Trade ministry enhances management over product origins

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a Directive on enhancing State management over the verification and monitoring of product origins to prevent trade fraud, protect the reputation of Vietnamese exports, and ensure adherence to international commitments.

The move is made amid the increasingly complex global trade development.

The MoIT required relevant departments and agencies to review and amend existing legal frameworks on goods origin, establishing a more robust legal basis for issuing certificates of origin (C/O) in the new context.

They were asked to enhance management over imported raw materials used in export manufacturing, streamline administrative procedures, promote digital transformation, and intensify domestic market surveillance, particularly targeting imported materials with unclear or unverifiable origins.