Viet Nam and the WTO

This page gathers key information on Viet Nam's participation in the WTO. Viet Nam has been a member of the WTO since 11 January 2007.

National site
Vietnam Industry and Trade Information Center (This site is selected by the Vietnamese delegation)

Member profiles

News

Accession to the WTO

Full details of the accession process
Principal accession documents
(Working Party report, protocol of accession, General Council decision)
General Council approves Viet Nam's membership
Press release, 7 November 2006
All official documents relating to the accession process > help

Goods schedules and tariff data

Get tariff data — includes explanations of bound and applied rates, the HS system and related jargon
See the goods schedules gateway for explanations and background
Viet Nam's goods schedules

Services schedules and MFN exemptions

help on reading a services schedule
services schedule
services database (opens new window)
You can use this database to retrieve the services schedule for a Member, or to compare services commitments across Members. The database does not include data on current negotiations.
all commitments and exemptions on services. Provides the original official documents from Viet Nam. Not consolidated (i.e. first documents may be amended/substituted by subsequent documents).

Trade Policy Reviews of Viet Nam

See the TPR gateway for explanations and background

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Viet Nam TPR documents > search > help

Dispute cases involving Viet Nam

Place your mouse over a dispute number in the table below to see the title of the dispute. Click on the dispute number to go to a page giving detailed information for that dispute.

See the dispute settlement gateway for explanations and background.

Notifications from Viet Nam

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> comprehensive help on Documents Online

Agriculture (Document code G/AG/N/VNM/*) > search
Antidumping (Document code G/ADP/N/* and VNM) > search
Balance of payments (Document code WT/BOP/N/*) > search
Customs valuation (Document code G/VAL/N/* and VNM) > search
Government procurement (Document code GPA/* and keyword varies) > search
Import licensing (Document code G/LIC/N/* and VNM) > search
Information technology products (Document code varies) > search
Intellectual Property Rights (see TRIPS below)
Regional trade Agreements (Code WT/REG* and N) > search
Rules of origin (Document code G/RO/N/*) > search
Safeguards (Document code G/SG/N/* and VNM) > search
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (Document code G/SPS/N/VNM/*) > search
Services (Document code S/C/N/*) > search
State trading enterprises (Document code G/STR/N/* and VNM) > search
Subsidies and countervailing measures (Document code G/SCM/N/* and VNM) > search
Technical barriers to trade notifications under the TBT Agreement can be found under the TBT gateway
Textiles notifications can be found by Article under the textiles gateway
Trade and development (Document code WT/COMTD/N/*) > search
Trade-related investment measures (Code G/TRIMS/N/* and VNM) > search
TRIPS notifications can be found by Article under the Members’ transparency toolkit

Acceptance of multilateral instruments

Membership of plurilateral agreements

Membership of RTAs & PTAs

Case studies

Preparation by Viet Nam's Banking Sector for WTO Accession

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