Laws in Vietnam

1.   Buffalo tending in the city     (Chăn trâu ở thành phố) People would not expect to see herds of buffalo and cows in the center of bustling Saigon. More importantly, the 'shepherds' can earn tens of thousands of USD from this job.  (Nhiều người sẽ không mong muốn để nhìn thấy những đàn trâu và đàn bò trong trung tâm nhộn nhịp Sài Gòn. Quan trọng hơn, những người chăn trâu có thể kiếm hàng chục nghìn USD từ công việc này) The herds of buffalo and cows numbering hundreds of head are tended on open grounds in the wards of Cat Lai, Thanh My Loi, and An Phu in District 2, HCM City. Actually, the cattle are released free to graze. The owners come on motorcycles to round up the cattle and take them home in late afternoon. (Những đàn trâu và đàn bò đánh hàng trăm con được chăn thả trên vùng đất trống ở phường Cát Lái, Thành Mỹ Lợi, và An Phú ở quận 2, TP.HCM. Tất nhiên, gia súc được thả tự do để gặm cỏ. Những người chủ đi xe máy xung quanh gia sú...

1. Spathiphyllum (Lan ý/Huệ hòa bình) The belief exists that this plant will bring happiness and love into your home. Spathiphyllum not only sucks up excess moisture, thereby normalizing the climate in your home, but also destroys mold spores. It will be most healthy if the temperature is kept around 18°C. 2. Coffea Out of 100 different types of plant, people usually choose to grow the Arabic or Congolese coffee shrub, which provide various sorts of Arabica and Robusta coffee. They bear fruit only in their fifth or sixth year, so it’s best to buy a fully grown one. These plants require a good watering as well as a certain degree of shade. They’re great at absorbing excess moisture and filling the air with a wonderful tropical smell when they flower. 3. Myrtus (Hương đào) Myrtus is a symbol of peace and pleasure. In the past, people believed that this plant was sacred and that it was able to give old people their youth back and provide travelers with energy an...

Health Breathing clean, non-toxic air should be a reality for everyone, but the World Health Organization attributes 3.7 million deaths each year to air pollution. They project that by 2030, climate change will cause hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from ailments such as malaria, heat stress and malnutrition. Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit this century. For the world’s low-lying island nations, the rise in temperature also means a rise in sea levels and more frequent and intense storms, like 2015’s Tropical Cyclone Winston. Agriculture That’s how much we’ll need in order to feed Earth’s projected population of 9 billion. Yet according to the Climate Institute, conventional growing methods generate a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions – which disrupt agricultural yields. It gets worse: Land use and agriculture account for two out of three of the main causes in greenhouse gases ov...

Follow the provisions in , cases of exemption from license fees shall be consistent with Article 3 of the Government's Decree No. 139/2016/ND-CP on license fees. With regard to cases of exemption from license fees prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 2 Article 3 of Decree No. 139/2016/ND-CP - The annual revenue of less than or equal to VND 100 million used to determine an individual, a group of individuals, or a household eligible for exemption from license fees is the total assessable revenue with regard to personal income tax in accordance with regulations of law on personal income tax. - The individuals, groups of individuals and households engaging in irregular business or business without fixed locations shall be consistent with guidance in Point a Clause 1 Article 3 of Circular No. 92/2015/TT-BTC , include: +  Individuals being members of cooperatives and cooperatives that have paid license fees as prescribed in regulations on cooperative; +  Individuals...

1. Conditions for registration of multi-level marketing activities - It is an enterprise established in Vietnam in accordance with law which has registered the retail business by the mode of multi-level marketing. - Its legal capital. - Goods traded by the mode of multi-level marketing conform with the enterprise registration certificate or the investment certificate. - It satisfies the business conditions or has obtained a certificate of eligibility for business as prescribed by law in case it trades in goods subject to conditional business. - It opens an escrow account at a commercial bank operating in Vietnam. - It has rules of operation, bonus payment program and basic training program in accordance with law. - Partnership members, for partnerships; private enterprise owners; members, for limited liability companies; founding shareholders, for joint stock companies; and at-law representatives, for limited liability and joint stock companies, must be those who have not held o...

Lost coastal ecosystems Due to warmer and more acidic oceans, rising sea levels, overfishing and other threats, as many as 980,000 hectares of coastal ecosystems — an area larger than New York City — is destroyed each year. What’s worse, the 1-to-4-foot sea-level rise expected by 2100 will only intensify the storm surges and erosion ruining the planet’s coral reefs, shoreline forests and tidal wetlands. As these ecosystems are damaged and lost, island nations and coastal communities are most at risk. Protectors under siege Coral reefs are vibrant metropolises under the sea, home to more than 25 percent of known marine species. They also help coastal communities resist storm surges: During major storm events, reefs act as protective shields for vulnerable shorelines. With the ocean continuing to absorb heat and human-generated carbon dioxide at such an alarming rate — and destructive fishing practices running rampant — virtually all coral reefs could be under threat in the next 30 y...

This article belongs to the series on comparison and differentiation of crimes and acts. Today, I shall distinguish the crimes of "Child rape” and “Sodomy on a child" pursuant to Article 112 and Article 115 of the 1999's Criminal Code . In fact, several law students are confused and fail to differentiate those crimes. This article shall clarify the issue. Rape of a child Sodomy on a child Perpetrator From 14 years of age From 18 years of age Victim Less than 16 years of age From 13 to less than 16 years of age Penalty - Sexual intercourse (whether consensual or coercive) with a child aged below 13: Imprisonment for 12 to 20 years, life imprisonment or death - Coercion of a victim (aged 13 to below 16) into sexual intercourse: Imprisonment for 7 to 15 years. Sexual intercourse (consensual): imprisonment for 1 to 5 years. Aggravation A crime committed in the following aggravating circums...

The Number One New Year's Resolution Among Employees For 2017 Lots of changes in store in 2017 for employers if employees carry out their New Year's resolutions! Sixty-two percent of American workers' New Year's resolutions include making a work-related change, according to Spherion Staffing's latest WorkSphere survey. Changes include overall performance improvement, learning a new professional skill, finding a new job, negotiating a higher salary, embarking on a new career or starting a new business. (Nếu người lao động thực hiện những mục tiêu của họ trong năm 2017 thì chủ lao động sẽ có nhiều thay đổi. Theo nghiên cứu Worisphere mới nhất của Spherion Staffing, có 62% mục tiêu trong năm mới của người lao động Mỹ liên quan tới tạo ra sự thay đồi trong công việc của họ. ) It should come as no surprise to employers that employees are starting the New Year off with a fresh eye towards what the future holds for their careers. Now's the time for comp...

Deforestation Though deforestation is more commonly associated with tropical areas, mountain trees have also been unsustainably cleared for farming, mining and logging. In the mountains of southwest China, for instance, only 8% of original forest remains. When forest cover is lost, runoff and soil erosion increase, causing landslides, avalanches and floods. Like their tropical counterparts, mountain forests store large quantities of carbon; their loss exacerbates climate change. Food insecurity Mountain glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates, threatening the plants and animals that mountain people, already among the world’s poorest citizens, depend on for survival. The number of people living in mountain areas in developing countries facing food insecurity rose 30% between 2000 and 2012, from 253 million to nearly 329 million. That means that one in three people who live in mountain areas — urban and rural — faced hunger and malnutrition, compared with one in nine globally. ...

The condition of our home dictates how much food there is to eat. Today, nearly 1 billion people are without enough food — and food demand is predicted to double by 2050. The global agricultural industry is responsible for 80 percent of deforestation each year as well as the consumption of 70 percent of Earth’s available fresh water. To feed our growing population, we have to find sustainable ways to utilize our natural resources. Access to drinkable water is a human right that too many are being denied. More than than 99 percent of fresh water on Earth is not readily available for human consumption. The United Nations estimates that half the global population will face water stress in the next 15 years. With just 30 percent of available fresh water diverted away from the agricultural sector, it is more important than ever to strengthen our freshwater ecosystems to avoid water scarcity. Unfortunately, six out of 10 lakes in the U.S. are already too polluted for fishing or swimming. ...

6. Networking and social connections always help (Mạng lưới mối quan hệ luôn giúp ích cho bạn) In college your friends could be your world. But in life you can’t sustain without networking and social connections. You need a job referral; you need a new house; you need to start a business; you need to start your social activists group. This all means you need good relations with people. (Ở trường đại học bạn bè là cả thế giới của bạn. Nhưng trong cuộc sống, bạn không thể tồn tại mà không cần đến mạng lưới mối quan hệ. Bạn cần giới thiệu việc làm, một ngôi nhà mới, gây  dựng một doanh nghiệp, thành lập nhóm các nhà hoạt động xã hội... Điều này có nghĩa là bạn cần quan hệ tốt với mọi người.) 7. Saving money isn’t easy (Tiết kiệm tiền không phải là dễ dàng) The quest to explore life, the thrill of being 100 feet in the sky, the joy of savoring the red wine in a vineyard, the scuba diving experience with the corals and sea creatures. For any of these adventures, you ne...

College life is something that teaches US many things. It tells US how irritating and annoying can people be in the beginning; yet at the end these people are the ones whom we call our best buddies. (Trường đời dạy cho bạn nhiều điều hơn bất cứ trường đại học nào mang lại. Cuộc sống không hề màu hồng như khi bạn còn là sinh viên, cũng không dễ dàng như bạn nghĩ.) Here are 11 life lessons that you won't learn from years at the university. (Dưới đây là 11 bài học cuộc sống mà bạn không được học trong những năm ngồi trên ghế nhà trường) 1. The courses and classes can’t be used much  (Các kiến thức trong khóa học và lớp học có thể không được sử dụng nhiều) The guy who sits next to you in the office may not have taken the same course that you did. The two of you may belong to different academic backgrounds, still you both earn the same respect and money. No one asks you what you learned in college, but you have to learn things on your own and finish the task which your bo...

4. A house on sale is under mortgage at a bank An owner’s sale of his property that is being mortgaged to a bank results in a variety of legal risks to the buyer. Precaution:   Solicit information from the banks and the Department of Construction that manages the location of the property on sale to verify its mortgage status. For a real estate project or an apartment project, verify the banks' guarantee for such project. 5. Buyer fulfills the deposit and punctual payments for a project that is then suspended Several projects, though suspended, linger on in years. The main investor of such a project has taken buyers' deposits and punctual payments but fails to continue the project because the finances sourced from buyers do not suffice or the main investor violates the law and faces criminal prosecution. Precaution:   Learn about the main investor of a real estate project before making a purchase, and choose those prestigious in the real estate market. 6. Pap...

Money may not buy real estate. Legal risks to the purchase of real estate abound despite the abundance of opportunities to buy houses in the currently progressive market economy. Such risks not only hinder real estate purchases but also exhaust buyers’ finances. I, therefore, post the “solutions against common legal risks to the purchase of real estate” and expect experienced legal specialists to discuss and share their experience in handling various circumstances for everyone to avoid such risks. 1. Seller of a property takes deposits from several buyers At this vital stage of a real estate purchase process, risks are inevitable. A seller in dire need of money willfully puts his property for sale at a moderate price and takes deposits from every prospective buyer. Solution:   The sole measure in this circumstance, for protecting a buyer’s rights, may be a deposit contract with the seller, which is notarized to validate its legality. For reducing expenses and as being af...