Effective on July 1 this year, the 2022 Law Revising a Number of Articles of the 2009 Law on Radio Frequencies (the Revised Law) aims to strictly manage and rationally and effectively allocate the radio frequency use right in order to create a healthy competitive environment in the telecoms field.

Adopted in last November, the 66-article Anti-Money Laundering Law provides for measures to prevent, detect, stop and handle organizations and individuals committing acts of money laundering. It also defines responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals for money laundering prevention and combat and introduces provisions on international cooperation on money laundering prevention and combat.

The 2022 Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control, which will supersede its 2007 predecessor from July 1 this year, aims to improve the regulations on domestic violence prevention and control toward strengthening measures to protect human rights in accordance with the 2013 Constitution and raise the effectiveness and efficiency of state and social institutions as well as uphold the role of families in this field.

The Ordinance on Administrative Sanctioning of Acts Obstructing Proceedings , which was passed on August 18, 2022, by the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly, aims to create an adequate legal framework for administrative sanctioning of acts obstructing proceedings.

The 15th National Assembly passed the Law Revising a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property (the 2022 Law) at its 3rd session in June this year.

Composed of 157 articles, the 2022 Law on Insurance Business will supersede its 2000 predecessor with revisions made in 2010 and 2019 from the beginning of next year.

Adopted in June this year, the Law on Cinematography provides a legal mechanism to protect lawful interests as well as defines obligations of organizations and individuals engaged in cinematographic activities. It also creates a legal corridor for developing the film industry and the cinema market, promoting the proactivity of the participants in cinematographic activities, and raising the healthy competition in film business activities.

On June 14 this year, legislators passed the Law on Mobile Police. The Law will supersede the 2013 Ordinance on Mobile Police from January 1 next year.

Coming into force on January 1 this year, the 2020 Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers institutionalizes the 2013 Constitution and the Party’s recent guidelines on the sending of Vietnamese workers abroad as well as deal with emerging problems

The Law on Public Investment has its Articles 17, 25, 82 and 83 revised under the Law Amending a Number of Articles of the Law on Public Investment, Law on Investment in the Form of Public-Private Partnership, Law on Investment, Housing Law, Bidding Law, Electricity Law, Law on Enterprises, Law on Excise Tax, and Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments.