2020

Decree No. 101/2012/ND-CP on non-cash payments (along with some amended and supplemented contents in Decree No. 80/2016/ND-CP and Decree 16/2019/ND-CP) – hereinafter referred to as “Decree 101”, brought many positive changes in the payment activities of the economy, promoted non-cash payment activities. However, after many years of implementation, Decree 101 had no longer been suitable for economic development conditions, exposed many limitations and obstacles in implementation. In order to overcome the above problems, the State Bank of Vietnam is in the process of developing a draft Decree replacing Decree 101 (Draft Decree).

The Comments in this volum are presented by Le Hai Linh and Vu Thi Dieu Thao.

After nearly 7 years of implementation, the provisions of the Labor Code 2012 are assessed as being no longer suitable to economic and social conditions and  improvement requirements in corporate human resource management in context of the impact of the 41st technological revolution. Therefore, on November 20, 2019, the National Assembly officially passed Labor Code No. 45/2019/QH14 (Labor Code 2019) to replace the Labor Code 2012. This Labor Code 2019 will officially take effect on January 1, 2021.

The Comments in this volum are presented by Nguyen Thi Kim Chau and Vu Thi Dieu Thao.

In 2020, 05 legal documents will take effect, including: (i) Law on Public Investment 2019, (ii) Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcoholic Beverages 2019, (iii) Law on Execution of Criminal Judgements 2019, (iv) Law on Animal Husbandry 2018 and (v) Law on Crop Production 2018. In addition, in 2019, the Labor Code 2019 was approved by the National Assembly and will take effect on January 01, 2021. The amendments and supplements in the Labor Code 2019 receive much attention from the public, and especially employees and employers – the main subjects affected by this code.