To complete the regulations on lending and sponsoring in accordance with newly issued legal normative documents, the Ministry of Planning and Investment is developing a Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 39/2019/ND-CP on organization and operation of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund. This article will analyze some notable contents of the Draft related to lending and sponsoring from the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund that possibly affect business activities of enterprises.

On September 16, 2022, the Government promulgated Decree 65/2022/ND-CP amending and supplementing some articles of Decree 153/2020/ND-CP on offer and trading of privately placed corporate bonds in the domestic market and offer of corporate bonds to the international market.

On August 15, 2022, the Government issued Decree 53/2022/ND-CP elaborating a number of articles of the Law on Cybersecurity 2018 of Viet Nam. The Decree took effect from October 1, 2022. Some new points of the Decree guiding Cybersecurity Law are presented in this article.

On May 10, 2022, the Minister of Planning and Investment promulgated Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT guiding the implementation of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP providing details for the Law on Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The Circular comes into effect from June 25, 2022.

On June 16, 2022, the National Assembly promulgated the Law amending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Intellectual Property. This Law takes effect from January 1, 2023. Typical provisions of the Law amending and supplementing some articles of the Intellectual Property Law are presented in this article.

On April 4, 2022, the Ministry of Finance promulgated Circular 25/2022/TT-BTC stipulating the rates and regimes for collection, payment, management and use of fees and charges in securities sector, which replaces Circular 272/2016/TT-BTC. Circular 25/2022/TT-BTC inherits the core regulations from Circular 272/2016/TT-BTC with slight adjustments in some regulations on fees and charges payable by organizations and individuals operating in securities sector. Some notes on fees and charges in securities sector in Circular 25/2022/TT-BTC are presented in this article.