Many important policies and laws take effect from July 1, 2025

Applying 28 Decrees on decentralization and delegation of power: Many changes in procedures from July 1, 2025

From July 1, 2025, up to 28 Decrees on decentralization and delegation will take effect. Among them, a series of new procedures will change the competent authority to resolve. These include:

- The People's Committee at the commune level is granted the first Red Book to the people. This is the content stated in Article 18 of Decree 151/2025/ND-CP if all conditions for granting the Red Book are met, including no disputes, compliance with planning and no violation of land laws...

- The People's Committee at the commune level is authorized to certify translations from foreign languages ​​into Vietnamese or vice versa under the authority of the People's Committee at the commune level...

- Instead of applying according to district level as before, from July 1, 2025, the official minimum wage will be divided according to commune level according to Decree 128/2025/ND-CP...

- The household registration application can be submitted to any commune-level People's Committee where the individual resides, or the individual's place of residence is determined according to the provisions of the law on residence as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 120/2025/ND-CP...

Social Insurance Law takes effect: More cases must pay social insurance

One of the important Law projects related to millions of people across the country is the Social Insurance Law 2024, which will take effect from July 1, 2025.

Accordingly, some notable contents of this Law that cannot be ignored include:

- Employees working under indefinite-term labor contracts; labor contracts with a term of 1 month or more... are also subject to compulsory health insurance (the old regulation was contracts of 3 months or more...)

- When paying social insurance from July 1, 2025 onwards, you cannot withdraw social insurance at once if you do not fall into the following cases:

Old enough to receive pension but have not paid social insurance for 15 years

Go abroad to settle down

People suffering from one of the following diseases: cancer, paralysis, decompensated cirrhosis, severe tuberculosis, AIDS...

- Paying social insurance for 15 years is also entitled to pension according to Article 64 of the Law on Social Insurance if reaching retirement age...

VAT Law 2024 takes effect: Officially replacing tax codes with identification numbers

As one of the Law projects that has a great impact on consumer tax policy nationwide from July 1, 2025, the Value Added Tax Law 2024 also takes effect from July 1, 2025.

Accordingly, from July 1, 2025, taxpayers... will use personal identification numbers instead of tax codes. In particular, the personal identification number of Vietnamese citizens issued by the Ministry of Public Security is a 12-digit natural number sequence used instead of the tax code of individual taxpayers, dependents...

At the same time, when purchasing goods and services under 20 million VND, there must be a non-cash payment document, except in some cases prescribed by the Government.

Previously, according to Clause 2, Article 12 of the 2008 Law on Value Added Tax, goods and services purchased at a time with a value of less than 20 million VND did not need to have non-cash payment documents to deduct value added tax...

Applying a series of new regulations of the Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue 2024

The Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue 2024, effective from July 1, 2025, has added a series of new regulations in fire prevention and fighting.

Accordingly, this Law supplements regulations on ensuring fire safety for houses combined with business:

There must be signs and separation of explosive production areas from residential areas.

Not providing sleeping quarters, fire alarms, ventilation, gas leak detection equipment, and fireproofing of escape routes when there are flammable or explosive goods.

Have fire prevention and fighting equipment suitable to the ability and actual conditions to be ready to fight fires and escape.

Arrange and maintain escape routes, emergency exits or passages to ensure escape...

Amended Law on Health Insurance 2024

A series of benefits and regulations related to health insurance will be applied from July 1, 2025 according to the Law amending the Law on Health Insurance in 2024. Below are some notable contents:

- Amend and update participants, add additional participants to compulsory health insurance:

Village health workers, village midwives;

People participating in the force to protect security and order at the grassroots level

People aged 75 and over receiving monthly pension benefits, people aged 70 to under 75 years old from near-poor households receiving monthly pension benefits;

- Medical examination and treatment at home is still covered by health insurance because according to Clause 16, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing the Law on Health Insurance amended in 2024, medical examination and treatment, including remote medical examination and treatment, support for remote medical examination and treatment, family medical examination and treatment, medical examination and treatment at home, rehabilitation, periodic pregnancy check-ups, childbirth...

Continue VAT reduction policy from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026

On the morning of June 17, 2025, the National Assembly passed a Resolution of the National Assembly on reducing Value Added Tax.

Accordingly, the National Assembly resolved: Reduce the Value Added Tax rate by 2%, to 8%, applicable to groups of goods and services except for the following groups of goods and services:

Telecommunications,

Financial activities, banking, securities, insurance, real estate business,

Metal products, mining products (except coal),

Goods and services subject to special consumption tax (except gasoline).

The Resolution takes effect from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.

In addition, from July 1, 2025, there will be other laws taking effect such as: Law on Trade Unions 2024 (Issued: November 27, 2024). Law on Notarization 2024 (Issued: November 26, 2024). Law on Archives (Issued: June 21, 2024). Law on Data 2024 (Issued: November 30, 2024). Amended Law on Pharmacy (Issued: November 21, 2024). Law on Geology and Minerals 2024 (Issued: November 29, 2024). Law on People's Air Defense 2024 (Issued: November 27, 2024). Law on Defense Industry, Security and Industrial Mobilization 2024 (Issued: June 27, 2024). Law on Cultural Heritage (Issued: November 23, 2024). Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking 2024 (Issued: November 28, 2024). Law on Urban and Rural Planning 2024 (Issued: November 26, 2024).