On March 31, 2022, the Customs and Trade Facilitation Department, the Member Affairs Committee of the Vietnam Logistics Service Enterprises Association (VLA) cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department to organize an online seminar. route “RCEP- Challenges & Opportunities”.

The workshop aims to provide businesses with information about the process and commitment to joining RCEP, assessing the impact when the Agreement comes into effect. Especially: the new points, tax differences, applied for the first time by 7/15 countries are assessed as causing many difficulties in the implementation process both from enterprises (DN), C/O issuers and customs authorities. exporting country….

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between ASEAN and its five partners, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, was signed in November 2020 and is expected to come into force from the beginning of 2022. .

On February 18, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 05/2022/TT-BCT guiding the RCEP rules of origin, effective April 4, 2022. According to statistics, over 70% of imports into Vietnam are from RCEP, so RCEP is the main source of raw materials for the Vietnamese economy.

RCEP is the largest free trade agreement (FTA) in the world, including leading partners in investment and import and export of Vietnam, RCEP is expected to have a strong impact on the economy as well as business activities of Vietnamese enterprises.

Content:

Training Circular 05/2022/ TT-BCT on RCEP rules of origin

Comparison of RCEP rules of origin with other FTAs

Vietnam's export product groups benefit the most from RCEP

Disseminate the process of granting and verifying the origin of goods under the RCEP Agreement.

Time:  From 8:30AM to 11:30AM on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Format: Online on Zoom platform

Link to register to attend (Free):  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LbVAFW9RTAWOTOJFARvgpw

According to the Member Affairs Department (VLA)