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Vietnam: Exports of medical masks restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Announcement

28 Feb 2020

Vietnam has restricted the exports of medical face masks by applying a licensing requirement and allowing exports only for aid and assistance by the Vietnamese government.

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

28 Feb 2020

Revocation date:

28 Apr 2020

Announced: 28 Feb 2020
Export ban
On 28 February 2020, the Vietnamese government has through Resolution No. 20 / NQ-CP introduced an export licensing regime on medical face masks, which prohibits the exports of such masks except for t...
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Announced: 28 Feb 2020
Export licensing requirement
On 28 February 2020, the Vietnamese government through Resolution No. 20/NQ-CP introduced an export licensing regime on medical face masks and notified that exports will be permitted only for the purp...
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