G/SPS/N/VNM/153  
30 January 2024  
(24-0678) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Terrestrial animals and thereof products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment/supplement to the Circular on regulation of 
quarantine of terrestrial animals and thereof products . Language(s):  Vietnamese . 
Number of pages:  35 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_00678_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft of Circular amends and supplements guidance on the 
implementation of the quarantine of terrestrial animals and thereof products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] prote ct territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code : from 
Chapter 4.1 to Chapter 4.19; Chapter 5.4 to Chapter 5.7; Chapter 6.4 to 
Chapter  6.14 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/VNM/153  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Circular  on regulation of quarantine of terrestrial animals and thereof products  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_00678_01_x.pdf  
(available in Vietnamese ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 2024  
45 days from date of publication  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 February 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Block A3, No.10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Hanoi, Viet  Nam 
Tel: +(84 4)37344764  
Fax: + (84 4) 37344764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
Department of Animal Health,  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
15/78 Giai Phong Street, Dong Da dist, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 4) 24 3868 7151  
 +(84 4)  24 3869 6788  
Fax: +(84 4) 24 3869 1311  
E-mail: kiemdich.cty@dah.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.cucthuy.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Link to download the regulatory draft:  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/en/notification -of-viet-nam