STATEMENT
ON A MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING, DOCUMENTING AND SHARING
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE CONDUCT OF WTO DISPUTES
Supplement
The
following communication from the Viet Nam, dated 16 October 2025, is being
circulated pursuant to paragraph 12 of document _JOB/DSB/1/Add.12 and should be read together with
that document.
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MULTI-PARTY
INTERIM APPEAL ARBITRATION ARRANGEMENT
PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE 25 OF THE DSU
The Permanent Mission of Viet
Nam to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation
and other International Organizations in Geneva presents its compliments to the WTO
Dispute Settlement Body and refers to the Multi-Party Interim Appeal
Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU, notified to
the WTO in document _JOB/DSB/1/Add.12 of 30 April 2020,
and has the honour to notify it that Viet Nam endorses the communication
contained therein.
In accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 12 of the MPIA, Viet Nam hereby joins the MPIA as of
today, as provided for in the above-mentioned communication.
The Permanent Mission of Viet
Nam to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation
and other International Organizations in Geneva takes this opportunity to renew to
the WTO Dispute Settlement Body the assurances of its highest consideration.