A free-trade agreement between Japan and Vietnam will take effect Oct. 1 with the aim of liberalizing nearly 92 percent of bilateral trade in the next 10 years, the government said Tuesday.

Under the FTA, which is Japan's 11th, Tokyo will abandon tariffs on such products as fruit and shrimp imported from Vietnam. Hanoi, meanwhile, will eliminate customs duties on Japanese products including steel products, auto parts and some agricultural products.

The two countries will also cooperate in the area of protecting intellectual property rights, the government said.