The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation ("MOFTEC") (now replaced by the Ministry of Commerce) recently issued a decision (the "Decision") to amend and clarify the Tentative Provisions relating to the Establishment of Companies with an Investment Nature by Foreign Investors (the "Investment Company Provisions"), promulgated by MOFTEC on 4 April 1995, and the two Supplementary Provisions issued by MOFTEC in August 1999 and May 2001 respectively to supplement the Investment Company

George Tinson, had a beautiful house on Hong Kong Island called Postbridge at the top of Repulse Bay Road, located near Wong Nai Chung Gap with lovely views overlooking Repulse Bay.

The much-awaited new Land Law was passed by the National Assembly on 6 November 2003. It is a single comprehensive piece of legislation that attempts to deal with current land issues of concern to all land users. However, foreign investors may be disappointed to find that the right to mortgage land use rights to offshore lenders is not provided for and they must still lease land from the State. Foreign individuals are still not permitted to purchase homes in Vietnam; and overseas Vietnamese allo

In the past, all technology transfer contracts had to be registered before they were legally enforceable in the PRC. However, according to the new regulations on technology import and export which came into effect on 1 January, 2002, a new category of technology, the import or export of which does not require the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation ("MOFTEC"), was created.