The Party and the State have always paid attention to improving institutions and policies for cultural development, considering it a prerequisite for making culture a spiritual foundation, an objective as well as a strong motivation for the cause of national construction and defense. This is affirmed at the Culture Workshop 2022 held last December in Bac Ninh province under the theme “Institutions, Policies and Resources for Cultural Development”. Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine would like to introduce to readers this article, which is based on the speech delivered by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, at the workshop.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) will review the Law on Securities and related decrees to complete the legal framework, and strengthen sanctions for violations to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors.

Economic cooperation should continue to be the focus of bilateral ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai said at his talks with Deputy Assembly Speaker of the RoK Chung Woo-taik in Seoul on March 20.

Coming into force from March 1, the Anti-Money Laundering Law is available on Official Gazette Nos 139-141 of 2022, with 66 articles arranged in four chapters, and contains several significant changes compared to its 2012 version.

The new Oil and Gas Law of Vietnam, which was passed in November last year, will officially come into force on July 1.

Official Gazette issues Nos.133-138 of 2022 have recently come out with the full-text English translation of the 2022 Law on Inspection, which will come into force at the beginning of July this year.

Domestic and foreign experts gathered at a conference in Hanoi on March 17 to share international experience and lessons for Vietnam in organizing the enforcement of laws on anti-corruption.

The 2022 Law on the Implementation of Grassroots Democracy lays a firm foundation for the implementation of socialist democracy, the people’s right to mastery and self-governance role, thus contributing to effectively implementing the motto “People know, people discuss, people do, people monitor”.

Passed on November 14, 2022, the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control focuses on human rights-based and domestic violence victim-centered approach. It amends the provisions on acts of domestic violence and adds others on the application of this Law to foreigners residing in Vietnam.