RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/VNM/36/Add.1
7 April 2005 
 (05-1446) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Viet Nam Original:   English 
 
 
  
ACCESSION OF VIETNAM 
Additional Questions and Replies
 
Addendum  
 
 The following submission, dated 31 March 2005, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
ANNEX 1 ........................................................................................................................ ........................1  
ANNEX 2 ........................................................................................................................ ........................2  
ANNEX 3 ........................................................................................................................ ........................6  
ANNEX 4 ........................................................................................................................ ........................8  
ANNEX 5 ........................................................................................................................ ........................9   WT/ACC/VNM/36/Add.1 
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 ANNEX 1 
Commitments on the Elimination of Import Prohibition on Used Motor-Vehicles  
1. Commitment to eliminate quantitative restriction: - Viet Nam commits to eliminate, upon accessi on to the WTO, import prohibition on used 
motor-vehicles of less than 5 years usage (the description of the measure and the products 
concerned were given in Table 1, Anne x 2, Document WT/ACC/VNM/33). Import quota 
shall be applied in a period of 3 years from the date of accession: 
 - First year:  1,000 units; 
 - Second year:    1,500 units;  - Third year:  2,000 units. 
- Import quota on used motor-vehicles shall be allo cated at the beginning of each year with a 
transparent mechanism for quota bidding. 
- Import quota on used motor-vehicles shall be abolished after 3 years from the date of 
accession to the WTO. 
2. Other measures (measures proposed to be applie d internally and in consistence with the WTO 
Agreements) 
- Applying registration mechan ism for first-time registrati on of used motor-vehicles; 
- Formulating technical standards, and sta ndards on quality, safety and environmental 
protection; 
- The importing enterprises are required to recond ition used motor-vehicles to meet with Viet 
Nam’s technical regulations and standards before they can be imported into Viet Nam. 
3.  Import duties on used motor-vehicles  
 Import duties on used motor-vehicles shall be  subject to Viet Nam’s final Schedule of 
Concessions and Commitments on tariffs, but shall in no case be less than:  
 - Used cars with engine capacity of less than 2,500 cm3:  X + 10,000 US$ 
 - Used cars with engine capacity of 2,500 cm3 or above:  X + 15,000 US$ 
 - Used trucks with loading capacity below 5 tonnes:         X +  7, 000 US$ 
 of which, X is the bound rates of duty fo r the respective motor-veh icles in Viet Nam’s 
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 ANNEX 2 
Commitments on Trading Rights
 
1. Viet Nam confirms that wholly Vietnamese-i nvested enterprises have been granted full right 
to trade since 1 January, 2002. 
2.  Upon accession, foreign directly invested en terprises in the production and manufacturing 
sectors, which are not purely import and export trading entities, would be granted full rights 
to trade, except for the restrictions listed in Table 1 and 2 (attached).  Such enterprises shall 
register their business lines with the re levant State’s registration agencies. 
3.  Upon accession, nationals and companies from WTO Members shall be allowed to set up 
joint ventures with Vietnamese partners to engage in import and export activities, with 
foreign capital contribution not exceeding 49 per cent of the legal capital of the joint ventures.  
Not later than 1 January 2008, this limita tion shall be 51 per cent.  Not later than 
1 January 2009, 100 per cent fo reign directly invested enterprises shall be allowed to be 
established to engage in import and export activities.  
4.  Joint ventures and 100 per cent foreign directly invested enterprises referred to in paragraphs 
3 above shall:  
 - be entitled to import and export all kinds of  goods, except for those subject to  state 
trading enterprises and to the restrictions  listed  in Table 1 and 2 (attached);  
 - register their business lines with the relevant State’s registration agencies. 
5. The trading rights referred herein shall not automatically grant the importers the right to 
distribute goods in Viet Nam.  The distribution of goods and the provision of distribution 
services shall be subject to Viet Nam's Speci fic Schedule of Commitments in Services. 
6. The trading rights referred herein shall in no case affect the rights of the Government of 
Viet Nam to: 
 - adopt or enforce requirements for customs and fiscal;  
 - adopt or enforce regulations with r espect to the importation, exportation, re-
importation, re-exportation, and transit of  goods in consistence with relevant 
provisions of the WTO Agreements and with Viet Nam’s commitments upon accession to the WTO, such as those relating to import licensing, state trading, TBT and SPS.    WT/ACC/VNM/36/Add.1 
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 Table 1:  Schedule of Commitments on Import Trading Rights 
(Attached to Annex on Commitments on Trading Rights) 
Notes: For the purpose of this Table:  - Schedule starts from 1 January of the specified year; 
 - "STR" means subject to State Trading Enterprises as from the date of accession; 
 - "TRQ" means subject to Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) administration method, which 
shall be revised as a results of Viet Nam’s commitments on TRQ. 
HS Description Schedule 
  Cereals  
1006 Rice 2012 
  Processed Meat  
1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood... 2008 
1602 Other prepared and preserved meat...  2008 
  Sugar  
1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form 2010 
  Alcohol and Beer  
2203 Beer made from malt  2010 
2204 Wine or fresh grapes, including fortified wines... 2010 
2205 Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants ... 2010 
2206 Other fermented beverages 2010 
2207 Undenatured ethyl alcohol > 80%... 2010 
2208 Undenatured ethyl alcohol < 80%... 2010 
  Tobacco and tobacco products  
2401 Unmanufactured tobacc o; tobacco refuse... TRQ 
2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes... STR 
2403 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco ... STR 
  Cement and Clinker  
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement etc... 2010 
  Crude oil and petroleum products  
2709 Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals... STR 
2710 Oil (not crude) from petrol & bitum mineral etc.... STR 
2711 Petroleum gases & other gaseous hydrocarbons... 2010 
  Pharmaceutical products  
3003 Medicaments nesoi of mixtur es, not dosage etc form... 2010 
3004 Medicaments nesoi, mixed or  not, in dosage etc fm... 2010 
3006 Pharmaceutical goods in note 4 to chapter 30... 2010 
  Fertilizers  
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous 2010 
3103 Mineral or chemical fe rtilizers, phosphatic... 2010 
3104 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic... 2010 
3105 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, other... 2010 
  Lubricants  
3403 Lubricating preps, antirus t & treating textiles etc... 2008 
  Cinematographic film  
3706 Motion-picture film, exposed and developed... 2010 
  Printed books, brochures, leaf lets and similar printed matter...  
4901 Books, brochures & similar printed matter... STR 
4902 Newspapers, journals & periodicals... STR 
4903 Children's picture, drawing or colouring books... STR 
4907 Unused postage, check forms, banknotes, stock, etc... 2010 
4909 Printed or illustrated post cards, greeting cards, etc.... 2010 
4910 Calendars, calendar blocks of any kind, printed... 2010 WT/ACC/VNM/36/Add.1 
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 HS Description Schedule 
4911 Printed matter nesoi, incl print pictures & photos... 2010 
  Industrial printers  
8442 Mach etc nesoi for typeset,  making pr plates etc... 2010 
8443 Print mach incl ink-jet mach ancil t prnt pt nesoi... 2010 
  Records, tapes and other recorded media  
8524 Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or ... STR 
  Other machinery  
8525 Trans. appar. for radiotel e etc; tv camera and rec 2010 
8526 Radar apparatus, radio navig aid & remote cont app 2010 
  Automobiles, motorcycles  
8702 Motor vehicle f transportation > ten persons includ driver 2010 
8703 Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons 2010 
8704 Motor vehicles for transport of goods 2010 
8705 Special purpose motor vehicles nesoi 2010 
8706 Chas w eng f trac, mtr veh f pass/gd & special pur 2010 
8707 Bodies (including cabs), for specif motor vehicles 2010 
8708 Parts and access for motor ve hicles (head 8701-8705) 2010 
8709 Works trucks, self-prop, no lift; stat tractrs; pt 2010 
8711 Motorcycles (incl mopeds) and cycles with aux motor 2010 
8714 Parts & access for cycles and invalid carriages 2010 
8716 Trailers etc; other vehicles, no t mechanically propelled, pt 2010 
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 Table 2:  Schedule of Commitments on Export Trading Rights 
Notes: For the purpose of this Table:  - Schedule starts from January 1st of the specified year. 
HS Description Schedule 
  Cereals  
1006 Rice 2012 
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 ANNEX 3 
 
List of countries and territories to which Viet Nam has extended MFN treatment in trade relation
 
 
No. Name of country/territory 
1 Argentine Republic  
2 Arab Republic of Egypt  
3 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria  
4 Republic of Angola 
5 Australia  
6 Republic of Indi ạ 
7 People’s Republic of Bangladesh 
8 Federative Republic of Brazil 
9 Republic of Belarus 
10 Republic of Bulgaria 
11 Republic of Kazakstan  
12 Republic of Canada 
13 Kingdom of Cambodia 
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
15 State of Kuwait 
16 Republic of Cuba  
17 Republic of Chile 
18 Negara Brunei Darussalam  
19 Republic of Korea 
20 The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
21 Republic of Guinea 
22 Republic of Equatorial Guinea 
23 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 
24 United States of Americà 
25 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 
26 Republic of Indonesia  
27 Islamic Republic of Iran 
28 Republic of Iraq  
29 State of Israel 
30 Lao People’s Democratic Republic   
31 Lebanese Republic  
32 Malaysia 
33 Kingdom of Morocco 
34 Republic of Mozambique 
35 Republic of Mondova 
36 Mongolia 
37 Myanma 
38 Kingdom of Norway 
39 Republic of South Africa 
40 Republic of Namibia 
41 New Zealand 
42 Federal Republic of Nigeria 
43 Russian Federation 
44 Japan  
45 Sultanate of Oman  
46 Islamic Republic of Pakistan 
47 Palestine 
48 Republic of Peru 
49 Republic of the Philippines  
50 Rumania  WT/ACC/VNM/36/Add.1 
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 No. Name of country/territory 
51 Republic of Singapore 
52 Republic of Tajikistan  
53 United Republic of Tanzania  
54 Kingdom of Thailand  
55 Republic of Turkey  
56 Swiss Confederation 
57 Democratic People's Republic of Korea  
58 People's Republic of China  
59 Tunisia 
60 Ukraine 
61 Uzbekistan 
62 Yemen 
63 Syrian Arab Republic  
64 Zimbabwe  
 EU Members 
65 Ireland 
66 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
67 Republic of Austria  
68 Republic of Poland  
69 Kingdom of Belgium  
70 Portuguese Republic  
71 Kingdom of Denmark  
72 Federal Republic of Germany  
73 Republic of Estonia  
74 Kingdom of the Netherlands  
75 Republic of Hungary  
76 Hellenic Republic  
77 Italian Republic  
78 Republic of Latvia  
79 Republic of Lithuania  
80 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg  
81 Republic of Malta  
82 French Republic  
83 Republic of Finland  
84 Czech Republic  
85 Republic of Cyprus  
86 Slovak Republic  
87 Republic of Slovenia  
88 Kingdom of Spain  
89 Kingdom of Sweden  
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 ANNEX 4  
List of countries and territories with which Viet Nam has special preferentia l agreements in trade 
relations  
No. Name of country/territory 
1 Negara Brunei Darussalam  
2 Kingdom of Cambodia 
3 Republic of Indonesia  
4 Lao People’s Democratic Republic   
5 Malaysia 
6 Myanmar  
7 Republic of the Philippines  
8 Republic of Singapore 
9 Kingdom of Thailand  
10 People's Republic of China  
  
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Statistics of industrial production, import and export values by forms of enterprises  
Table 1:  Number of Vietnamese enterprises enga ged in import and export activities as of December 2004 
Forms of Enterprises Import Export 
State-owned enterprises 1,740 1,265 
Joint-stock companies 1,577 752 
Limited liability companies 9,726 5,101 
Collectives 50 80 
Private companies 995 951 
Companies under social organisations 67 45 
Other domestic enterprises 425 266 
100% foreign-invested companies 2,075 1,717 
Foreign-invested Joint-ventures  650 440 
Total 17,305 10,617 
* Note: The total number of enterprises above include those engaging in both import and export activities.  
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Page 10 Table 2:  Import and export values of Vietnamese enterprises by 30 November 2004.  
Unit: million USD 
Export Import Forms of Enterprises Value (million US$) % Value (million US$) % 
Companies under social organisations 74.2 0.40 421 1.67 
100% foreign-invested enterprises 6706.4 36.37 6747.8 26.75 
Other forms of foreign invested enterprises 3.21 0.02 6.43 0.03 
Joint-stock companies 1270.5 6.89 2156.1 8.55 
Collectives 30.3 0.16 16.7 0.07 
Foreign-invested Joint-ventures 1135.2 6.16 3156.2 12.51 
State-owned enterprises* 5125.7 27.79 7149.2 28.34 
Private enterprises 386.4 2.10 321.1 1.27 
Limited liability companies 3676.4 19.93 5020.4 19.90 
Other domestic companies 32.8 0.18 228.1 0.91 
Total 18441.11 100 25223.03 100 
* The trade data of State-owned enterprises excludes those in crude oil and other oil products.   
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 Export Import 
 Number of exporting 
enterprises (%) Export value 
(%) Number of importing 
enterprises (%) Import value 
(%) 
State-owned enterprises 13,6 44 11 37,2 
Limited liability enterprises 55 16,1 61,6 18,7 
Joint-Stock enterprises 8,1 5,7 10 8,1 
Enterprises with foreign invested capital 23,3 34,2 17,4 36 
      Source: Ministry of Trade  
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Page 12 Table 4:  Value of Industrial Production by Economic  Sectors (Real Price) 
Source: General Statistics Office of Viet Nam Billion VND 
 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 
        
Total 149432.5 180428.9 208676.8 244137.5 336100.2 395809.3 476350.0 
Domestic economic sectors 109843.3 128041.2 139320.0 151076.1 197298.9 231400.4 278041.4 
State-owned economic sector 74161.1 85290.3 94727.5 97472.1 114799.9 124379.7 149651.5 
- Central 49493.4 56862.7 64287.0 65473.6 78586.5 85947.4 104626.7 
- Local 24667.7 28427.6 30440.5 31998.5 36213.4 38432.3 45024.8 
Non State-owned economic sectors 35682.2 42750.9 44592.6 53604. 0 82499.0 107020.7 128389.9 
    + Collectives 836.4 970.5 1086.0 1331.3 2165.6 2162.0 2727.0 
    + Private 11758.3 16472.8 1910 9.6 22262.7 47861.0 64608.0 79402.7 
    + Households 23087.5 25307.6 2 4397.0 30010.0 32472.4 40250.7 46260.2 
Foreign investment sector 39589.2 52387.7 69356.8 93061.4 138801.3 164408.9 198308.6 
 STRUCTURE (%) 
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 
        
Domestic economic sectors 73.51 70.96 66.76 61.88 58.70 58.46 58.37 
State-owned economic sector 49.63 47.27 45.39 39.93 34.16 31.42 31.42 
- Central 33.12 31.52 30.81 26.82 23.38 21.71 21.96 
- Local 16.51 15.76 14.59 13.11 10.77 9.71 9.45 
Non State-owned economic sectors 23.88 23.69 21.37 21.96 24.55 27.04 26.95 
    + Collectives 0.56 0.54 0.52 0.55 0.64 0.55 0.57 
    + Private 7.87 9.13 9.16 9.12 14.24 16.32 16.67 
    + Households 15.45 14.03 11.69 12.29 9.66 10.17 9.71 
Foreign investment sector 26.49 29.04 33.24 38.12 41.30 41.54 41.63  
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Data of equitized enterprises over stages, structure of equiti zed enterprises by business sectors and plan for soes restructuri ng until the end of 2005  
Table 1: Number of enterprises equitized over stages 
Stage Number of enterprises 
Pilot stage (1992 – mid 1996) 5 
Extended pilot stage (mid  1996 - mid 1998) according to Decree No. 28/CP 25 
Accelerated stage (mid 1998 - 2001) acc ording to Decree No. 44/1998/ND-CP 745 
Speed-up stage according to the Reso lution of the Central Executive Commi ttee of the Party (2002-2004) 1,467 
Total up to 31 December 2004 2,242 
Equitization plan for 2005 736 
Equitization plan for post-2005 period 736 
Source: The Steering Committee for the Re form and Development of Enterprises 
 
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