National Treatment: Relevant Legal Regulations

19:51, 11/07/2024

The Ordinance on Most-Favored Nation Treatment and National Treatment in International Trade 2002 was promulgated on May 25, 2002. This Ordinance stipulates the scope, principles, and cases of application of the most-favored-nation treatment and national treatment in international trade, covering areas of trade in goods, trade in services, investment, and intellectual property rights.

The State of Vietnam applies partial or full national treatment in the following cases:

- Vietnamese law provides for the application of National Treatment;- International treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory or accedes provide for the application of National Treatment;- The country or territory de facto applies National Treatment to Vietnam;- Other cases as decided by the Government of Vietnam.

At the same time, this national treatment is not applicable to:

- Procurement by the Government of Vietnam for the purpose of its consumption;- Subsidies for domestic producers, subsidy programs implemented in the form of the Government of Vietnam purchasing domestically produced goods;- Regulations limiting the screening time of films;- Domestic transportation fees calculated based on the economic activities of transportation means.

These contents are stipulated in Articles 15 and 17 of the Ordinance on Most-Favored-Nation Treatment and National Treatment in International Trade 2002, effective from September 1, 2002.

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