On May 31, the Ministry of Justice held a workshop themed “Solutions for mobilizing social resources for public communication about policies with great impacts on society in the process of formulating legal documents.”

On November 30, 2022, the Government issued Decree 99 in replacement of Decree 102 of 2017 on registration of security interests, adding 12 new articles and amending 61 articles based on codification of relevant circulars of the Ministry of Justice.

A delegation from the Supreme People's Court led by its Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh made a working visit to Switzerland from April 26 to May 1 to exchange judicial experience with the European country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice on April 22 to review and step up the issuance of two important circulars related to the finance-banking sector.

The Government agreed in principle to reduce the value added tax (VAT) by 2 percent to 8 percent, according to a document sent from the Government Office to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on April 17.

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh, European Union Ambassador to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti, and UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi jointly held the 2023 Legal Partnership Forum on Digital Transformation in the Justice Sector in Hanoi on March 20.

Expanding the tax base and increasing environmental protection tax on non-biodegradable packaging materials would be considered with an aim to limit the use of these materials. The proposal was included in the draft report by the Ministry of Justice about the law-making program of the 15th National Assembly.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested basic and comprehensive reform in digital transformation to improve labor productivity and competitiveness of enterprises and the nation, contributing to building an independent, self-reliant economy that integrates into the world extensively and effectively.

As a supervision and education measure for under-18 offenders, community-based conciliation is provided for the first time in the 2015 Penal Code and the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code, marking a turning point in Vietnam’s policies on criminal handling of juvenile delinquents in compatibility with current global trends in juvenile justice. This measure is different from the other two judicial measures[1] applicable to under-18 offenders as it involves more active participation of victims and their representatives in criminal proceedings, and facilitates the use of opinions of victims during the conciliation process for handling juvenile offenders.