1. Clause 4 Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

“4. “directly competitive good” means a good that is accepted by buyers as a substitute for the good subject to investigation.”

2. Clause 3 Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

“3. Interested parties in an investigation are entitled to access information and documents provided by other interested parties for the investigating authority according to regulations in clause 3 Article 74 of the 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management.”

3. Clause 6 Article 5 shall be amended as follows:

“6. An application for investigation for imposition of a transitional safeguard measure shall be appraised according to regulations of the 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management, the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP and Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Circular.”

4. Article 6 shall be amended as follows:

1. An application for investigation for imposition of a transitional safeguard measure (referred to as “application” in this Chapter) includes relevant documents and evidences specified in Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .

2. The application for investigation for imposition of the transitional safeguard measure prepared according to Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP must include the following additional information:

a) Description of the imported good as prescribed in clause 4 Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP that is the information related to the good imported from one or more of the Parties and subject to the investigation upon the request for imposition of transitional safeguard measure. Information related to the HS code must be provided according to the special preferential import/export tariff schedules for implementation of the Agreement;

b) Information related to amounts, quantities and values of the imported good subject to investigation as prescribed in clause 6 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application, including at least 06 months after the Agreement comes into force for one or more of the Parties against which such transitional safeguard measure investigation is requested;

c) Information, figures and evidences about the serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic industry according to regulations in clause 7 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application, including at least 06 months after the Agreement comes into force for one or more of the Parties against which such transitional safeguard measure investigation is requested. If the operating duration of the domestic industry is less than 03 years, the submitted data shall include the entire operating duration of the domestic industry by the time of submission of the application;

d) Information related to the transition period for the imported good subject to the investigation upon the request for imposition of transitional safeguard measure.”

5. Clause 2 Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

“2. An application submitted by the investigating authority must comply with regulations of Article 6 hereof, except for the cases specified in clauses 1, 2 and 3 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .”

6. Clause 4 Article 9 shall be amended as follows:

“4. An application for investigation for imposition of an emergency action against textile and apparel goods shall be appraised according to regulations of the 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management, the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP and Articles 10, 11 and 12 of this Circular.”

7. Article 10 shall be amended as follows:

1. An application for investigation for taking of an emergency action against a textile or apparel good (referred to as “application” in this Chapter) includes relevant documents and evidences specified in Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .

2. The application for investigation for taking of the emergency action against a textile or apparel good prepared according to Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP must include the following additional information:

a) Description of the imported good as prescribed in clause 4 Article 63 of Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP that is the information related to the textile or apparel good imported from one or more of the Parties and subject to the investigation upon the request for taking of the emergency action. Information related to the HS code must be provided according to the special preferential import/export tariff schedules for implementation of the Agreement;

b) Information related to amounts, quantities and values of the imported textile or apparel good as prescribed in point a of this clause within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application, including at least 03 months after the Agreement comes into force for one or more of the Parties against which such emergency action investigation is requested;

c) Information, figures and evidences about the serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic industry according to regulations in clause 7 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP within at least 03 consecutive years before submission of the application, including at least 03 months after the Agreement comes into force for one or more of the Parties against which such emergency action investigation is requested. If the operating duration of the domestic industry is less than 03 years, the submitted data shall include the entire operating duration of the domestic industry by the time of submission of the application;

d) Information related to the transition period for the imported textile or apparel good subject to the investigation upon the request for taking of the emergency action.”

8. Clause 2 Article 11 shall be amended as follows:

“2. An application submitted by the investigating authority must comply with regulations of Article 10 hereof, except for clauses 1, 2 and 3 Article 63 of the Decree No. 86/2025/ND-CP .”

This Circular comes into force from July 01, 2025. In case the legislative documents referred to this Circular are amended or replaced, the newest documents shall be applied.