On October 5, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 3993/QD-BCT on the initiation of an investigation into anti-dumping measures on H-shaped steel products imported into Vietnam originating from the People's Republic of China including Hong Kong (China) (case number AD03).

On March 3, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 818/QD-BCT on the initiation of an investigation into anti-dumping measures on Galvanized Steel products imported into Vietnam from the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of Korea (Korea) (case number AD02).

This was an anti-dumping investigation initiated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam on July 2, 2013 against imports of certain cold-rolled stainless steel from the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and Indonesia.