With the surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI), the race to build and upgrade data centers is becoming increasingly competitive in Viet Nam, noted investment promotion portal Invest Viet Nam.]]> Foreign workers employed in Viet Nam under labor contracts of 12 months or more shall be allowed to join trade uni-ons at their workplaces.]]> Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged ministries, agencies and localities to effectively implement the Land Law, Housing Law, and Real Estate Business Law in favor of socio-economic development.]]> Viet Nam has sustainably enjoyed foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows well above 4 percent of its GDP, among the highest in ASEAN (as a share of GDP), noted HSBC in its report Viet Nam at a glance released on August 8.]]> The Government issued Decree 74/2024/ND-CP dated June 30, 2024 providing for regional minimum wage, applicable f-rom July 1, 2024]]> The National Assembly passed the Capital Law (revised) during its seventh session on June 28 morning.]]> The regional minimum wage hike will take place in line with the new salary regime for the public sector f-rom July 1.]]> A part of revised Land Law, and regulations on English graduation exam exemption and fire prevention are scheduled to take effect f-rom April.]]> The Presidential Office on February 19 organized a press conference to announce two new laws which were approved at the fifth extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly (NA).]]> The Government issued Decree 12/2024/ND-CP (Decree 12), dated February 5, 2024 to amend and supplement some articles of Decree 44/2014/ND-CP dated May 15, 2014 regulating land prices, and Decree 10/2023/ND-CP dated April 3, 2023 amended and supplemented some articles of decrees guiding the implementation of Land Law.]]> The Government issued Decree 70/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of its Decree No. 152 dated December 30, 2020 on regulations for foreigners working in Viet Nam and management of Vietnamese nationals working for foreign employers in Viet Nam.]]> The Government has enacted Decree No.70/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP regulating foreign workers working in Viet Nam.]]> Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has recently signed Decision 12/2023/QD-TTg on order and procedures for granting certificates of technologies encouraged for transfer in Viet Nam f-rom July 1, 2023.]]> The Government sets goal to reduce land and water surface rents worth around VND 3.5 trillion (over US$ 50 million) for COVID-19 pandemic-hit enterprises in 2022.]]> A series of new policies on chip-based ID cards, online ordinary passport issuance, interest rate support f-rom the State budget for loans borrowed by businesses will come into effect f-rom July 2022.]]> The Government has decided to resume visa exemption for citizens f-rom 13 countries after nearly two years of border closure due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.]]> Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed Decision No. 29/2021/QD-TTg on special investment incentives in accordance with clause 2, article 20 of the Law on Investment.]]> Entrants to the capital city of Ha Noi shall be subjected to seven-day quarantine period at centralized camps and another week-long medical surveillance if they satisfy several conditions specified by the municipal authorities.]]> The International Labor Organization (ILO) welcomes new rights of workers and employers in Viet Nam f-rom 1 January 2021 as the revised Labor Code adopted in 2019 takes effect.]]> Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a list of priority technologies for research and development in a bid to facilitate participation in the 4th industrial revolution.]]> Twelve new policies came into effect f-rom July 1 including the Laws on officers and public employees, passports, state secrets, and entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners.]]>