The Labor Code (revised), the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms, regulations regarding marriage involving foreign elements are among legal documents to take effect since May.
The new Labor Code, which includes 17 chapters and 242 articles, was designed to promote gender equality in recruitment, use, training and salary regime for laborers.
Under the law, maternity leave will increase to six months in stead of the current four months. However, female laborers can go back to work after taking at least four months for maternity leave.
The retirement age of men and women will be 60 and 55, respectively.
With five chapters and 35 articles, the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms covers measures to reduce the use of tobacco, control tobacco supply as well as condition to prevent harms.
Marriage involving foreign elements
On March 28, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 24/2013/ND-CP to guide the Marriage and Family Law on marriage and family relations involving foreign elements.
Under the law, marriage registration will be refused in the following cases:
- One or both parties fail to reach the marriage ages according to Vietnamese laws;
- The foreign party fails to be eligible for the marriage according to the laws of the country which he/she is citizen of or where he/she permanently resides (for stateless persons);
- The marriage is not voluntarily decided by the male and/or the female;
- There is deception, coercion in the marriage;
- One or both parties are having wife or husband;
- One or both parties lose the civil act capacity;
- The marriage parties are in the direct lines of descent or relatives within three generations;
- The marriage parties are or were once the adoptive father, adoptive mother and the adopted daughter, son; the father-in-law and daughter-in-law; the mother-in-law and son-in-law; the step father and his step- daughter; the step-mother and her step-son;
- The marriage parties are of the same sex (marriage between men, marriage between women).
Marriage registration will also be rejected if the interview, inspection and verification results show that the marriage is conducted through illegal brokerage or is sham, not for the purpose of building a prosperous, equitable, progressive, happy and sustainable family; or aims at human trafficking, labor exploitation, sexually abusing women or other self-seeking purposes.
Environmental remediation in mineral extraction
According to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s Decision No. 18/2013/QD-TTg dated March 29, 2013, environmental improvement and remediation are required in mineral extraction.
All organizations and individuals involved in mineral extraction have to make and submit environmental improvement and remediation plans to competent authorities for consideration and approval.
Besides, the subjects shall make supplementary environmental remediation projects including: organizations and individuals requesting the adjustment of the Licenses for mineral extraction; organizations and individuals applying for extension of Licenses for mineral extraction; Organizations and individuals applying for changes in environmental remediation projects.
Legal documents to take effect since May
The Labor Code (revised), the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms, regulations regarding marriage involving foreign elements are among legal documents to take effect since May.
Source: VGP
