RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.1
5 December 2001
(01-6199)
Working Party on the
Accession of Viet NamOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF VIET NAM
Legislation Programme
Addendum
The Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam has submitted the following
Legislation Programme notified in the fifth session of the Working Party on Viet Nam's accession to
the WTO, with the request that it be circulated to members of the Working Party.
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Page 2Legislation Program notified in the 5th Session of the Working Party on the Accession of Viet Nam to the WTO
1. The important documents promulgated since the 4th Session
STT Name of documents Content of documents Date of approvalDate of
enforcement
1. The Law on amendment of and addition
to a number of articles of the Law on
foreign investment in Viet NamAmendment, supplement of a number of current regulations related to
organization and operation of foreign invested enterprises; addition of
regulations on mortgage, transfer of land use rights.9 June 2000 1 July 2000
2. The Law on amendment of and addition
to a number of articles of the Law onPetroleum.Amendment, supplement of regulations with the view to further clarifying
forms of contracts on petroleum; regulations on procedures for bidding of lotsfor petroleum exploration, petroleum services, duration and procedures forextension, transfer of contracts; issu es concerning inspection and dealing with
violations.9 June 2000 1 July 2000
3. Law on Insurance Business Regulations on condition, rights and duties of insurance companies; State
management on insurance.9 December 2000 1 April 2001
4. Law on Land (amended) Amendment, supplement of a number of current regulations to facilitate the
mortgage, transfer of land use rights of foreigners; the ownership of house by
foreign individuals.31 May 2001 1 October 2001
5. Law on Customs Regulations related to organization of customs authorities and customs
operation; principles of determination on customs valuation.29 June 2001 1 January 2002
6. Ordinance on Entry, Exit, Residence and
Travel of Foreigners in Viet NamRegulations on facilitation of migration and residence of foreigners in Viet
Nam.28 April 2000 1 August 2000
7. Ordinance on Lawyer Organization Regulations on rights and duties of lawyers and lawyer organizations of Viet
Nam; organization and operation of lawyer organization of Viet Nam25 July 2001 1 October 2001
8. Ordinance on Income Tax on High-
income EarnersAdjustment on Income level eligible to pay tax with a view to eliminating, step
by step, the gap between Vietnamese and foreigners19 May 2001 1 July 2001
9. Ordinance on Plant protection and
inspectionRegulations on conditions, standards of exported and imported Plant
inspection.25 July 2001 1 January 2002
10. Ordinance on Levies and Fees Regulations on authorities competence to issue and collect levies and fees; all
kind of levies and fees applied in Viet Nam.30 August 2001 1 January 2002WT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.1
Page 32. The legal documents to be newly supplemented in the Legislation Program during the 2002-2003 period
STT Name of documents Content of documents
1. Law on State-owned Enterprises (amended) Amendment, supplement of a number of current regulations related to equitization of Sta te-Owned
enterprises; responsibility and power of person representing the ownership of the State in equitized
enterprises.
2. Labour Code (amended) Amendment of a number of current regulations related to employees’ interests; regulations on the movement
of natural person in trade in service of GATS/WTO
3. Law on Promulgating legal documents (amended) Regulations in conformity with the transparency principle of the WTO
4. Law on issuing legal documents by local committees Regulations in conformity with the transparency principle of the WTO
5. Law on Claims and Accusation (amended) Regulations to allow persons and entities to bring the administrative decisions, administ rative operation to
administrative court at anytime of claims and accusa tion procedure; in conformity with the transparency
principle of the WTO
6. Law on Competition and Monopoly control Regulations in conformity with WTO disciplines.
7. Civil Code (amended) Regulations in conformity with TRIPs Agreement.
8. Ordinance on Government Procurement Specifying the procedures and conditions of the bidding consideration and selection; the Sta te management on
the bidding operation; rights and obligations of organizations attending the bidding.
9. Ordinance on MFN and NT Regulations on the scope, principle and conditions of MFN, NT application in international trade, includ ing
trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment and Property Rights; in conformity with non-discriminationrules of WTO.
10. Ordinance on Safeguard measures Regulations on safeguard measures; conditions and procedure to apply safeguard measures on impor ted
commodity into Viet Nam; in conformity with WTO regulations on Safeguards.
11. Ordinance on Penalty for administrative violations Regulations on administrative violation; the principles to apply the administ rative violation penalty and
measures; the competent authority and procedure to appl y; in conformity with the transparency principle of
the WTO.
12. Ordinance on Private medical and pharmacy practices Regulations on rights and responsibility of persons and entities doing priva te medical and pharmacy practices;
the licensing procedure on private medical and pharmacy practices: in conformity with the transparency
provisions of the GATS.
13. Ordinance on Posts and Telecommunication Regulations on organi zation and operation of Posts and Telecommunication services; in c onformity with
WTO regulations on trade in services.
14. Ordinance on Plant varieties Regulations on standards, quality of plant varieties; the procedure on plant inspection in conformi ty with
international rules.
15. Ordinance on animal varieties Regulations on standards, quality of  animal varieties; the procedure on animal inspection in confo rmity with
international rules.
16. Ordinance on anti-dumping Duties Regulations on conditions, procedure, etc. related to anti-dumping duties applied to imported c ommodity to
Viet Nam; in conformity with WTO regulations on Anti-dumping measures.
17. Ordinance on Countervailing Duties Regulations on conditions, pro cedure, etc. related to Countervailing duties applied to import ed commodity to
Viet Nam; in conformity with WTO regulations on Subsidy and Countervailing measures.
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