Hungary | 41 | 4.52 | 35 | | -6 |
Italy | 42 | 4.46 | 38 | | -4 |
India | 43 | 4.44 | 45 | | 2 |
Kuwait | 44 | 4.41 | 49 | | 5 |
South Africa | 45 | 4.36 | 40 | | -5 |
Cyprus | 46 | 4.36 | 41 | | -5 |
Greece | 47 | 4.33 | 47 | | 0 |
Poland | 48 | 4.30 | 43 | | -5 |
Bahrain | 49 | 4.28 | 50 | | 1 |
Indonesia | 50 | 4.26 | 69 | | 19 |
Croatia | 51 | 4.26 | 64 | | 13 |
Jordan | 52 | 4.25 | 42 | | -10 |
Costa Rica | 53 | 4.25 | 56 | | 3 |
China | 54 | 4.24 | 48 | | -6 |
Mauritius | 55 | 4.20 | 55 | | 0 |
Kazakhstan | 56 | 4.19 | 51 | | -5 |
Panama | 57 | 4.18 | 65 | | 8 |
Mexico | 58 | 4.18 | 59 | | 1 |
Turkey | 59 | 4.14 | 71 | | 12 |
Jamaica | 60 | 4.10 | 63 | | 3 |
El Salvador | 61 | 4.09 | 60 | | -1 |
Russian Federation | 62 | 4.08 | 53 | | -9 |
Azerbaijan | 64 | 4.06 | 62 | | -2 |
Colombia | 65 | 4.04 | 58 | | -7 |
Brazil | 66 | 4.03 | 57 | | -9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 67 | 4.03 | 66 | | -1 |
Romania | 68 | 4.02 | 67 | | -1 |
Argentina | 69 | 4.01 | 54 | | -15 |
Morocco | 70 | 4.01 | 76 | | 6 |
Philippines | 71 | 4.00 | 73 | | 2 |
Bulgaria | 72 | 3.96 | 61 | | -11 |
Uruguay | 73 | 3.96 | 70 | | -3 |
Peru | 74 | 3.94 | 77 | | 3 |
Guatemala | 75 | 3.91 | 95 | | 20 |
Algeria | 76 | 3.90 | 82 | | 6 |
Vietnam | 77 | 3.89 | 74 | | -3 |
Ukraine | 78 | 3.89 | 68 | | -10 |
Sri Lanka | 79 | 3.87 | 80 | | 1 |
Macedonia, FYR | 80 | 3.86 | 75 | | -5 |
Botswana | 81 | 3.79 | 72 | | -9 |
Armenia | 82 | 3.75 | 81 | | -1 |
Dominican Republic | 83 | 3.75 | 91 | | 8 |
Namibia | 84 | 3.74 | 79 | | -5 |
Georgia | 85 | 3.73 | 86 | | 1 |
Moldova | 86 | 3.71 | 89 | | 3 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 87 | 3.69 | 85 | | -2 |
Venezuela | 88 | 3.69 | 84 | | -4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 89 | 3.67 | 88 | | -1 |
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Ecuador | 90 | 3.67 | 87 | | -3 |
Pakistan | 91 | 3.66 | 94 | | 3 |
Mongolia | 92 | 3.60 | 90 | | -2 |
Honduras | 93 | 3.58 | 97 | | 4 |
Kenya | 94 | 3.57 | 93 | | -1 |
Nicaragua | 95 | 3.52 | 96 | | 1 |
Tajikistan | 96 | 3.50 | 92 | | -4 |
Bolivia | 97 | 3.46 | 101 | | 4 |
Albania | 98 | 3.46 | 100 | | 2 |
Bangladesh | 99 | 3.46 | 98 | | -1 |
Suriname | 100 | 3.45 | — | n/a | |
Nigeria | 101 | 3.45 | 83 | | -18 |
Gambia | 102 | 3.43 | 109 | | 7 |
Cambodia | 103 | 3.39 | 111 | | 8 |
Tanzania | 104 | 3.39 | 105 | | 1 |
Benin | 105 | 3.37 | 106 | | 1 |
Paraguay | 106 | 3.33 | 102 | | -4 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 107 | 3.31 | 104 | | -3 |
Cameroon | 108 | 3.30 | 99 | | -9 |
Madagascar | 109 | 3.27 | 107 | | -2 |
Nepal | 110 | 3.26 | — | n/a | |
Guyana | 111 | 3.24 | 108 | | -3 |
Lesotho | 112 | 3.22 | — | n/a | |
Uganda | 113 | 3.19 | 103 | | -10 |
Mauritania | 114 | 3.17 | — | n/a | |
Zambia | 115 | 3.16 | — | n/a | |
Burkina Faso | 116 | 3.07 | — | n/a | |
Malawi | 117 | 3.07 | 114 | | -3 |
Mali | 118 | 3.02 | 115 | | -3 |
Zimbabwe | 119 | 3.01 | 110 | | -9 |
Ethiopia | 120 | 2.99 | 116 | | -4 |
Mozambique | 121 | 2.94 | 112 | | -9 |
Timor-Leste | 122 | 2.90 | 113 | | -9 |
Chad | 123 | 2.61 | 117 | | -6 |
Burundi | 124 | 2.59 | — | n/a | |
Angola | 125 | 2.50 | — | n/a | |
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, WEF
Appendix 18: Ranking of ease of doing business according to 10 index groups of Vietnam (the lower the better)
Criteria
VN ranking | ||
2005 (155 countries) | 2006 (175 countries) | |
Ease of doing business | 99 | 104 |
Business formation | 82 | 97 |
Investment licensing | 18 | 25 |
Use of labor | 122 | 104 |
Property Registration | 39 | 34 |
Access to credit | 106 | 83 |
Investor protection | 143 | 170 |
Pay taxes | 107 | 120 |
Cross-border trade | 83 | 75 |
Contract performance | 102 | 94 |
Close the business | 95 | 116 |
Source: Business Activity Report 2006, WB
Appendix 19: Awareness of Ho Chi Minh City's preparation for WTO accession
The results of a survey using a questionnaire to consult with leaders of district People's Committees, departments, businesses, university lecturers of economics and selected journalists in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of May 2003 on awareness of preparation for WTO accession in the city are as follows:
1. What is the correct full spelling of the abbreviation WTO: 100%
2. Correctly say which year the WTO was founded: 71%
Correctly state which organization is the predecessor of WTO: 86%
3. Why should Vietnam join the WTO:
a. Increased exports: 91%
b. Better attraction of FDI, better living standards: 57%
c. Being treated fairly: 54%
d. More legal convenience in dispute resolution: 34%
4. Disadvantages of joining the WTO:
a. Domestic competitive pressure increases, risk of bankruptcy of Vietnamese enterprises: 86%
b. Import tax collection decreased, affecting national productivity: 31%
5. Are the implementation of BTA and preparation for WTO accession related?
a. Yes: 100% (why: yes answer 50%)
b. No: 0%
c. Is the content of the BTA based on WTO principles: 54%
d. Implementing the Trade Agreement is a rehearsal for Vietnam to join the WTO: 37%
6. What has the Vietnamese government done to prepare for Vietnam's accession to the WTO:
a. Improving the legal framework in Vietnam: 60%
b. Restructuring state-owned enterprises: 43%
7. What has the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee done to prepare businesses and people to join the WTO?
a. Propaganda on international economic integration: 42%
b. Administrative reform, improving management skills: 34%
c. Organizing many trade and investment promotion delegations abroad: 31%
d. Organizing regular dialogues between the city government and businesses: 28%
e. Human resource training: 29%
8. What should district People's Committees and Departments do to prepare for joining the WTO:
a. Creating a good legal environment for businesses to feel secure in production and business: 43%.
b. Human resource training for enterprises: 37%
c. Dissemination of information about WTO: 26%
9. What should businesses do to prepare to join the WTO:
a. Increasing investment and modernizing production: 51%
b. Access to international information: 29%
10. What should the Government and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City do to prepare for joining the WTO:
a. Change Vietnam's laws accordingly: 57%
b. Training human resources to be capable of implementing WTO: 34%
c. Dissemination of information on WTO integration: 23%
11. What is dumping?
a. Selling below cost: 74%
b. Selling lower than the selling price in the country where the goods are produced: 17%
12. If Vietnam had been a member of the WTO, the US Catfish Association's lawsuit against Vietnam for dumping Pangasius and Tra fish would still have happened:
a. Still happening: 59%
b. Not happening: 41%
13. The three biggest opportunities for Vietnamese businesses when Vietnam becomes a member of the WTO:
a. Expanding export markets: 83%
b. Acquiring new technology to improve competitiveness: 63%
c. General legal protection and equal treatment: 29%
14. The three biggest difficulties for Vietnamese businesses when Vietnam becomes a member of the WTO:
a. Domestic competitive pressure increases sharply, risk of bankruptcy of Vietnamese enterprises: 100%
b. Technical infrastructure human resource level is not met: 40%
c. Lack of information about international law: 40%
Comments and summary: (by Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee)
- Understanding of WTO (questions 1, 2, 5, 11, 12): relatively good, but not deep (question 12)
- Understanding of WTO benefits (3, 13): in the right direction, but not broad and deep enough.
- Understanding of disadvantages of joining the WTO (4, 14): in the right direction but not broad and deep enough.
- Understanding of how the Government has prepared (6): limited (40% did not answer)
- Understanding of how HCMC has prepared (7): limited (43% did not answer).
- Visualize the measures the Government and the city must take (question 10): limited (43% did not answer)
- Departments and districts must do (question 8): limited (57% did not answer)
- What businesses must do (question 9): also limited (49% did not answer).
Source: Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Economics
Appendix 20: Interpretation of Vietnam's average tariff commitment to the WTO
General and industry BQ
Current MFN tax rate (%) | Committed tax rate upon joining WTO (%) | Committed tax rate at the end of the roadmap ( % ) | Reduction compared to current MFN tax (%) | China 's WTO Commitments | Overall tax cuts in the Round Uruguay | |||
Developed country | water is playing development | |||||||
Agricultural products | 23.5 | 25.2 | 21.0 | 10.6 | 16.7 | 40% | 30% |
attack career | 16.6 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 23.9 | 9.6 | 37% | 24% |
Shared performance | 17.4 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 23.0 | 10.1 |
Source: http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Kinh-doanh/Duong-vao-WTO/2006/11/3B9F0224/
Appendix 21: Summary of commitments to reduce import taxes in WTO accession negotiations for some important commodity groups
TT
Industry/Tax Rate | Commitment to WTO | ||||
Dr. MFN | Ts when joining | The last Ts | Time of execution | ||
I | Some agricultural products | ||||
- Beef | 20 | 20 | 14 | 5 years | |
- Pork | 30 | 30 | 15 | 5 years | |
- Raw milk | 20 | 20 | 18 | 2 years | |
- Finished milk | 30 | 30 | 25 | 5 years | |
- Processed meat | 50 | 40 | 22 | 5 years | |
- Confectionery (average tax rate) | 39.3 | 34.4 | 25.3 | 3-5 years | |
Beer | 80 | 65 | 35 | 5 years | |
Alcohol | 65 | 65 | 45-50 | 5-6 years | |
Cigarettes | 100 | 150 | 135 | 5 years | |
Cigars | 100 | 150 | 100 | 5 years | |
Animal feed | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 years | |
2. | Some industrial products | ||||
- Gasoline | 0-10 | 38.7 | 38.7 | ||
- Iron and steel (average tax rate) | 7.5 | 17.7 | 13 | 5-7 years | |
- Cement | 40 | 40 | 32 | 2 years | |
- Chemical fertilizers (average tax rate) | 0.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 2 years | |
- Paper (average tax rate) | 22.3 | 20.7 | 15.1 | 5 years | |
- TV | 50 | 40 | 25 | 5 years | |
- Air conditioner | 50 | 40 | 25 | 3 years | |
- Washing machine | 40 | 38 | 25 | 4 years | |
- Textiles (average tax rate) | 37.3 | 13.7 | 13.7 | As soon as join* | |
- Shoes | 50 | 40 | 30 | 5 years | |
- Car | |||||
+ Vehicles from 2,500 cc and above, running on gasoline | 90 | 90 | 52 | 12 years | |
+ Vehicles from 2,500 cc or more, 2-wheel drive type | 90 | 90 | 47 | 10 years | |
+ Under 2,500 cc and other types | 90 | 100 | 70 | 7 years | |
- truck | |||||
+ Type not exceeding 5 tons | 100 | 80 | 50 | 10 years | |
+ Other current Ts types 80% | 80 | 100 | 70 | 7 years | |
+ Other current Ts types 60% | 60 | 60 | 50 | 5 years | |
- Auto parts | 20.9 | 24.3 | 20.5 | 3-5 years | |
- Motorbike | |||||
+ Type from 800 cc and up | 100 | 100 | 40 | 8 years | |
+ Other types | 100 | 95 | 70 | 7 years |
*Actually implemented according to textile agreement with US and EU
Source: http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Kinh-doanh/Duong-vao-WTO/2006/11/3B9F0224/