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Agreement name:	Japan - Viet Nam
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	25-Dec-2008	Date of notification:	01-Oct-2009
Date of entry into force:	01-Oct-2009	End of implementation period:	2026
Current signatories:	Japan; Viet Nam
Original signatories:	Japan; Viet Nam
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Viet Nam, Ministry of Industry and Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):

Factual Presentation issued

Consideration status (S):

Factual Presentation issued

Date of Consideration (G):

28-Jun-2011

Date of Consideration (S):

28-Jun-2011

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	01-Jan-2007

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG275

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG275/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/513	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG275/1/Rev.1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S) / Corrigendum	WT/REG275/1/Rev.1/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG275/2/Add.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG275/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG275/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Services)
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation