Below are some specific tasks to implement the European Union–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) according to the Plan of the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam.
Some specific tasks of implementing the European Union–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) (Image from the Internet)
In Decision 1201/QD-TTg of 2020, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam approved the creation of a Plan for Implementing the EVFTA. The plan aims to assign tasks and responsibilities to relevant agencies and organizations, determining directives, management measures, and other actions to fully and effectively implement this Agreement.
To achieve the above objective, in the upcoming time, apart from regular duties, ministries, ministry-equivalent agencies, government agencies, and People's Committees of centrally governed provinces and cities need to specify and organize the implementation of the basic tasks below:
(i) Propaganda and dissemination of information about the EVFTA and the markets of EU countries
(ii) Legal and institutional development
(iii) Enhance competitiveness and human resource development
(iv) Policies regarding trade unions and workers' organizations at enterprise levels
(v) Social welfare policies, environmental protection, and sustainable development
No. | Work Content | Lead Agency | Coordinating Agency | |
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I | List of designated focal agencies to implement the Chapters of the EVFTA Agreement | |||
1 | Chapter 1 - Objectives and General Definitions Chapter 3 - Trade Defenses Chapter 7 - Non-tariff Barriers to Trade and Investment in Renewable Energy Generation Chapter 10 - Competition Policy Chapter 11 - State-Owned Enterprises, Enterprises Granted Special or Exclusive Rights or Privileges, and Designated Monopolies Chapter 17 - Institutional Provisions, General Provisions, and Final Provisions. |
Ministry of Industry and Trade | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
2 | Chapter 2 - National Treatment and Market Access for Goods | - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for general regulations and import-export management) - Ministry of Finance (for tariff content) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for content related to agricultural products) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
3 | Chapter 4 - Customs and Trade Facilitation | - Ministry of Finance (General Department of Customs) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
4 | Chapter 5 - Technical Barriers to Trade | Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam TBT Office) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
5 | Chapter 6 - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam SPS Office) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
6 | Chapter 8 - Investment Liberalization, Trade in Services, and Electronic Commerce | - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for Trade in Services content) - Ministry of Information and Communications (for Electronic Commerce content) - Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (for content regarding temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes) - Ministry of Planning and Investment (for investment liberalization content) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
7 | Chapter 9 - The Government Procurement | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
8 | Chapter 12 - Intellectual Property | - Ministry of Science and Technology (for content related to industrial property) - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (for content related to copyright and related rights) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for content related to plant varieties) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
9 | Chapter 13 - Trade and Sustainable Development | - Ministry of Industry and Trade - Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (for labor-related content) - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (for environment-related content) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for forestry and fisheries content) |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Related Ministries and Sectors | |
10 | Chapter 14 - Transparency | - Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for establishing and notifying contact points regarding issues regulated by the Agreement) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
11 | Chapter 15 - Dispute Settlement | - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for chapter regulations) - Ministry of Justice (for state-to-state dispute settlement content) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
12 | Chapter 16 - Cooperation and Capacity Building | - Ministry of Industry and Trade - Ministry of Planning and Investment (for content related to small and medium-sized enterprises) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
II | List of designated focal agencies to receive, exchange information, and act as liaison contacts | |||
13 | Chapter 4 - Focal point for addressing information related to Customs and Trade Facilitation | Ministry of Finance (General Department of Customs) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
14 | Chapter 5 - Focal point on Technical Barriers to Trade issues | Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam TBT Office) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
15 | Chapter 6 - Focal point for information exchange on issues related to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam SPS Office) | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
16 | Chapter 12 - Communication point on Intellectual Property | - Ministry of Science and Technology (for content related to industrial property) - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (for content related to copyright and related rights) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for content related to plant varieties) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
17 | Chapter 14 - Communication point to ensure effective implementation of the Agreement | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
III | List of designated focal agencies participating in Committees and Working Groups of the EVFTA | |||
18 | Trade Committee | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
19 | Committee on Trade in Goods | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
20 | Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development | - Ministry of Industry and Trade - Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (for labor-related content) - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (for environment-related content) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for forestry and fisheries content) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
21 | Working Group on Motor Vehicles and Parts | Ministry of Transport | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
22 | Customs Committee | - Ministry of Finance (General Department of Customs) - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for rules of origin content) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
23 | Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development | Related Ministries and Sectors | |
24 | Committee on Investment, Trade in Services, Electronic Commerce, and Government Procurement | - Ministry of Planning and Investment (for Investment and Government Procurement content) - Ministry of Industry and Trade (for Trade in Services content) - Ministry of Information and Communications (for Electronic Commerce content) |
Related Ministries and Sectors | |
25 | Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, including Geographical Indications | - Ministry of Science and Technology (for industrial property content) - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (for content related to copyright and related rights) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for content related to plant varieties) |
Related Ministries and Sectors |
Content mentioned in Official Dispatch 6548/VPCP-QHQT of 2020 concerning the Appendix attached to Decision 1201/QD-TTg approving the Plan for Implementing the EVFTA of the Government of Vietnam issued by the Office of the Government of Vietnam.
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