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 / 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 Request 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.

Issuing date: 24/07/2020 Issuing authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade

On June 30th, 2019, the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EVFTA) was signed in Hanoi. Since the EVFTA Agreement was signed, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has researched and developed a Circular on Rules of origin soon to be implemented when the Agreement comes into effect.