The XIII^th National Assembly is scheduled to debate the Law Amending the Law on Tax Administration at its 3^rd session next month. This article introduces major contents of this draft Law.

Vietnamese lawmakers are garnering comments on the “last of the last” version of the draft amendment to the Labor Code (the Draft) from stakeholder parties. Business communities are frowning over the “labor reform” that, in their view, has yet been evolving for the better. 

Mining activities are encouraged but must assure sustainable development of mineral resources. This is the crux of two decrees recently issued by the Government to guide the 2010 Mineral Law which came into force on July 1, 2011.

According to criminal procedure law experts around the world, the adversarial process (tranh tung) means a litigation leading to the argument (tranh luan) between two parties holding opposing standpoints in which the court acts simply as an arbiter.

The Ordinance on Consolidation of Legal Documents, which was passed last month by the National Assembly Standing Committee, aims for higher transparency and easier access to the legal system.

More than 10,000 small gold traders may face business shutdown as a government decree on gold trading management takes effect next month.

Sac bua, which means playing gong, is a traditional new year festival of the Muong, a big ethnic minority group living mostly in Hoa Binh northern province with a population of nearly 1.3 million.

Being a National Assembly deputy from the I^st  to VII^th legislatures for nearly 40 years (1946-1985) and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee from the II^nd to VII^th  legislatures (1960-1985), Xuan Thuy tirelessly fought for the cause of national liberation and construction and made great contributions to the economic rehabilitation and the building of a peaceful, independent, unified and socialist Vietnam.