Accordingly, in the comment document, the Vietnam Confederation of Trade and Industry (VCCI) asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to pay attention to import management measures, which were prescribed in the Law on Foreign Trade Management and other documents. Detailed rules. The application of any measure, the basis for application, and the conditions for application, are already prescribed and state agencies need to refer to these regulations when applying.

Specifically, VCCI said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade should consider the need for additional regulations on rice and rice imports. Not only that, the provisions in the draft are not clear enough, for example, it is not clear which criteria to evaluate the increase in imports that may affect domestic production.

The Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade should consider the need for additional regulations on rice and rice imports.

At the same time, the VCCI also expressed that it is not clear what the import management measures proposed by the state agency are. The application of import-restrictive management measures not only brings positive effects, but this can affect other domestic manufacturers, causing production costs to increase, lack of input materials. in, reducing the competitiveness of goods and products from Vietnam.

VCCI also stated that the application of import management measures should consider the interests of both enterprises using raw materials for production. Therefore, VCCI proposes the drafting agency to consider supplementing this regulation.

The import management should apply uniformly the provisions of the Law on Foreign Trade Management. However, the Draft may stipulate the provision of information from other state agencies so that the management agency can have more information when making decisions (as the Draft stipulates).

Given that the increase in rice imports may increase competition between imported rice and domestic products, affecting the lives of producers and indirectly affecting food security, in the Report to the Prime Minister. Government on amending Decree No. 107/2018/ND-CP, dated August 15, 2018 on rice export business (Decree No. 07), the Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed to supplement regulations on management of rice imports. , rice.

According to the explanation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, because rice imports are too much, but without adequate and timely management and statistics, it will affect domestic production activities, affecting Vietnam's rice production. farmers' lives and indirectly affect food security.

Therefore, the view of the Ministry of Industry and Trade is that it is necessary to have regulations on the management of rice imports according to the following criteria: quantity, value, type, market of export customers, importers; import border gate to help state management agencies proactively and promptly regulate and administer rice import activities in line with management objectives in each period.