Authoritarian attitudes and behaviors as well as all acts of causing difficulties and harassment, giving or receiving money or gifts in any form to/from organizations and individuals that request settlement of consular affairs, would be prohibited.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has recently released a draft circular providing the principles of identifying “made in Vietnam” goods, which would be applied exclusively to goods sold in the domestic market.

The Ministry of Health is working on a draft circular guiding the implementation of drug assistance programs carried out by pharmaceutical companies to offer free-of-charge medicines to patients through medical examination and treatment establishments.

From the beginning of next year, foreign-invested economic organizations and foreign expats in Vietnam could use insurance services, including also life insurance and health insurance services, provided by foreign insurers across the border, according to a draft decree guiding the 2022 Insurance Business Law.

From 2023, authorities would conduct quality inspection of goods sold via e-commerce websites and check the actual state of goods against information provided on selling sites.

Health establishments would have two additional methods to select contractors providing medicines: contractor selection in special cases and contractor selection on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System.

The maximum loan provided by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies to economic organizations lawfully established and operating in difficulty-hit areas would be lifted to VND 1 billion (USD 42,800) from the current VND 500 million (USD 21,400).

Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees would decide to organize open bidding to select investors for implementation of golf course projects if there are two or more investors meeting preliminary requirements on capacity and experience.

Credit institutions could provide loans via electronic means as long as they satisfy the conditions on customer information security and confidentiality and operational safety specified by the State Bank of Vietnam

By January 1, 2024, the food produced, imported and traded in Vietnam would have to be stuck with nutrition facts labels. As for small-scale food producers, the said deadline would be extended for one year to January 1, 2025.