Viet Nam Member profile
Status of notification in the reporting periods
2010-2012
2012-2014
2014-2016
2016-2018
2018-2020
2020-2022
2022-2024
2024-2026
Notification information
Types of restrictions
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 HS chapters notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 WTO justifications notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
Top 10 Non-WTO commitments notified
All biennial periods and all notifications
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Trade policy review
Latest Trade Policy Review (Report by the WTO Secretariat): WT/TPR/S/410/Rev.1
A. Import prohibitions and restrictions and import licensing
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Viet Nam applies import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing in accordance with: the Law on Foreign Trade Management (Law No. 05/2017/QH14, issued on 12 June 2017, and entered into force on 1 January 2018); and other documents including Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP (detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management), issued on 15 May 2018 (replacing Decree No. 187/2013/ND-CP).
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Other relevant legislation includes: (i) the 2007 Law on Chemicals (as amended in 2018); (ii) Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP (specifying and providing guidelines for implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals), issued on 9 October 2017; (iii) the 2000 Law on Drug Prevention and Combat (as amended in 2008); (iv) MOIT Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BCT; (v) Circular No. 11/2018/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications (on detailing list of used information technology products prohibited from import with their HS codes), issued on 15 October 2018; (vi) Circular No. 173/2018/TT-BQP of the Ministry of National Defence (on promulgating the list of specific prohibited exports and imports subject to the administration of the Ministry of National Defence), issued on 31 December 2018; (vii) Decree No. 25/2012/ND-CP (detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the ordinance on management and use of weapons, explosives, and supporting tools), issued on 5 April 2012[134]; and (viii) Decree No. 66/2017/ND-CP (on prescribing the conditions for doing business in camouflaged sound recording, video recording, and positioning devices and software), issued on 19 May 2017.[135]
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Goods subject to import prohibition include certain chemicals, weapons, right-hand drive vehicles, and certain used consumer goods (Table 3.7), unchanged since 2013.[136]
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Goods subject to import restrictions, which entail various import licensing requirements, are shown in Table A3.4. The licensing requirement is also employed to administer importation of goods subject to tariff quotas.
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Articles 11 to 14 of the Law on Foreign Trade Management stipulate circumstances when temporary suspension from export or import can be taken. The suspension of import or export may be imposed if products are subject to the urgent control measure for the foreign trade management prescribed in Chapter V (Articles 100-102) of the Law (e.g. products affected by war, natural disaster, epidemics, or environmental incidents; products producing serious effects on health and the environment; and balance of payment reasons). In accordance with the Law and MOIT Circular No. 22/2019/TT-BCT, issued on 12 November 2019, international trade and temporary import of plywood into Viet Nam for re-export to the United States is suspended between 27 December 2019 and 31 December 2024.[137] In addition, under MOIT Circular No. 27/2019/TT-BCT, issued on 15 November 2019, some scraps are subject to temporary suspension from temporary import, re-export, and border-gate transfer between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024.[138]
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The automatic import licensing requirement applied to steel products was eliminated under MOIT Circular No. 17/2014/TT-BCT, issued on 16 June 2014. Currently, Viet Nam does not apply an automatic import licensing requirement.
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MOIT Decision No. 1380/QD-BCT, issued on 25 March 2011, indicating goods not encouraged or discouraged for imports is still in force.
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Quotas apply to imports of HCFCs under MOIT Circular No. 51/2018/TT-BCT, issued on 19 December 2018, which amended some provisions of Joint Circular No. 47/2011/TTLT-BCT-BTNMT of the MOIT and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, issued on 30 December 2011. The amendment concerned changes regarding HCFC imports.
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Viet Nam did not introduce measures relating to import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
B. Export prohibitions and restrictions
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As in the case of imports, Viet Nam enforces export prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing in accordance with the Law on Foreign Trade Management and Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP (Table A3. 7).[153]
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In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Viet Nam imposed temporary export licensing requirements on face masks (HS 6307.90.40 and HS 6307.90.90) between 11 March 2020 and 29 April 2020, and temporary export quotas on rice (HS 1006) for the purpose of national food security between 10 April 2020 and 1 May 2020. Currently, Viet Nam has no export quotas.
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Viet Nam does not use minimum export prices.
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