On February 26, 2025, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang signed Decision No. 382/QD-BTC regulating the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Customs Department.   1. Regarding the organizational structure and functions  The “General Department of Customs” will be reo...

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...