas, wind, solar, geothermal and waste.

The Group has implemented power projects in the US and countries around the world with a total investment of more than 36 billion USD. At the same time, the group is also the unit that holds many of the world’s leading advanced technologies and techniques, many of which are not available to other businesses.

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The Development of Renewable Energy in Vietnam

On June 15th, 2020, at the National Assembly’s socio-economic discussion session, the Ministry of Industry and Trade clarified a number of issues related to the implementation of power projects and energy security in Vietnam amid the the situation of energy supply, especially electricity supply is facing many difficulties when hydroelectric and thermal power reserves are almost fully exploited and the risk of energy import is increasing.

Vietnam has the advantage of being an equatorial country, with high annual sunshine hours (average from 1800-2600 hours/year) which is an advantage to develop solar energy. Vietnam has a long coastline (3260 km) and favorable terrain, the construction of wind power stations is a solution that can help improve Vietnam’s electricity output in the next years.

As reported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, for solar power, the total planned capacity of about 10,300 MW has been operated on 90 solar power projects with a total capacity of about 5,000 MW. For wind power, as proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Prime Minister has agreed to supplement the planning of an additional 7,000 MW of wind power, raising the total scale of wind power capacity planned to 11,630 MW.

In addition, according to Vietnam’s commitment at COP21, Vietnam will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 8% by 2030. And with effective support from the international community, Vietnam can cut its emissions by 25% greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. And the Clean energy technology is one of the best solutions to fulfill this commitment.

In addition, the installation, operation and maintenance of wind and solar power systems are relatively simple, at low cost therefore will save time and cost for investors. Besides, clean energy does not cause impacts on large-scale migration environment, such as deforestation, emissions of dust, water and ash, etc. In contrast, it also creates beautiful and majestic landscapes, and attractive to visitors, this is in line with Vietnam’s sustainable development goals in the future.

With economic and environmental advantages, the scientists forecast that, in the world to 2040 and 2050, the percentage of solar power capacity in total generating capacity will be 45% and 50 %; The structure of electricity production by 2050 is as follows: Number 1 is solar power: 35.8%; followed by onshore wind power: 24.3%; Offshore wind power: 12.1%; Hydroelectricity: 12.4% and the rest are other sources of renewable energy and fossils and nuclear: 15.4%.

In order to ensure the implementation of the overall plan for the coming time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is focusing on speeding up the construction of the electricity Planning No. VIII to submit to the Government in the fourth quarter of 2020. In particular, following the contents of the Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW of the Politburo on “Vietnam’s national energy development strategy orientation to 2030, vision to 2045” on February 11th, 2020, according to which ratio of sources of renewable energy in the total primary energy supply will reach about 15-20% by 2030; 25-30% by 2045.

According to Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW, Vietnam will develop breakthrough mechanisms and policies to encourage and promote the renewable energy sources in order to replace fossil energy sources at maximum. Prioritizing the use of wind and solar energy for electricity generation; encourage investment in building power plants using urban waste, biomass and solid waste in parallel with environmental protection and economic development of the circulation. To establish and develop a number of renewable energy centers in advantageous regions and localities. Then researching and assessing the overall potential and developing development orientations for geothermal energy, ocean waves, tides and ocean currents; deploy a number of application models, conduct pilot tests to evaluate the effectiveness. To undertake technological research, formulate a number of production pilot projects and encourage the use of hydrogen energy in line with the general trend of the world. In addition, the Resolution prioritizes the development of renewable energy in line with the ability to ensure system safety with reasonable electricity costs and encourage the development of rooftop and surface solar power. To develop groundbreaking support policies and mechanisms for offshore wind power development in association with the implementation of the Vietnam’s Sea Strategy.

With advantages and priority policies for renewable energy development as above, Vietnam hopes that more international investors will invest and set up company in renewable energy to in Viet Nam.

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Vietnam Authority Received Request to Investigate Anti-Dumping Case of H-shaped Steel Product from Malaysia

On April 29th, 2020, Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV) acknowledged the Dossier on request of investigation to impose the anti-dumping measures to H-shaped steel product originated from Malaysia from the companies representing the domestic industry (Requester).

On July 10th, 2020, TRAV had confirmed the sufficiency of the dossiers according the the laws on trade remedies.

Within 45 days from the date of receiving sufficient and lawful dossier, TRAV will assess dossier to submit Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade for consideration whether to process the investigation.

The assessment’s contents includes:

-Identify the legal representative status of the domestic industry of organizations and individuals who submit dossier in accordance with the Law on Foreign Trade Management;

-Define evidence on the dumping of imported goods that cause or threaten to cause significant losses to a domestic manufacturing industry or substantially prevent the formation of a domestic manufacturing industry.

In order to serve the assessment process, as well as to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise, TRAV recommends that the domestic enterprises manufacturing / trading in the same goods mentioned above provide the following information:

-Enterprise’s information;

-Manufacturing production of H-shaped steel product;

-Enterprise’s opinion on the case (to agree, oppose, have no opinion);

-Any document/evidence which company considers to be related to the case

The due date to provide the above information is before 5p.m August 3rd, 2020.

Competition, anti-dumping, and countervailing duty lawyers of International trade and tax practice at ANT Lawyers, a law firm in Vietnam always follow up anti-dumping cases and its development to update clients on regular basis.

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Debt Recovery Service in Vietnam

Debt recovery is always a big problem for businesses and individuals. In order to promote the production process, the process of debt recovery is always one of the concerns with the business leaders.

One of the the appropriate method is the intervention of law. ANT Lawyers Co., Ltd is a leading legal consultancy in Vietnam, with a team of experienced lawyers and legal experts that have participated and solved many debt recovery cases for businesses and individuals.

We will:

– Study the case to find the legal basis and debt data that should be handled;

– Assess the payment capability of the debtor to creditor;

– Represent the client to exposure debtor to negotiate, persuade and require debt repayment;

– Advice and instruct customer the most beneficial solutions in accordance with the law;

– Implement civil proceedings, economic proceedings or criminal proceedings against law enforcement agencies, depending on the type of entity and the nature of the transactions arising overdue debts;

In case of debt recovery through litigation, we will help customer:

– Draft petition and other papers relating to the recovery of debt;

– Represent client (individuals and organizations) to submit the petition to the Court and the competent authorities to recover the debt as stipulated by law;

– Appoint attorney to participate in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of clients (individuals and organizations) at the Court at all levels;

– Represent client (individuals and organizations) to participate in judgment enforcement

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Da Nang promotes the development of Science and Technology

According to a report by the Ministry of Science and Technology, in 2019, the Science and Technology industry has achieved GDP growth of 46.11% and the labor productivity growth rate of 6.2%, these are achievements of Science and Technology of Vietnam in 2019. To continue the development of Science and Technology, Da Nang has set a goal of developing science and technology, focusing on the goal of improving the capacity of innovation by attracted the domestic and foreign investors to set up company in this fields in Da Nang.

In recent years, with efforts in Science and Technology development, Vietnam has achieved certain achievements in the fight against epidemics and bringing the economy back to stability. At the same time, Science and Technology achievements have been flexibly applied, promoting the basis of the digitized Vietnamese knowledge system in developing epidemic maps using Vmap, detecting people at risk of infection at tourist destinations, construction of medical declaration software. In the meantime, Vietnam has been effectively mobilizing science and technology representative networks in countries to connect research groups, exchange and test equipment, technologies and products for prevention and control of epidemic; promote public-private cooperation in conducting research tasks.

In addition, according to the content of Resolution No. 50/NQ-CP dated April 17, 2020 on the Government’s action plan to implement Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW dated September 27, 2019 of the Politburo on number of guidelines and policies actively participated in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Prime Minister has issued the policies to improve national innovation capacity.

In particular, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to conduct research, review and propose a comprehensive restructuring plan for the system of public scientific and technological research facilities. Building and developing national innovation centers, focusing on the key technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Developing a national innovation system in the direction of being enterprise is the centered, higher education institutions and research institutes as strong research subjects. At the same time, assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with units in joint research and development, propose special and breakthrough mechanisms and policies for the construction and operation of innovation centers. Beside, Vietnam has encouraged domestic and foreign universities, businesses and organizations to set up innovation centers in Vietnam.

In Da Nang City, the Department of Science and Technology issued Plan No. 28-KH/SKHCN dated May 12, 2020, focusing on the content of improving the capacity of innovation.

In the coming time, the city Department of Science and Technology will deploy 23 contents on the topic of innovation. In which, 03 contents are implemented in the period of 2020 to 2025 and 16 contents are implemented annually.

In the period of 2020 to 2025, the Department will coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote the development of national creative start-up ecosystem to strongly develop startups in the city.

In addition, the Department will advise the implementation of the Projects to build Da Nang into a national innovation and innovation start-up center in the Central region and Highlands of Vietnam. In particular, in the immediate future, the city will focus on building and deploying activities of innovation centers, focusing on the core technologies of the Fourth Technology Revolution. The City People’s Committee issued a plan to implement the City’s Program on “Developing high-tech industry, building Da Nang into a national-level startup, innovation and innovation center, as an urban area in creativity – science – technology of the global and highly competitive”, and plan to implement the Project” Supporting national innovation start-up ecosystem to 2025″ in the Da Nang city.

With the efforts of Science and Technology development with the city’s FDI attraction goals, Da Nang hopes that it will become a destination for Science and Technology investors to set up company doing business in Vietnam.

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