Introduction
The US-Vietnam Trade Council has worked to promote economic and political
normalization between the two counties since its founding in 1989. On
December 10, 2001 after the U.S. Congress and the Vietnamese National
Assembly voted for its approval, the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Agreement went
into force. The Trade Council’s affiliate, the US-Vietnam Trade Council
Education Forum (link to Forum page), provides technical assistance
to Vietnam on issues related to the BTA, WTO, and international integration.
Key Documents
 Click here for the text of the U.S.-Vietnam BTA
Click here for USVTC
Roadmaps for BTA Implementation
Click here for BTA Summary of Key Provisions or click
here for PowerPoint
Click here for
Who Gets What: An Inventory of Benefits from the U.S.-Vietnam Trade
Agreement
Click here for BTA-WTO Comparative Chart
Click here for
China PNTR vs. Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
Technical Assistance Programs
The U.S. - Vietnam Trade Council Education Forum currently provides technical assistance to Vietnam on issues relating to the implementation of the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), and on issues raised by Vietnam's accession to WTO. Our assistance also covers key issues such as Intellectual Property Rights, Goods, Services, Investment, Transparency, and Labor. Click here for more information.
Important Materials
- Diplomatic Note from the Ministry of Trade of Vietnam, granting the US trading/distribution rights enquiry point in Vietnam, July 28, 2005 [MS Word]
- Status Report on Implementation of The
BTA (as provided by the Ministry of Trade), December 27, 02
- Vietnam Trade Agreement: Approval
and Implementing Procedure (CRS Report), July 6, 01
- The Vietnam-U.S. Bilateral
Trade Agreement (CRS Report), Dec 11, 01 [pdf]
- Fact Sheets of the BTA
- President Bush's 2001 International
Trade Agenda
- Congressional Testimony
- Letters related to the BTA
- Facts about Vietnam trade and ...
- A
Trade Pact With Vietnam: The First Step in Building Substantive Relations,
Heritage Foundation Memo, July 26, 2000
- Labor Issues
- USVTC Memo on Trading & Distribution
Rights [pdf]
- USVTC Memo on MFN and Textile Agreements
[pdf]
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