Assigning focal agencies to implement the three major trade agreements.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son signed Decisions 126, 127, and 128 designating focal agencies to implement three agreements: the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EVFTA); the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP); and the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UKVFTA).

According to the above decisions, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is the lead agency responsible for coordinating and compiling the implementation status of the three Agreements from relevant ministries, sectors, and agencies, and reporting to the Prime Minister. At the same time, this ministry is also the lead agency responsible for coordinating the development, compilation of proposals, and receiving technical assistance from foreign partners during the implementation of the Agreements.

Accordingly, for the EVFTA, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to trade defense, non-tariff barriers to trade and investment in renewable energy production, competition policy, state-owned enterprises, enterprises granted special privileges or incentives and designated monopolies, institutional provisions, general provisions and final provisions...

The Ministry of Finance is the lead agency, presiding over matters related to customs and trade facilitation, and government procurement. The Ministry of Science and Technology is the lead agency, presiding over matters related to technical barriers to trade and industrial property.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to national treatment and market access for agricultural products, food safety measures, and animal and plant quarantine...

Phân công cơ quan đầu mối thực thi 3 hiệp định thương mại lớn - 1 — The Ministry of Industry and Trade is the lead agency coordinating and compiling information on the implementation of the three agreements: EVFTA, CPTPP, and UKVFTA (Photo: Getty).

Regarding the CPTPP, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is assigned as the focal point, leading the contents related to: cross-border trade in services, competition policy, cooperation and capacity building, enhancing competitiveness and facilitating business operations, trade defense, dispute resolution, etc.

The Ministry of Finance is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to tariffs, customs, and trade facilitation, and providing information and data related to state-owned enterprises... The Ministry of Interior is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to labor.

For the UKVFTA, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to trade defense, non-tariff barriers to trade and investment in renewable energy production, competition policy, trade in services and e-commerce, dispute resolution, etc.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is the focal agency, presiding over matters related to copyright and related rights. The Ministry of Justice is the leading agency, acting as the overall coordinating body for transparency...

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/phan-cong-co-quan-dau-moi-thuc-thi-3-hiep-dinh-thuong-mai-lon-20260119193629202.htm