Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP detailing a number of Articles and implementation measures of the Law on Bidding regarding contractor selection, which takes effect on August 4, 2025, sets out specific cases eligible for streamlined contractor selection.
The Ministry of Public Security has proposed restricting fully autonomous vehicles, citing Vietnam’s current road conditions. While partially automated cars are common and deemed suitable, Level 4 and 5 vehicles remain under global testing and are not yet fit for wide use.
Ministries, sectors and localities are called upon to build shared national digital platforms across the entire political system from central to local levels to ensure its consistency with the two-tier local administration model.
Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles and implementation measures of the Law on Bidding regarding contractor selection was promulgated and took effect on August 4, 2025.
On July 30, 2025, the Deputy Prime Minister issued Official Telegram No. 124/CD-TTg to ministries, sectors, and localities on promoting cashless payment.
On June 18, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality (2007). This Law takes effect on January 1, 2026.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular introducing capital buffers and stricter dividend conditions and allowing the use of the internal rating-based (IRB) approach.
On July 22, 2025, the Bac Ninh Tax Department issued Official Dispatch No. 915/BNI-QLDN1 providing guidance on determining taxable personal income (PIT) for mid-shift meal allowances.
This is stated in Official Dispatch No. 8614/BTC-KTĐP of the Ministry of Finance regarding decentralization, delegation of powers, and delineation of authority in the reorganization of administrative units and the establishment of the two-tier local government model.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed a draft decree granting top-level planners and architects in science and technology minister-equivalent salaries, housing and tax exemptions. The proposal is under legal review.
Organizations and individuals engaged in technology research, application, transfer, innovation and improvement for the manufacturing of supporting industry products will be entitled to incentives and support for technology transfer from September 1.
The 2025 Law on Employment, promulgated on May 20, 2025, and effective from January 1, 2026, provides specific regulations on the conditions for enterprises to be granted employment service operation licenses.
The 2025 Law Amending the Law on Credit Institutions, No. 96/2025/QH15, which takes effect on October 15, 2025, adds new provisions on the distraint of collateral assets.