MINISTRY OF TRADE

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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Independence - Freedom - Happiness

 

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  No: 0622/BTM – PC

Hanoi, 26 January, 2007

Re: Updating the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation and preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam

 

     

 

To:                  - Ministries, Ministry-leval Agencies, Units under the Government

- People’s Committees of Provinces and Cities under central Authority

                                                - Central Agencies

 

            On April 12, 2006, Ministry of Trade issued the Correspondent No. 2246/BTM-PC announcing the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation and special treatment in trade relations with Vietnam, in order to implement the Decree No. 94/1998/NĐ-CP dated November 17, 1998 by the Government detailing implementation of the Law on amendment of and supplement to a number of articles of the Import-Export Tax Law. On September 20, 2006, Ministry of Trade issued the Correspondent No. 5870/BTM-KV4 announcing the adding of Sri Lanka to the list of countries having agreement on the most favoured-nation treatment with.

 

            After Vietnam has officially become a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ministry of Trade would like to announce the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation (MFN) and preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam as follows:

 

            Appendix 1: List of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation treatment in commodity trade relations with Vietnam.

 

            Appendix 2: List of countries and territories having agreement on preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam.

 

            Imported goods originated from those countries specified in the Appendix 2, if have not been inluded in the list of goods subject to tax reduction that Vietnam committed to, will be applied with the preferential export rate,. These two Appendixes attached to this Correspondence will replace the two previously issued Appendixes attached to the Correspondence No. 2246/BTM-PC dated April 12, 2006 by Ministry of Trade.

 

The Ministry of Trade hereby notifies related agencies for their acknowledgement and implementation./.

           

           

To:

- As above;

- Concerned Minister and Deputy Ministers;

- Ministry of Trade: Department I, II, III, IV, Import-Export Department, Multilateral Trade Policy Department, E-Commerce Department

- Archive, Legal Department (2).

FOR MINISTER OF TRADE

DEPUTY MINISTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luong Van Tu

 

 


 

APPENDIX 1

 

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES HAVING AGREEMENT FOR THE MOST-FAVOURED NATION STATUS IN COMMODITY TRADE RELATION WITH VIETNAM

 

I. Countries and territories which are members of WTO

 

NO

Name of country/ territory

1.      

Republic of Albania

2.      

Republic of Angola

3.      

Antigua and Barbuda

4.      

Republic of Argentine

5.      

Republic of Armenia

6.      

Commonwealth of Australia

7.      

Kingdom of Bahrain

8.      

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

9.      

Barbados

10.  

Belize

11.  

Republic of Benin

12.  

Republic of Bolivia

13.  

Republic of Botswana

14.  

Federative Republic of Brazil

15.  

State of Brunei Darussalam

16.  

Burkina Faso

17.  

Republic of Burundi

18.  

Kingdom of Cambodia

19.  

Republic of Cameroon

20.  

Republic of Canada

21.  

Central African Republic

22.  

Republic of  Tchad

23.  

Republic of Chile

24.  

People’s Republic of China

25.  

Republic of Colombia

26.  

Republic of Congo

27.  

Republic of Costa Rica

28.  

Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

29.  

Republic of Croatia

30.  

Republic of Cuba

31.  

Democratic Republic of Congo

32.  

Republic of Djibouti

33.  

Commonwealth of Dominica (island nation)

34.  

Dominican Republic

35.  

Republic of Ecuador

36.  

Arab Republic of Egypt

37.  

Republic of El Salvador

38.  

European Union (27 nations)

39.  

Republic of the Fiji Islands

40.  

Republic of Macedonia

41.  

Republic of Gabon

42.  

Republic of  The Gambia

43.  

Republic of Georgia

44.  

Republic of Ghana

45.  

Grenada

46.  

Republic of Guatemala

47.  

Republic of Guinea

48.  

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

49.  

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

50.  

Republic of Haiti

51.  

Republic of Honduras

52.  

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

53.  

Republic of Iceland

54.  

Republic of India

55.  

Republic of Indonesia

56.  

State of Israel

57.  

Jamaica

58.  

Japan

59.  

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

60.  

Republic of Kenya

61.  

Republic of Korea

62.  

State of Kuwait

63.  

Kyrgyz Republic

64.  

Kingdom of Lesotho

65.  

Principality of Liechtenstein

66.  

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

67.  

Republic of Madagascar

68.  

Republic of Malawi

69.  

Malaysia

70.  

Republic of Maldives

71.  

Republic of Mali

72.  

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

73.  

Republic of Mauritius

74.  

United Mexican States

75.  

Republic of Moldova

76.  

People’s Republic of Mongolia

77.  

Kingdom of Morocco

78.  

Republic of Mozambique

79.  

Union of Myanmar

80.  

Republic of Namibia

81.  

State of Nepal

82.  

New Zealand

83.  

Republic of Nicaragua

84.  

Republic of Niger

85.  

Federal Republic of Nigeria

86.  

Kingdom of Norway

87.  

Sultanate of Oman

88.  

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

89.  

Republic of Panama

90.  

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

91.  

Republic of Paraguay

92.  

Republic of Peru

93.  

Republic of the Philippines

94.  

State of Qatar

95.  

Republic of Rwanda

96.  

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

97.  

Saint Lucia

98.  

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

99.  

Kingdom of Saudi Arab

100.                     

Republic of Senegal

101.                     

Republic of Sierra Leone

102.                     

Republic of Singapore

103.                     

Solomon Islands

104.                     

Republic of South Africa

105.                     

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

106.                     

Republic of Suriname

107.                     

Kingdom of Swaziland

108.                     

Swiss Confederation

109.                     

Chinese Taipei

110.                     

United Republic of Tanzania

111.                     

Kingdom of Thailand

112.                     

Republic of Togo

113.                     

Republic of Trinidad và Tobago

114.                     

Tunisian Republic

115.                     

Republic of Turkey

116.                     

Republic of Uganda

117.                     

United Arab Emirates

118.                     

United States of America

119.                     

Eastern Republic of Uruguay

120.                     

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

121.                     

Republic of Zambia

122.                     

Republic of Zimbabwe

 

II. European Union

 

NO

European Union

123.                     

Republic of Ireland

124.                     

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

125.                     

Republic of Austria

126.                     

Republic of Poland

127.                     

Kingdom of Belgium

128.                     

Portuguese Republic