US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
CHAPTER IV
ANNEX H
UNITED STATES
1. The Government of the United States of America may adopt or maintain
exceptions to the obligation to accord national treatment (8) to covered
investments in the sectors or with respect to the matters specified below:
- atomic energy; customhouse brokers; licenses for broadcast, common
carrier, or aeronautical radio stations; COMSAT; subsidies or grants,
including government-supported loans, guarantees and insurance; landing
of submarine cables; and state and local measures as to which the United
States may adopt or maintain exceptions to national treatment under
any of its bilateral investment treaties signed between 1 January 1995,
and the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
Most favored nation treatment shall be accorded in the sectors and matters
indicated above.
2. The Government of the United States of America may adopt or maintain
exceptions to the obligation to accord national and most favored nation
treatment to covered investments in the sectors or with respect to the
matters specified below:
- fisheries; air and maritime transport, and related activities; banking,
insurance, securities, and other financial services; leasing of minerals
and pipeline rights-of-way on government lands; and one-way satellite
transmissions of direct-to-home (DTH) and direct broadcast satellite
(DBS) television services and of digital audio services.
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