The 2013 Constitution of Vietnam has clearly stated in its Article 43: “Everyone has the right to live in a clean environment and has the obligation to protect the environment”. Against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, this principle must be strictly adhered to so as to ensure the human rights related to the living environment, especially with the use of green energy, clean energy and renewable energy for sustainable national development.

The Minister of Science and Technology has issued a circular to nullify some documents on methods of determining automobile localization rates.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the tax system reform strategy through 2030, with a focus on building the modern and effective taxation sector.

Tuyen Quang province is striving to become a national model locality for forestry-based economic development in association with eco-tourism. With 423,000 hectares of forests, including 120,000 hectares of planted forests, it ranks third in the country for forest coverage rate and first among the northern midland and mountainous provinces in terms of harvested timber.

Vietnam became an official member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 15 years ago on November 7, 2006. Since then, the country has made big strides on the path of international integration, confidently joining the global playground. The country’s total import-export value has increased by six times over the 2006’s figure, reaching around USD 545 billion in 2020.

Customers who buy goods via international e-commerce platforms would not be required to pay import duty for goods valued at VND 1 million (USD 43.8) or under but each may enjoy duty exemption for at most one order per day and four orders per month.

According to Vietnamese regulations regarding procedures for temporary import, re-export, destruction and transfer of automobiles and motorbikes of Vietnam-based persons entitled to privileges and immunities, foreigners have to obtain an automobile transfer permit in order to transfer their automobiles.