What it is

Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on the other, done in Hanoi on June 30, 2019.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 2 June 2021. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000063· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced2 June 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted8 June 2021The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments11 June 2021Groups propose changes.
Committee30 June 2021A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary13 October 2021All 350 deputies vote.
Senate21 October 2021The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE21 December 2021It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

21 October 2021

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 285 yes · 3 no · 56 abst.

Voted on: Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on the other, done in Hanoi on June 30, 2019.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 127· updated 11 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 6 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 46 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 46
Against: 0
Abstained: 2
Tie: 4

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	4 abst. · 1 did not vote
Republicano	13	13 abst.
Socialista	120	119 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	10	8 in favour · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	35 abst.
GPlu	12	3 in favour · 3 against · 4 abst. · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	88 in favour
VOX	52	52 in favour

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000063
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 13 of sitting 127
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 11 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on the other, done in Hanoi on June 30, 2019. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original