In this issue we present Cambodian regulations and information touching on the following:

• Establishment of the Cambodia Telecom Regulator
• Pronouncement on transparency in granting credit  facilities of banks and financial institutions
• Procedures and formalities for registering metrology and granting licenses to use trade mark of Cambodian metrology
• Notification of tax collection on all forms of means of transportation and vehicles for the year 2012
• Establishment of National Committee for Governing and Developing  Coastal Areas of Cambodia

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In this issue we present Cambodian regulations and information touching on the following:

• Instructions on paying a deposit in order to request a casino construction license
• Instruction on Implementation of the Law on Public Procurement
• Instruction on Financial Leasing Businesses
• Adjustment to Procedure of Registration of Products
• Organization and Functioning of State Secretariat for Civil Aviation
• Establishment of Steung Hav Special Economic Zone located in Preah Sihanouk province
• Promulgation of the Law on Approval of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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On 26 March 2012 the Ministry of Finance and Revenue unveiled far reaching tax reforms in Yangon. The reforms have been officially published in a series of 16 separate Notifications on income tax and commercial tax which will become effective on 1 April 2012. Our senior tax lawyer in Yangon attended the formal announcement and provides a brief overview of the reforms.

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We discuss below the need for employers in Vietnam to adopt and register internal labor regulations (“ILRs”). ILRs are a regulatory platform governing, amongst other things, issues relating to disciplinary breaches in the workplace. The work rules and procedures contained in an employer’s ILRs form part of the contractual relationship between employer and employee if they are duly registered.

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In this issue we present Cambodian regulations and information touching on the following:

• Pronouncement on licensing of financial lease companies

• Order on business names of factories and handicrafts

• Instruction on development of coastal areas of the Kingdom of Cambodia

• Promulgation of the Law on Control of Drugs

• Tax collection on all kinds of transportation means and vehicles for the year 2012

• Establishment of Special Economic Zone Administration of Neangkok-Koh Kong

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In this issue we present Cambodian regulations and information touching on the following:

• Instruction on the implementation of tax collection on immovable property
• Promulgation of the Law on Public Procurement
• Promulgation of the Law on Prisons
• Promulgation of the Law on Determination of Number of Seats of the National Assembly for the 5th Legislature
• Identification of Poor Families

 

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