On February 21, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision 460/QD-BCT on the imposition of temporary anti-dumping duties (ADD) on a few hot-rolled steel products originating from China with ADD from 19.38% to 27.83%, applicable from March 8, 2025. This is an important decision of the M...

On February 17, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letter No. 1872/BTC-TCT to give opinions on VAT policies for goods from inland brought into bonded warehouses. Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance gives the following views:  In case a domestic enterprise sells goods to a foreign trader...

On February 17, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letter No. 1813/BTC-TCHQ guiding the implementation of Decision No. 01/2025/QD-TTg on the collection of value-added tax (VAT) and customs procedures for low-value imports sent via express delivery services. The details are as follows:  1...

On February 19, 2025, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No. 831/TCHQ-TXNK on the declaration of customs value of imported goods for bonuses/penalties for fast/slow unloading. Accordingly, some contents to note are as follows:  Circular 39/2015/TT-BTC stipulates customs value ...

On January 24, 2025, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No. 445/TCHQ-GSQL guiding on this issue as follows:  1. Notice of production facility and contract to hire a reprocessing partner  2. The process of delivering materials to the partner for reprocessing  Export processin...

On February 4, 2025, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No. 507/TCHQ-GSQL to give opinions on this issue as follows:  According to the regulations in Clause 3, Article 36 of Decree 08/2015/ND-CP:  “Raw materials, supplies, machinery and equipment imported for processing...

On January 21, 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 13/2025/ND-CP amending regulations on preferential import and export taxes under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).  Validity: from January 21, 2025 to December 31, 2027.  1. New features in Decree 13/2025/ND-C...

On the morning of February 11, 2025, US President Donald Trump officially signed a decree imposing a 25% tax on imported steel and aluminum, effective from March 4, 2025. Specifically:  Accordingly, the 25% tax rate will increase again for steel and aluminum imports from Argentina, Australia, Brazi...

To ensure compliance with legal regulations on greenhouse gas inventory, enterprises named in Decision No. 13/2024/QD-TTg need to complete and submit greenhouse gas inventory reports before March 31, 2025. This is a mandatory deadline and the obligation to submit reports is carried out every two yea...