6 October 2021
On 25 September 2021, the Government issued Decree No 85/2021/ND-CP on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP on e-commerce with the main following contents:
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Supplementing the concept of e-commerce services. At the same time, it is clear that those who are not considered as traders/ organizations providing e-commerce services, specifically traders and organizations that only provide website design services and do not participate directly in e-commerce. engage in business, operate or coordinate activities on that website.
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Amending and supplementing the act of taking advantage of e-commerce activities to do business by the multi-level method but have not yet been granted a certificate of registration of multi-level sale activities, to the list of prohibited acts in e-commerce.
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Amending and supplementing the subject of e-commerce activities and the principles of e-commerce activities.
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Regulating about the information of goods and services that the traders/ organizations shall provide to their customers.
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Modifying and supplementing the operation forms of the e-commerce exchange. Specifically include: (1) Website allowing participants to open booths to display and introduce goods or services; (2) Website allows participants to open accounts to perform the process of entering into contracts with customers; (3) The website has a buying and selling section, which allows participants to post information on buying and selling goods and services; and (4) The social network with one of the forms of above activities and the participants directly or indirectly pay fees for the performance of such activities.
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Amending regulations on responsibilities of traders and organizations providing e-commerce exchange services.
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Annulling the regulation that traders and organizations providing online auction services are not allowed to organize online auctions if they do not register for the business of auction services.
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Adding content on the management of e-commerce activities
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