List of prohibited exports according to Vietnam’s current regulations

Nguyen Trinh

14:27, 29/08/2018

Prohibition of export is a measure imposed by the competent authority to prohibit delivering products from domestic markets to customs-controlled areas or out of territory of Vietnam, which shall be imposed in certain circumstances as prescribed by law.

According to Article 10 of the Law on Foreign Trade Management 2017 of Vietnam, the list of prohibited exports and imports is made by the Government. Specifically, according to the Appendix I issued together with Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the list of prohibited exports includes:

No.	Description	Ministry or ministerial-level agency in charge
1	Weapons, ammunitions, explosives (excluding industrial explosives), military technical equipment.	The Ministry of National Defense
2	Encrypted products used for protection of state secrets.	The Ministry of National Defense
3	a) Relics, antiques and national precious objects in accordance with the law on cultural heritage. b) Assorted cultural products banned from dissemination and circulation or decided to be suspended from dissemination and circulation, or subject to revocation, confiscation and destruction in Vietnam.	The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
4	a) Assorted publications banned from dissemination and circulation in Vietnam. b) Postage stamps banned from trading, exchange, display and dissemination in accordance with the Law on Post.	The Ministry of Information and Communications
5	Logs, sawn timber from domestic natural forests.	The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
6	a) Samples of precious, rare and endangered animals and plants under Appendix I of CITES derived from natural resources; or samples of precious, rare and endangered forest animals and plants under which need to be placed under category IA, IB prescribed in Decree No. 32/2006/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government on export for commercial purpose. b) Samples and processed products of species: white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), African elephants (Loxodonta africana). c) Wild precious, rare and endangered species category I. d) Aquatic species under list of aquatic species prohibited from export. dd) Livestock breeds and plant varieties under the list of precious and rare livestock breeds and plant varieties prohibited from export promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in conformity with the Ordinance on Livestock Breeds 2004 and Ordinance on Plant Varieties 2004.	The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
7	a) Schedule-1 toxic chemicals defined in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and Annex to Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government. b) Chemicals under the list of banned chemicals prescribed in Appendix III to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government.	The Ministry of Industry and Trade

View more details at: The Law on Foreign Trade Management 2017 of Vietnam was promulgated on June 12, 2017 and officially effective from January 01, 2018; Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from May 15, 2018.

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