RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.1
8 January 2003
(03-0058)
Working Party on the
Accession of Viet NamOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF VIET NAM
Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures – December 2002
Revision
The Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam has submitted the following revised
List of Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures of December 2002, with the request that it be circulated to
the members of the Working Party.
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Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures – December 2002
Table I
Import Prohibition
The following products are not allowed to be circulated in the domestic market on a normal commercial
basis. The importation of these products is carried out in different mechanisms for non-commercial
goals.
Notes: NA Not applicable
HS Description Rationale
1207 91 00 Poppy seeds Materials for  production of
opium
1302 11 00 Opium, anhydrous morphine anhydrous content Materials for  production of
opium
2402, 2403 Tobacco, cigarettes, and other kinds of manufactured tobacco Limit the consumption of
cigarettes
2618 00 00 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel Residues causing
environmental pollution
2619 00 00 Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste
from the manufacture of iron orngs steelResidues causing
environmental pollution
2620 Ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or
steel) containing metals or metal compoundsResidues causing
environmental pollution
2621 00 00 Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp) Residues causing
environmental pollution
3601 00 00 Propellant powders Materials for production of
explosives
8710 00 00 Tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, motorized, whether
or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehiclesMilitary equipments
ex 8711 Motorcycles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 175cc Military equipments
9301 00 00 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of
heading 307: revolvers, pistolsMilitary equipments
9302 00 00 Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 9303 or 9304 Weapons
9304 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols,
truncheons), excluding those of heading 9307Weapons
9305 Parts and  accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304 Weapons
9306 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar
munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and otherammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot andcartridge wadsWeapons
9307 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts
thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereofWeapons
NA Second-hand consumer goods, including:
- textiles and clothes, footwear
- Electronic goods- Refrigerating equipments and products- Household electric goods- Furniture- Household goods made from porcelain, clay, glass, metal,
resin, rubber, plastic, and other materialsProduct safetyWT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.1
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HS Description Rationale
NA Used materials and equipments, including:
- Used machines, structures, inner tyres, tyres, accessories,motors of automobiles, tractors, 2-wheel and 3-weel motorbikes- Internal combustion engines and machines with internalcombustion engines having capacity below 30 CV
- Bicycles, 2-wheel and 3-wheel vehicles;
- Passenger cars of less than 16 seats, trucks with loadingcapacity of less than 5 tonnes, ambulances.Traffic safety
NA  Toxic chemicals
List published by the Ministry of IndustryEnvironment protection,
protection of human health
NA Garbage and waste materials which may cause environmental
pollution and epidemicsThe list published by the Ministry of Science, Technology andEnvironmentEnvironment protection,
protection of human health
NA Depraved and reactionary cultural products Public morals
NA Children toys having adverse effect in moral education, public
order and securityPublic morals & social
security
NA Narcotics Protection of human life
NA Firecrackers (excluding fire signal used for maritime safety and
other purposes as stipulated by the Prime Minister in the official
Document No.1383/CP-KTTS dated 23/11/1998)Protection of human health
& life
NA Right-hand steering vehicles (including its components and
those repaired to right-hand driving ones before imported intoViet Nam), except for specializing right-hand steering vehiclesoperating in small areas such as cranes, channel excavators,dustbin lorries, road watering lorri es, street cleaning lorries, road
surfacing machines, airport passenger transportation cars, fork-
lifts at ware houses and portsTraffic safety
NA Asbestos products and materials under amphibole group Protection of human health
NA Specializing coding machines and coding software subject to
state secretsProtection of national
securityWT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.1
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Table II
Quota and Licensing Subject to Elimination
Notes: N:  Not subject to elimination
3: Will be phased out after 3 years from the date of accession
HS Description of Products Quota Licence Notes
2501
(excluding2501.0010)Salt including table salt and denatured salt) and pure
sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution orcontaining added anticaking or free- flowing agents; seawaterNN T R Q
2523.1000 Clinker 3
2523.2100
2523.2900
2523.2910Cement 3 5
2707.2000 Toluene N
2710 Petrol 6 N
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons N
2806
2807Hydrogen chloride; Sulfuric acid; oleum 3
2809 Inorganic acids 4
2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution 4
2815 Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda); potassium hydroxide
(Caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium3
3105 Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of
the fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium ; goods of this Chapter in tablets or similarforms or in packages of a gross weight no exceeding 10 kg33
3208
32093210Paints and varnishes 3
3602-3603 Prepared explosives; safety fuses; detonating fuses;
percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonatorsN
3604.90.10 Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and
other pyrotechnic articlesN
4011 New pneumatic tires, of rubber 3 5
4013 Inner tubes, of rubber 3 6
4801
4802Newsprint, paper for writing, printing, in rolls or sheets; 4 4
4804 Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or
sheets, other than that of heading 4802 or 480344
4823 Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of
cellulose fibers, cut to size or shape55
5007 Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste 4
6904
6905Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler
tiles and the like; Roofing tiles, chimney pots, cowls,
chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramicconstructional goods44
6907 Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles;
unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like4
6908 Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles;
glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like4WT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.1
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HS Description of Products Quota Licence Notes
6910 Ceramic sinks, washbasins, washbasin pedestals, baths,
bidets, water closet bowls, flush tanks, urinals and similarsanitary fixtures4
7003, 7004
7005, 7016Construction glass and glassware 5 5
7208 Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of
600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated44
7209 Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of
600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold- reduced), not clad,
plated or coated44
7210 Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of
600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated44
7211 Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of
less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or                   coated44
7212 Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of
less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated44
7213-7217 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of
iron or non-alloy steel; Iron or non-alloy steel in sectionsof L, U, I, H, T; Wire of iron or non-alloy steel44
7303 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron 4 4
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other
than cast iron) or steel44
7305-7306 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, open seamed or welded,
riveted or similarly closed, of iron or steel44
7313 Barbed wire of iron or steel 4 4
7314
7314.19.00
7314.20.00Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing,
of iron or steel wire; expanded metal or iron steel
Other
Grill, netting and fencing, welded at the intersection, of
wire with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 3 mmor more and  having a mesh size of 100 cm2 or more4
4
44
4
4
8407 - 8408 Piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines) with capacity
not exceeding 100 CV55
8702.10.10
8702.10.90
8702.90.108702.90.90Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons,
including the driver
In particular:
- Assembling components of motor vehicles of morefifteen persons- Assembling components of motor vehicles of ten tofifteen persons-  Airport passenger transportation cars56
5
65
5
55
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed
for the transport of persons (other than those of heading
8702), including station wagons and racing cars55
8704 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods with a capacity
not exceeding 5 tonnes55WT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.1
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HS Description of Products Quota Licence Notes
8711.10.00
8711.20.00Motorcycles with reciprocating internal combustion piston
engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding175 ccIn particular:- In the forms of CKD1, CKD2, IKD1, IKD2, IKD3 ofheading 871166
N
8712 Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not
motorized5
8714 Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings from 8711 to
87134
8901 Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry boats, cargo ships,
barges and similar vessels for the trans- port of persons orgoods with capacity not exceeding 5000 DWT44
8902 Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for
processing or preserving fishery products4
9303 sporting, hunting shotguns and rifles N
9305 Parts and accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304 N
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