Export - Prohibited and restricted goods

No.

Descriptions

Ministries and ministerial-level agencies

1

Weapons, ammunition, explosives (except industrial explosives), military technical equipment.

Ministry of National Defence

2

Cryptographic products used to protect State’s secret information.

Ministry of National Defence

3

a) Relics, antiques and national treasures according to the law on cultural heritage.

b) Cultural products that are banned from dissemination, circulation or under decisions to disseminate, circulate, withdraw, confiscate and destroy in Vietnam.

Ministry of Culture, Spor5ts and Tourism

4

a) Types of publications that are banned from dissemination and circulation in Vietnam.

b) Postage stamps that are banned from business, exchange, display and propagation according to the provisions of the Postal Law.

Ministry of Information and Communications

5

Logs and sawn timber of all kinds from domestic natural forest wood.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

6

a) Endangered, precious and rare wild animals and plants of CITES’s Appendix I, originating from nature or; endangered, precious and rare forest flora and fauna specimens of IA and IB groups according to the provisions of Decree No. 32/2006/ND-CP for commercial purposes.

b) Samples and products of these species: white rhino (Ceratotherium simum), black rhino (Diceros bicomis), African elephant (Loxodonta africana).

c) Endangered, precious and rare wild species of group I.

d) Aquatic species on the list of aquatic species that are prohibited from export.

f) Livestock breeds and plant varieties on the List of rare and precious livestock breeds and prohibited rare plant varieties promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development under the provisions of the 2004 and Order of Plant Variety in 2004.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

7

a) Chemicals on Table 1 are specified in the Convention on prohibiting the development, production, storage, use and destruction of Chemical Weapons and Appendices issued together with Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP dated 06^th May 2014 of the Government on the management of chemicals under the control of the Convention on the development, production, storage, use and destruction of Chemical Weapons.

b) Chemicals in the list of prohibited chemicals specified in Appendix III issued together with Decree No. 113/2017 / ND-CP dated October 9, 2017 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of Articles of Chemical Law.

Ministry of Industry and Trade

Exported goods

Required document

1

Chemicals and products containing chemicals.

Comply with the provisions of the Law on Chemicals and Decrees that regulate detail implementation.

Chemicals on Table 2, Table 3 according to the Appendix attached with Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP dated 6^th May 2014 of the Government on chemicals management under the control of the Convention about prohibiting to develop, product, storage, use and destroy chemical weapons.

Pursuant to Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP dated 06^th May 2014 of the Government.

Industrial precursors.

Export license

2

Minerals (except minerals used as construction materials).

Issue a list of exports under conditions, regulations or standards.

3

Precursors of explosives and industrial explosives.

Export license

4

Exported goods under quotas set by foreign countries.

(Ministry of Industry and Trade announced in accordance with international agreements or commitments of Vietnam with foreign countries).

Export license

5

Goods need under exporting control in accordance with international Convention of which Vietnam is a member, announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade for each period.

Export license

6

Goods that are applied automatic export license: The Ministry of Industry and Trade announces the list of goods that need applying automatic export license for each period and organizations issue license according to current regulations on licensing.

Automatic export license.

Exported goods

Required document

1

a) Endangered wild animals and plants in CITES’s Appendix I not for commercial purposes.

b) Natural endangered wild animals and plants in CITES’s Appendix II and III; and samples of endangered wild animals and plants in CITES’s Appendixes with the origin of breeding, growing and artificial plants.

Based on CITES regulations to publish conditions and guidelines for export procedures.

c) Wild, precious and rare animals and plants of Group IIA and IIB regulated in Decree No. 32/2006/ND-CP of the Government

Announcement of conditions and guidelines for export procedures

2

Rare varieties of plants and livestock breeds.

Specific guidance according to the provisions of the Order on Plant Varieties and Livestock Breeds.

3

Plants, shade trees, old trees from domestic natural forests.

Publication of export conditions and profile.

4

Firewood, charcoal made from wood or firewood originated from domestic natural forest wood.

Announcement of conditions and guidelines for export procedures.

5

a) Conditional export aquatic species.

b) Aquatic species are normally exported.

Issue a list of common aquatic species to be exported; aquatic species exported under conditions.

Exported goods

Required document

1

Publications (books, newspaper, magazine, picture, calendar).

Pursuant to regulations on publishing and press

Exported goods

Required document

1

Cinematographic works, performing art works and other audiovisual products, recorded on all materials.

With condition

2

Fine art works, photographic works.

With condition

3

Relics and antiques are not state-owned, not owned by political organizations and socio-political organizations.

Pursuant to the provisions of the law on cultural heritage.

Exported goods

Required document

1

Drugs must be specially controlled.

Export license

2

Medicine materials are psychotropic substances, addictive substances and pre-substances used as medicines.

Export license

3

Dược liệu thuộc danh mục loài, chủng loại dược liệu quý, hiếm, đặc hữu phải kiểm soát.

Medicines are on the list of species and types of precious and rare pharmaceuticals, and must be controlled.

Export license

4

Drugs, medicine, medicinal materials, except medicinal materials on the list of species and types of precious and rare and must be controlled, special controlled medicines, medicine materials being psychotropic and addictive substances , precursors used as medicine.

Exported on demand without order confirmation.

5

Food under the management of the Ministry of Health in accordance with the law on food safety which has been published.

Exported on demand without order confirmation.

6

Medical equipment.

Exported on demand without order confirmation.

7

Insecticidal and germicidal chemicals and preparations for home and medical use.

Exported on demand without order confirmation.

8

Cosmetics

Exported on demand without order confirmation.

Exported goods

Required document

1

Raw material for gold

Export license