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Three-year implementation of EVFTA in review

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has helped accelerate the recovery of Vietnam’s exports to the EU, especially in the first two years since it came into effect in 2020, yet the impact is somewhat less positive in the third year, according to a report released by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on October 27.
Three-year implementation of EVFTA in review ảnh 1The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has helped accelerate the recovery of Vietnam’s exports to the EU. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement(EVFTA) has helped accelerate the recovery of Vietnam’s exports to the EU,especially in the first two years since it came into effect in 2020, yet the impactis somewhat less positive in the third year, according to a report released by theCentral Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on October 27.

The institute organised a workshop in Hanoi to announce the report reviewing the three-year implementation of the EVFTA within the framework of the Macroeconomic Reforms/Green Growth Programme implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Nguyen Anh Duong, head of theCIEM’s General Research Department, said the deal’s declining influence onVietnam’s exports is possibly due to economic difficulties globally and in theEU in particular.

The decline has been seen even more clearly in Vietnam’s importsfrom the EU, he continued.

However, with many tariff incentives and the removal of barriersto market entry in various fields, the EVFTA has made it easier for EU investors to access and expand investments in the Southeast Asian nation, he noted.

The EU’s investments in Vietnam have increased after theCOVID-19 pandemic, with the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, and Belgium being the biggest investors from the bloc to Vietnam, Duong went on.
Three-year implementation of EVFTA in review ảnh 2A view of the workshop. (Photo: congthuong.vn)
At the same time, the pact has played a role in promoting institutionalreform, he said, adding that such fields as trade, investment, intellectual property,sustainable development, financial services, and public procurement have seen manyadjustments in institutions and legal documents.

Duong stressed that the EVFTA is expected to create momentum forVietnam to perfect institutional capacity to satisfy requirements of the newsituation.

According to the official, the report sets out specificrecommendations, including reviewing and consolidating legal documents duringthe implementation of the agreement to fulfill Vietnam’s commitments, enhancingcoordination from the central to grassroots levels, stepping up thecommunications work to popularise the EVFTA among businesses, especiallysmall- and medium-sized enterprises, further improving the investment environment,and raising the competitiveness of businesses and the whole economy.

Ministries and agencies should conduct reforms, increase tradepromotion activities, and review and simplify regulations and procedures ingranting certificates of origin to exporters, Duong said./.
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