1. Commerce

- Circular No. 27/2019/TT-BCT regulating the list of scraps subject to temporary suspension from temporary import, re-export or merchandising business promulgated by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

- Circular No. 25/2019/TT-BCT amending the Circular No. 22/2016/TT-BCT implementing the Rules of origin of in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement promulgated by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

- Circular No. 33/2019/TT-BCT prescribing the criteria of the Vietnamese National Brand Program promulgated by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 08/01/2020.

-  Circular No. 36/2019/TT-BCT regulating the management of quality of products, goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 15/01/2020

2. Labor, wage

Decree No. 90/2019/ND-CP stipulating the region-based minimum wages applied to employees working under labor contracts. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

3. Import and export

-  Circular No. 80/2019/TT-BTC on guiding customs procedures, managing taxes, fees and charges for exports and imports under the Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP guiding the border trade activity promulgated by the Minister of Finance. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

- Decision No. 3624/QD-BCT in 2019 on Process of granting the electronic Certificate of Origin Form D promulgated by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

- Decree No. 85/2019/ND-CP prescribing handling of administrative procedures under the National single window, ASEAN single window mechanism and specialized inspection for imports and exports. Effective date: 01/01/2020.

- Circular No. 41/2019/TT-BCT supplementing the detailed Tariffs under HS codes of the imports and exports prescribed in the Circular of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Effective date: 29/01/2020.

- Decision No. 35/2019/QD-TTg on the Regulation on the interdisciplinary coordination in managing scrap import activities promulgated by the Prime Minister. Effective date: 15/02/2020.

4. Taxes, fees, charges

- Decree No. 92/2019/ND-CP on Special preferential import tariffs for the implementation of Bilateral Trade Promotion Agreement between Vietnam - Cambodia in the period 2019-2020. Effective date: 06/01/2020.

- Decree No. 07/2020/ND-CP on Vietnam’s Special preferential import tariffs the implementation of ASEAN - Hong Kong (China) Free Trade Agreement in the period 2019-2022. Effective date: 20/02/2020.

5. Insurance

Decision No. 38/2019/QD-TTg amending the Decision No. 60/2015/QD-TTg on financial management mechanism in the social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and the social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance management costs promulgated by the Prime Minister. Effective date: 20/02/2020.

6. Land

- Circular No. 07/2019/TT-BTP guiding registration of mortgage of land use rights and assets attached to land promulgated by the Minister of Justice. Effective date: 10/01/2020.

- Decree No. 06/2020/ND-CP amending Article 17 of the Decree No. 47/2014/ND-CP on compensation, support and resettlement upon land recovery by the State. Effective date: 20/02/2020.

7. Natural resources - environment

Circular No. 25/2019/TT-BTNMT guiding the Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP on amendment to decree on guidelines for the Law on environmental protection and stipulating the management of environmental observation service activity promulgated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Effective date: 15/02/2020.