Vietnam – Supporting Businesses, Cooperatives, And Business Households In The Context Of The Covid-19 Epidemic.

29 September 2021
 

On 09 September 2021, the Government issued Resolution No. 105/NQ-CP on supporting businesses, cooperatives, and business households in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. Accordingly, the Government decided the main groups of tasks and solutions as follows:

 

The Ministry of Health shall coordinate with individuals and organizations in:

 

• Continuing to rationally and effectively allocate COVID-19 vaccine resources. At the same time, adding the priority subjects for getting vaccinated include employees of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households;

 

• Issuing documents for guiding the purchase of biological products and testing equipment by enterprises, cooperatives, and business households, self-testing, and the recognition of test results; and

 

• Researching the mechanisms, guiding, creating conditions, and encouraging for enterprises to import vaccines.

 

The Ministry of Information and Communications shall:

 

• Issuing the electronic handbook to guide the response to COVID-19; and

 

• Building a digital technology platform to serve the prevention and control of COVID-19.

 

• The Ministry of Transport shall guide the localities to uniformly implement the "green channel" transport for transporting goods safely and smoothly.

 

• The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall strengthen market management, ensure the balance of important and essential materials and goods for production and life.

 

• The Ministry of Finance directs the General Department of Customs to allow the enterprises, cooperatives, and business households to submit scanned copies certified by digital signatures for documents that must be submitted in paper copies/certified copies as prescribed to solve bottlenecks when clearing goods. In addition, the enterprises, cooperatives, and business households shall submit additionally after the goods are cleared for post-inspection.

 

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall:

 

• Issuing the policies related to the reduction of premiums or support from the balance of short-term social insurance funds;

 

• Proposing exemption from fines for late payment of social insurance arising in 2020 and 2021; and

 

• Directing localities to implement flexibly and loosen some regulations/conditions on the grant/renewal/confirmation of work permits for foreign workers working in Vietnam in accordance with the new context.

 

The Ministry of Finance shall:

 

• Implementing the policies on loosening and reduction of taxes, fees, charges, and land rent. At the same time, implementing preferential tax policies for imported goods to fund the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic; and

 

• Considering and researching to continue to extend the deadline for paying excise tax for domestically manufactured and assembled cars until the end of 2021. At the same time, consider reducing the registration fee for cars which are manufactured, produced, and assembled domestically.

 

• The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism shall allow the travel service businesses to receive an 80% reduction in the deposit for travel service business until the end of 2023, reducing the time to settle the refund of the deposit for the travel service business from 60 days to 30 days.