The free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (including: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan) was launched by the two Parties in March 2013. After 2 years of negotiations with 8 official session and many mid-term sessions, on May 29, 2015, the Prime Ministers of the countries officially signed this Agreement in Burabay, Kazakhstan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam has issued a document announcing that the two sides have completed ratification procedures and the FTA between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union will officially take effect from October 5, 2016.
After taking effect, the two sides will establish a Joint Committee, Committee on Trade in Goods, and Subcommittee on Rules of Origin to coordinate effective implementation and monitor the implementation of the agreement.
Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union
- Appendix 1a – Tariff Commitment Schedule – General Notes
- Appendix 1b – Schedule of commitments of the Eurasian Economic Union
- Appendix 1c – Notes on tariff quotas for rice products imported into the Eurasian Economic Union
- Appendix 1d – Vietnam's commitment schedule
- Appendix 1e – Notes on tariff quotas for poultry eggs entering Vietnam
- Appendix 1f – Notes on tariff quotas for unprocessed tobacco leaves and tobacco waste entering Vietnam
- Appendix 2a – Applicable threshold of Threshold Defense Measures – General Notes
- Appendix 2b – Application threshold of threshold defense measures – Specific commitments
- Appendix 3a – Product specific rules – General notes
- Appendix 3b – Product specific rules – Specific commitments
- Appendix 4 – List of island countries
- Appendix 5 – C/O Form and Instructions
Protocol between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Russian Federation on commitments in services, commercial presence and movement of natural persons (English)
Protocol between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Russian Federation on the difference between commitments in the Agreement and commitments to the WTO (tEnglish)
