G/TBT/N/VNM/269  
8 August 2023  
(23-5404) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Transport  
80 Tran Hung Dao  
Hoan Kiem  
Ha Noi  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different fr om above:   
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport  
Viet Nam Register  
18 Pham Hung, My Dinh 2, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 024.3768 4838  
Fax: 024.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Rail 
locomotives (excl. those powered from an external source of electricity or by 
accumulators); locomotive tenders (HS code(s): 8602)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Circular 
stipulating t he inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection of 
railway vehicles; (36 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Circular provides for the inspection and certification 
of quality, technical safety and environm ental protection for equipment of railway vehicles 
in imported inspection and railway vehicles in manufactured, assembled, imported, 
converted, periodical inspection, in order to operate on national railways, urban railways, 
special -use railways with rails  connected to national railways and special -use railways 
without rails with railways that passes through a residential area, intersects with a road.  
This draft Circular does not apply to equipment installed on railway vehicles imported in 
complete units.  
This draft Circular applies to organizations and individuals involved in the importation of 
railway vehicles equipment; the importation, manufacture, assembling, converting, 
repairing and exploiting railway vehicles operating on railway systems and organiza tions 
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  environmental protection certificates for equipment of railway vehicles and railway 
vehicles specified in Article 1 of this Circular.  
This draft Circular shall replace th e Circular No. 29/2018/TT -BGTVT dated May 14, 2018 
of the Minister of Transport on the inspection of quality, technical safety and 
environmental protection of railway vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Law on Railways dated June 16, 2017;  
2. Law on Product and Goods Quality dated November 21, 2007;  
3. Decree No. 132/2008/ND -CP dated December 31, 2008 of the Government detailing 
the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality;  
4. Decree No. 65/2018/ND -CP dated May 12, 2018 of the Government detailing a number 
of articles of the Law on Railways;  
5. Decree No. 56/2022/ND -CP dat ed August 24, 2022 of the Government defining the 
functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport;  
6. Circular 29/2018/TT -BGTVT dated May 14, 2018 of the Minister of Transport providing 
for the inspection of quality, tech nical safety and environmental protection of railway 
vehicles.  
7. G/TBT/N/VNM/119  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 October 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  30 December 2023  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/VNM/23_11597_00_x.pdf