| Intro | Vietnam applies HS classification through the General Department of Customs (GDC) and the VNACCS/VCIS electronic clearance system. Its FTA network (CPTPP, EVFTA, UKVFTA, RCEP, AKFTA, ATIGA) makes preferential-origin discipline central to competitiveness. |
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| Primary authorities | - General Department of Customs (GDC)Customs entry, HS, valuation, VNACCS filings.
- Ministry of Industry & Trade (MOIT)Import licences, C/O issuance, trade remedies.
- Ministry of Health / Drug AdministrationPharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics.
- MARD / Plant & Animal Health DeptsPhytosanitary, veterinary inspection.
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| Licensing regimes | - Automatic import licenceSteel, fertiliser and specified goods per MOIT lists. · MOIT
- Non-automatic import licencePrecursors, cultural goods, encryption devices. · MOIT/MPS
- Specialized inspectionQuality, food safety, medical, telecom conformity. · Line ministries
- Certificate of Origin (Form D, E, AK, VJ, EUR.1)Preferential origin for FTA claims. · MOIT/VCCI
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| Prohibited goods | - · Used consumer electronics, IT equipment and household appliances (Decree 69/2018).
- · Right-hand-drive vehicles (with narrow exceptions).
- · Used medical devices, refrigerants R-12/R-22 (Kigali).
- · Cultural products contravening national security or morality.
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| Restricted goods | - · Petroleum products - state trading via key SOEs.
- · Precursor chemicals, industrial explosives - MOIT/MPS licences.
- · Wildlife under CITES; strict enforcement post-EVFTA.
- · Sugar, tobacco leaf - TRQ regime.
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| Labelling requirements | - · Decree 43/2017 & 111/2021 - Vietnamese-language secondary label with origin, importer, ingredients, warnings.
- · Food safety labelling per Decree 15/2018.
- · Energy-efficiency label for covered appliances (MOIT).
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| Sanctions overlay | - · Implements UNSC measures via government decisions.
- · No autonomous secondary sanctions regime; DPRK, Iran, Libya UNSC lists apply.
- · Trans-shipment risk under US Section 301 - CBP investigations on VN-origin fraud (steel, plywood, solar).
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| Dispute resolution | Complaints to Customs Director-General within 90 days; onward appeal to People's Court. VIAC (Vietnam International Arbitration Centre) is default institutional forum. Vietnam is party to the NY Convention since 1995. |
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