Hanoi, March 11 -- The European Union will not impose tax or non-tax defensive measures on Vietnam after the country signed an international agreement to country-by-country reporting with partner countries and EU member states. On January 3, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbC MCAA), which followed the approval by Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son and accords with the guidelines of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Forum Secretariat. On February 7, the Finance Minister signed additional five announcements to activate the CbC reporting mechanism with the partner countries, including all the 27 E...