Viet Nam has prohibited imports of products and goods mined, produced or manufactured wholly or partly by forced labour.
Decree No. 292/2026/ND-CP details implementation of several provisions of the Law on Foreign Trade Management.
Ministries must issue detailed prohibited-goods lists with HS codes where these are not already regulated.
Goods prohibited from export and import must comply with prevailing legal documents and the List of Goods prohibited from export and import in Appendix I issued with the decree.
Under the decree, Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies are responsible for issuing detailed lists of prohibited export and import goods together with their Harmonized System (HS) codes, except where existing laws already provide detailed HS-code regulations.
For cases where approval is sought under the cited provisions of the Law on Foreign Trade Management and Decree No. 146/2025/ND-CP, traders must submit an application dossier to the licensing authority. If the dossier is incomplete or non-compliant, the authority must notify the trader within 3 working days from receipt. Within 5 working days from receipt of a complete and valid dossier, the authority must issue the licence or respond in writing with reasons for refusal.
The licensing authority will specify the validity period of written approvals on a case-by-case basis. The duration for retaining and using imported prohibited goods in Vietnam under the relevant clause must follow the period registered by the trader with the licensing authority, but must not exceed 2 years.
Traders granted export or import licences under the relevant clause must report annually to the licensing authority no later than December 31 on export, import and utilisation of the goods, as well as disposal after use.
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