VGP - The National Assembly on June 12 adopted Law on Competition No. 23/2018/QH14 (“Law on Competition 2018”) superseding Law on Competition No. 27/2004/QH11 (“Law on Competition 2004”), incorporating important changes to fulfill the actual requirements on managing competition and ensuring benefits of the enterprises engaged in the market.

VGP – The Government on June 6 enacted Decree No. 86/2018/NĐ-CP (“Decree 86”) regulating foreign cooperation and investment in education to supersede Decree No. 73/2012/NDCP amended and supplemented by Decree No. 124/2014/NĐ-CP (collectively referred to as “Decree 73”).

VGP - The Government enacted Resolution No. 19/2018/NQ-CP (“Resolution 19”) maintaining implementation of the main tasks and solutions for improving the business environment and the national competitiveness in 2018 and the following years.

VGP – The Government issued Decree No. 57/2018/NĐ-CP (“Decree 57”) prescribing the mechanism and policy for engaging enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas, superseding Decree No. 210/2013/NĐ-CP dated 19/12/2013 (“Decree 210”).

VGP - The Minister of Industry and Trade on April 3 issued Circular 05/2018/TT-BCT on goods origin ("Circular 05").

VGP – The Government on May 15 issued Decree No. 69/2018/NĐ-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management ("Decree 69") to guide the implementation of the Law on Foreign Trade Management.

VGP – The Government issued Decree No. 08/2018/ND-CP (Decree) amending some decrees relating to business investment conditions under the state management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VGP - The Government on December 30, 2017 issued Decree No. 163/2017/ND-CP ("Decree 163") regulating the logistics service business in replacement of Decree No. 140/2007/ND- CP (“Decree 140”) detailing the Commercial Law on the conditions for trading in logistics services and the limitation of liability for traders providing logistic services.

VGP – The Government issued Decree 09/2018/ND-CP, detailing the Commercial Law and the Law on foreign trade management regarding goods purchasing and selling activities and other activities directly related to the sale and purchase of goods by foreign investors and economic organizations with foreign invested capital in Viet Nam (Decree 09).

VGP – The Government issued Decree 146/2017/ND-CP (Decree 146) amending and supplementing some regulations on value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) of Decree 100/2016/ND-CP (Decree 100) and Decree 12/2015/ND-CP (Decree 12).