July 1 marks the effective date of eleven laws, which were passed on November 29, 2006, by the National Assembly.

They include the Law on Notarization; the Law on Tax Administration; the Law on Gender Equality; the Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers; the Law Revising a Number of Articles of the Labor Code; the Law on Residence; the Law on Donation, Removal and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs and Donation and Recovery of Cadavers; the Law on Physical Training and Sports; the Law on Dikes; the Law on Technology Transfer; and the Law Revising a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly.