The EVFTA was signed and officially entered into force on August 1, 2020. The content of trade remedies is specified in chapter 3 of the Agreement, including measures to protect members’ domestic production industry protection in the event of unfair competition (dumping/subsidy) and/or a sudden increase in imported goods, leading to damage to the domestic industry due to the implementation the Agreement.

Circular 19/2019/TT-BCT stipulating the application of special safeguard measures to implement the CPTPP Agreement was issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on September 30, 2019.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just issued Decision No. 1347/QD-BCT on May 19, 2020, implementing a number of activities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to improve trade remedies capacity for domestic manufacturing industries in the context of Vietnam's participation in new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs)

Article XIX of the General Agreement allows a GATT member to take a “safeguard” action to protect a specific domestic industry from an unforeseen increase of imports of any product which is causing, or which is likely to cause, serious injury to the industry.