Following the article on 11 prominent healthcare policies effective from December 2016, Thu Ky Luat would like to introduce additional new policies in other fields as follows:
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- Criteria for Determining Particularly Difficult Villages in Mountainous Areas for the Period 2016-2020
According to Decision 50/2016/QD-TTg (effective from December 20, 2016) on criteria for determining particularly difficult villages and communes in ethnic minority and mountainous regions for the period 2016-2020, a particularly difficult village is defined by one of the following criteria:
- The total percentage of poor and near-poor households is 65% or higher (with the percentage of poor households being 35% or higher) according to the multi-dimensional poverty approach for the period 2016-2020;- The total percentage of poor and near-poor households is 55% or higher (for provinces in the Southeast region and the Mekong Delta region, 30% or higher) according to the multi-dimensional poverty approach for the period 2016-2020 and having 2 out of 3 following factors (for villages with 80% or more ethnic minority households, having 1 out of 3 factors):- The main road of the village or inter-village road has not been paved according to new rural criteria;- 60% or more classrooms for kindergarten classes are not solidly built;- There is no Cultural House - Village Sports Area according to the regulations of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
- 04 Categories of Market Management Officials
The Government of Vietnam issued Decree 148/2016/ND-CP guiding the detailed implementation of some regulations of the Ordinance on Market Management (MLTT).
The Market Management official is a person recruited to work at the Market Management agency according to the law on officials and is trained, fostered professionally, and appointed to the Market Management official categories as follows:
- Senior Market Controller;- Principal Market Controller;- Market Controller;- Intermediate Market Controller.
Market Management officials must ensure the standards of officials according to the law on officials and specific professional standards according to the Market Management official categories.
Detailed guidance on the Ordinance on Market Management can be found in Decree 148/2016/ND-CP effective from December 25, 2016.
- New Regulations on VAT Deduction Conditions
This is the content mentioned in Circular 173/2016/TT-BTC (effective from December 15, 2016) amending Clause 3, Article 15 of Circular 219/2013/TT-BTC regarding documents of payment via banks. Accordingly:
- The regulation that both the buyer's and seller's accounts must be registered or notified to the tax authority is removed for conditions on documents of payment via banks to deduct VAT.
Thus, units can still deduct input VAT when the buyer's and seller's accounts are not notified or registered with the tax authority but meet other conditions.
- No need to register accounts with the tax authority when the buyer pays from the buyer's account to the seller's account bearing the name of the private enterprise owner or from the buyer's account bearing the name of the private enterprise owner to the seller's account.
- National Criteria for New Rural Communes for the Period 2016-2020
The Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam issued Decision 1980/QD-TTg on the National Criteria for New Rural Communes for the period 2016-2020 (referred to as Commune Criteria).
19 national criteria for new rural communes for the period 2016-2020 were issued. Some notable indicators include:
- ≥ 98% of households regularly using safe electricity from various sources;- ≥ 80% of schools at all levels meeting national standards for facilities and teaching equipment;- ≥ 80% of households having housing that meets standards;- ≥ 90% of the working-age population with the ability to participate in labor having jobs;- ≥ 85% of the population participating in health insurance;- ≥ 85% of households having sanitary latrines, bathrooms, and clean water storage facilities ensuring 3 clean standards;- 100% of households and production, business establishments complying with food safety regulations.
Detailed information on the 19 criteria across 05 fields can be found in Decision 1980/QD-TTg effective from December 01, 2016, replacing Decision 491/QD-TTg dated April 16, 2009, and Decision 342/QD-TTg dated February 20, 2013.
- Receipt and Delivery of Administrative Procedure Resolution Results via Postal Service
According to Decision 45/2016/QD-TTg on receiving dossiers and delivering administrative procedure resolution results via public postal services, organizations and individuals performing administrative procedures via public postal services can choose one of the following forms:
- Submitting dossiers for administrative procedure resolution;- Receiving administrative procedure resolution results;- Submitting dossiers and receiving administrative procedure resolution results.
Organizations and individuals shall pay fees and charges for administrative procedure resolution (if any) by the following methods:
- Directly pay or transfer to the fee and charge account of the competent authority;- Directly pay or transfer to the account of the public postal service provider to transfer to the competent authority;- Pay fees and charges for administrative procedure resolution by other methods accepted by the competent authority.
The proof of payment, fee, and charge transfer for administrative procedure resolution or the receipt for fee and charge for administrative procedure resolution (if any) shall be attached to the dossier sent to the competent authority or person.
More details can be found in Decision 45/2016/QD-TTg effective from December 16, 2016.
