On September 17, 2025, the Customs Department issued Official Letter No. 24885/CHQ-NVTHQ providing guidance on the application of value-added tax (VAT) for unprocessed food products.  Detailed instructions are as follows:  1. Products considered as “unprocessed food” or only ordinarily pre-pro...

On September 18, 2025, the European Commission (EC) officially announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation into cold-rolled steel products imported from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam into the European Union (EU). 1. Date of issuance of the Notice of Initiation: September 18...

On September 17, 2025, Sub-Department of Customs, Region XVIII, issued Official Letter No. 1391/HQKV18-NV providing guidance on customs procedures related to the process of company separation.   The detailed content of the instructions is as follows:  1. Procedure for submitting the settlement re...

On September 19, 2025, the Customs Department issued Official Letter No. 25245/CHQ-GSQL providing guidance on domestic export and import activities under customs code G23.   Main contents:   1. Enterprises’ concerns Is the export processing enterprise (EPE) allowed to open a re-export declarat...

On 15 September 2025, the Customs Department issued Official Letter No. 24143/CHQ-GSQL providing guidance on amending the provisional release declaration upon the availability of the official price.   Details are as follows:  In cases where the provisional release declaration for imported goods d...

On August 26, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a notice to Vietnam’s Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Surveillance. The decision, which may suspend imports of certain Vietnamese seafood, came after NOAA denied compar...

On 15 September 2025, the Department of Science, Strategy and Police History under the Ministry of Public Security issued Official Letter No. 4878/V04-P2 implementing Decree No. 105/2025/ND-CP, mainly guiding enterprises on the importation of goods under the category of fire prevention, firefighting...

On August 25, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Decision No. 2902/QĐ-BTC, officially announcing the list of New Customs Administrative Procedures that have been amended, supplemented, or abolished under Decree No. 167/2025/NĐ-CP dated June 30, 2025. 1. Amended and supplemented procedures   Acc...

On September 05, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 2491/QĐ-BCT on the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty (ADD) on certain wood fibreboard products originating from Thailand and China. Details are as follows:  1. Case code: AD21 2. Product Subject to Provisional ...