tieu-de-tax-law02 (Translation version, for reference only)
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001, of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session;
This Law provides for import tax and export tax.
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Governing scope
This Law provides for import tax and export tax applicable to goods imported or exported through Vietnam’s border-gates or borders; goods sold, purchased or exchanged by border residents and other sold, purchased or exchanged goods, which are considered import or export goods.
Article 2.-Tax-liable objects
Except for goods defined in Article 3 of this Law, goods in the following cases shall be liable to import tax or export tax:
1. Goods imported or exported through Vietnam’s border-gates or borders;
2. Goods brought from the domestic market into non-tariff zones or from non-tariff zones into the domestic market.
Article 3.- Objects not liable to tax
Goods in the following cases shall not be liable to import tax or export tax:
1. Goods in transit or being transported across Vietnam’s border-gates or borders; goods transferred through border-gates as provided for by the Government;
2. Humanitarian aid, non-refundable aid;
3. Goods exported from non-tariff zones to foreign countries, goods imported from foreign countries into non-tariff zones for use in non-tariff zones only, and goods transported from one non-tariff zone to another;
4. Goods being petroleum portions paid to the State in value as natural resource tax when exported.
Article 4.- Taxpayers
Organizations and individuals that have import or export goods being tax-liable objects defined in Article 2 of this Law are payers of import tax or export tax.