RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.2
23 December 2002
(02-7074)
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 Program with the request that it be circulated to members of the Working Party.WT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.2
Page 2Table 1:  Legal Documents Promulgated from 11 November 2001 to 1 October 2002
No. Name of documents Content of documentsDate of
approvalDate of
enforcement
1 The National Assembly's
Resolution No.51/2001/QH10 on
amendment of and supplement tosome Articles of the 1992
Constitution of the Socialist
Republic of Viet NamAffirmation of the role of all economic sectors in the socialist-
oriented market economy and the policy of international economic
integration, encouraging foreign individuals and organizations toinvest in Viet Nam, extending the authority of the Prime Minister in
negotiating and signing international treaties and some other issues.25 December 2001 7 January 2002
2 Law on the amendment of and
supplement to a number of
Articles of the Labour CodeAmendment of and supplement to some Articles of the Labour Code
on labour contracts, collective labour arrangement, social insurance
and other regulations on administrative procedures toward
simplifying the administrative regulations of in labour relations.2 April 2002 1 July 2002
3 Ordinance on Price Regulations on the State management of prices and the rights of
organizations, individuals producing and doing business in Viet Nam
to self-determine the prices, control of monopoly price, regulations
on domestic anti-dumping principles.26 April 2002 1 July 2002
4 Ordinance on Most-Favoured-
Nation and National Treatment inInternational TradeRegulations on the scope, principles and conditions to apply MFN
and NT in international trade.7 June 2002 1 Sept 2002
5 Ordinance on Safeguard
MeasuresRegulations on safeguard measures; conditions and procedures to
apply safeguard measures on imported commodities into Viet Nam.7 June 2002 1 Sept 2002
6 Ordinance on Advertisement Regulations on advertisement activities, rights and obligations of
organizations and individuals in advertisement activities.16 November 2001 1 May 2002
7 Ordinance on Post and
TelecommunicationRegulations on operation of Posts and Telecommunication, radio
frequency, rights and obligations of organizations, individuals
engaging in Posts and Telecommunication activities.7 June 2002 1 Oct 2002WT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.2
Page 3Table 2:  Legislation Programme for the Period 1 October 2002 to 31 December 2003
No. Name of documents Proposed Content of DocumentsExpected Date of
Approval
1 Law on Procedures for
Promulgating Legal Documents
(amended)Amendments of and supplements to currently applicable regulations towards improving the
transparency and predictability in the process of drafting and promulgating legal documents
and reforming the regulations on assessment and approval of laws.Quarter IV/2002
2 Law on Claims and Accusation
(amended)Amendments of and supplements towards reducing the number of authorities in charge and
shortening settlement periods, improving responsibility of claim and accusation settlementauthorities, spelling out compulsory measures as well as the agencies enforcing settlement
decisions,  making use of the role of courts.Quarter IV/2002
3 Ordinance on Commercial
Arbitration(new)Regulations on structure, organization, authority of arbitrators, procedures for dispute
settlements by arbitration, making them consistent with international rules and practices.Quarter I/2003
4 Ordinance on Non-public
Medicine, Pharmacy Practices
(new)Regulations on conditions for non-public medicine, pharmacy business: Regulations on
conditions for non-public medicine, pharmacy business; rights and obligations of
individuals and organizations practicing medici ne and pharmacy activities; procedures to
grant licenses to practice medicine and pharmacy activities.Quarter I/2003
5 Ordinance on Government
Procurement (new)Regulations on procedures, order and conditions of the bidding selection process; State
management over bidding activities; rights and obligations of agencies participating in bids,
towards being consistent with international standards.Quarter I/2003
6 Ordinance on Plant Varieties
(new)Regulations on standards, quality of plant varieties, quarantine inspection procedures
consistent with international practices.Quarter I/2003
7 Ordinance on Animal Varieties
(new)Regulations on standards, quality of animal varieties; the procedure for animal inspection in
conformity with international rules.Quarter II/2003
8 Law on Construction Regulations on the management, construction business and services. Quarter II/2003
9 Law on Accounting
(new)Regulations on accounting principles, state management over accounting activities and
standards.Quarter II/2003
10 Ordinance on Procedures for
Settlement of Administrative
Cases (amended)Amendments of and supplements to regulations toward expanding the coverage of
administrative claims, stipulating clearly the authority and procedures to solve
administrative cases in conformity with the WTO transparency requirement.Quarter II/2003
11 Law on Fishery Regulations on  fishery breeding, fishing and processing. Quarter II/2003
12 Law on Value Added Tax
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations on base (towards reducing the taxable
coverage), tax rates, goods and services subject to the tax rate of 0%, the application of the
method of deducting the value added tax on inputs.Quarter II/2003
13 Law on Enterprises Income Tax
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations towards applying a uniform tax rate for both
domestic and foreign invested enterprises; eliminating the profit repatriation tax, unifying
the taxable cost and tax preferentials for both domestic and foreign invested enterprises.Quarter II/2003WT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.2
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Approval
14 Law on Excise Tax
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations towards transferring some goods and services
from being subject to value added tax to be subject to excise tax and vice versa, adding
some goods to the coverage of excise tax, adjusting tax rates.Quarter II/2003
15 Code on Civil Procedures
(new)Regulations on order, procedures, authority to settle civil, economic, labour cases, rights
and obligations of people engaging in the procedures.Quarter IV/2003
16 Code Verdict Implementation Regulations on implementation of civil, criminal verdicts, implementation the judgments
and decisions of foreign courts, implementation of the decisions made by domestic and
foreign arbitrators, the structure and organization of enforcement agencies.Quarter IV/2003
17 Law on State-Owned Enterprises
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations on transformation of general corporations
toward the model of the parent companies and subsidiaries, transforming state owned
enterprises to one owner limited liability companies, implementing the self-accounting
principle to public interest enterprises.Quarter IV/2003
18 Law on the State Bank
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations on the organization of the State Bank of Viet
Nam, introducing the long term monetary instruments to the open market. The State Bank
of Viet Nam will stipulate the re-discount interest rate instead of the basic interest rates witha view to liberalizing the interest rate mechanism.Quarter IV/2003
19 Law on Credit Institutions
(amended)Amendment of and supplement to regulations in order to diversify the activities of credit
institutions, in line with the process of international economic integration, separate the
credit activities for social purposes from commercial credit, implement the model ofauthorized loans instead of the model of loans with the designation of the government.Quarter IV/2003
20 Law on Internal Waterways
(new)Regulations on conditions, criteria for providing internal waterway transportation services,
technical regulations on internal waterway activities.Quarter IV/2003WT/ACC/VNM/15/Add.2
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ANNEX 3
List of International Treaties Viet Nam is Planning to Join in the Period 2002-2007
- Geneva Convention (1971) for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against
Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms;
- Berne (1971) Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works;
- Rome (1971) Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and
Broadcasting Organizations agai nst Unauthorized Duplication;
- Brussels Convention (1974) relating to the Distribution of Programme Carrying Signals
Transmitted by Satellite;
- UPOV (1978 or 1991) Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants;
- Washington Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights for Integrated
Circuits;
- ISCID Convention on the Settleme nt of Investment Disputes;
- Vienna Convention on the International Sales of Goods;
- Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil
and Commercial Matters;
- Kyoto Convention on the Simplification a nd Harmonization of Customs Procedures.
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