Pursuant to the National Assembly Standing Committee's Resolution No. 292/NQ-UBTVQH9 of November 8, 1995, on Vietnam's program on import tax reduction for implementation of the Agreement on Common Effective Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) of ASEAN countries;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 77/2003/ND-CP of July 1, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Government's Decree No. 149/2005/ND-CP of December 8, 2005, detailing the implementation of Law No. 45/2005/QH11 of June 14, 2005, on Import Tax and Export Tax;

Pursuant to the Protocol for the Accession of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Agreement on Common Effective Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) for the implementation of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) (hereinafter referred to as the CEPT/AFTA Agreement), signed on December 15, 1995, in Bangkok;

At the proposal of the director of the International Cooperation Department,