Ass. Prof Tran Thi Thuy Duong

LLM. Nguyen Xuan My Hien

Lecturer of International Law Faculty, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law

Abstract

Environmental protection, climate change has become a major concern of the parties negotiating and signing new generation free trade agreements in general and Vietnam in particular. Recently, Vietnam has signed a Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EVFTA), which proposes promoting the development of renewable energy as an effective alternative to polluted traditional energy. Chapter VII EVFTA noted explicitly the commitments of the parties to cooperate towards removing or reducing non-tariff barriers and fostering cooperation, taking into account, where appropriate, regional and international standards. In addition to trade liberalization commitments, Article 7.6 of Chapter VII also regulates exceptions to members to protect the nation's non- trade issue. The paper will present certain Vietnam's non-trade issues in trade and investment in renewable energy generation, and then evaluate the degree of protection of these the mentioned issues in Chapter VII EVFTA.