Law on Foreign Trade Management.

This Law is enacted to prescribe measures to manage foreign trade and develop foreign trade activities; and settlement of disputes about application of foreign trade management measures.
The Law consists of 113 Articles divided into eight Chapters: General Provisions (I); Administrative Measures (II); Technical and Quarantine Measures (III); Trade Remedies (IV); Emergency Control Measures in Foreign Trade Activities (V); Measures to Develop Foreign Trade Activities (VI); Settlement of Disputes about Application of Foreign Trade Management Measures (VII); Implementation Provisions (VIII).
Article 9 provides for the application of the export or import ban measure. Export ban shall be imposed when goods fall into the cases such as: a. For the purpose of protection of national relics, antiques or treasures under the law on cultural heritages; b. As prescribed by a treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party. Import ban shall be imposed when goods fall into the cases such as: The goods are harmful to the health and safety of consumers; The goods adversely affect social order and safety, social morality or fine customs and habits; The goods are harmful to the environment or biodiversity, or are at high risk of carrying harmful organisms, threatening food security, production or export of Vietnam, or infringing upon intellectual property rights. The Government shall promulgate the list of goods banned from export or import. The Prime Minister shall decide to permit the export or import of the goods specified in the list for special purposes, warranty, analysis, testing, specific research, health care, manufacture of pharmaceuticals or protection of national defense and security (art. 10). Export or import tariff quotas shall be applied under treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party (art. 21). The Government shall promulgate the list of goods subject to export or import permits or conditions; the method and scope of management by ministries and ministerial-level agencies for these goods; and the order and procedures for grant of export or import permits (art. 31). The Government shall prescribe in detail the origin of goods and certification of the origin of goods (art. 32). The technical and quarantine measures shall be applied to meet quality requirements; protect safety and human health; protect animals, plants, the eco-environment and biodiversity; prevent and control the spread of epidemics and infectious diseases; and ensure national security and interests (art. 60).