On 22 March 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued Instruction 042/19 on The Payment of Pre-2019 Seniority Payment for Enterprises/Establishments…
On 20 March 2019, the Government issued Decree 29/2019/ND-CP (“Decree 29”) implementing Article 54.3 of Labour Code on licensing of labour outsourcing activities and…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Memorandum Circular No. 5 (s. 2019) (“Guidelines”), which contains the rules on the implementation of the ASEAN…
On 8 March 2019, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law that would streamline the permitting process of power generation, transmission, and distribution projects…
On 20 February 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines, which may be considered as a landmark…
Introduction The World Bank Group recently ranked Lao PDR as one of the most complicated destinations to start and operate a business. This served as…
In October 2013, the Sultan of Brunei declared that Brunei will implement Syariah Laws. The implementation of Syariah Law would be in 3 phases:-…
On 17 May 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT”) issued Guideline No. 050/19 (the “Guideline”) on the length of fixed duration…
Previously, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) issued Notification No. 25/2018 (“Notification No. 25”) allowing 100% foreign-owned companies as well as joint ventures between local…
The Trademarks Bill 2019 (“the Bill”) has undergone its first reading in Parliament, and is expected to be passed in the second half of…
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