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S/C/N /1032  
 
8 January 2021  
(21-0293) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English   
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom and Viet Nam  
2. Date of notification:  31 December 2020  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:  United Kingdom of the one part;  
and Viet Nam of the other part.  
5. Date of signature:  29 December 2020  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  01 January 2021  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  The United Kingdom's previous preferential trading 
relationship with Viet Nam was governed by the Free Trade Agreement between the 
European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam ("the EU -Viet Nam Agreement," see 
document series: WT/REG406).  
The Fre e Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam ("the Agreement") is based on the EU -Viet 
Nam Agreement.  
The A greement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the m eaning of 
Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V 
of the GATS. Preferential treatment under the agreement will be provisionally applied by 
both parties as of 1 January 2021.  
Provisions on goods include rule s of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. As well as 
preferential trade in services, the Agreement also contains provisions on, inter alia , 
technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, government 
procurement, investment liberalisat ion, intellectual property, competition policy, trade 
remedies, state -owned enterprises, customs and trade facilitation, trade and sustainable 
development, cooperation and capacity building, and a dispute settlement mechanism.  
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
United Kingdom:   
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachme
nt_da ta/file/949053/ccs1220795270 -uk-vietnam -free-trade -agreement -text.pdf  
Viet Nam:  https://fta.moit.gov.vn/  
 