On May 31, 2021, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No.2669/THCQ-GSQL to the Customs Departments of provinces and cities on the use of electronic copies of self-certification documents of origin of goods in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Vietnam - EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Date: 25/01/2021 By: Ministry of Finance

The EVFTA was signed and officially entered into force on August 1, 2020. The content of trade remedies is specified in chapter 3 of the Agreement, including measures to protect members’ domestic production industry protection in the event of unfair competition (dumping/subsidy) and/or a sudden increase in imported goods, leading to damage to the domestic industry due to the implementation the Agreement.

On September 18, 2020, the Government issued Decree No. 111/2020/ND-CP on Vietnam's Special Preferential Export and Import Tariffs to under the Free Trade Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the European Union in the period 2020 - 2022 implement commitments on opening the goods market in the EVFTA Agreement.

This regulation is guided in Clause 1 (c), Article 19, Circular No. 11/2020/TT-BCT dated June 15, 2020 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on rules of origin in the EVFTA. 

Issuing Date: 01/09/2020 Issuing authority : Government

The Implementation plans of EVFTA Agreement from the Vietnam Government, Ministries, Departments and Local Authorities

To implement Circular No. 11/2020 / TT-BCT on rules of origin in EVFTA Agreement and support traders to export goods while taking advantage of EVFTA preferences, Agency of Foreign Trade - Ministry of Industry and Trade has just issued Official Letter No. 812 / XNK-XXHH sent to trade associations and exporters to provide guidance on certificates of origin.

In order to implement Article 4.11 of EVFTA Agreement, the General Department of Customs has issued a document 5079/TCHQ-GSQL guiding the provisions on customs declarants in case foreign traders do not have a presence in Vietnam.