G/TBT/N/VNM/279  
5 January 2024  
(24-0098) 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.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 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):  
construction machinery  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
Technical Regulations on safety and  environmental protection for construction machinery; 
(29 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation stipulates the quality of technical 
safety and environmental protection for specialized vehicles (hereinafter refe rred to as 
Vehicles) in production, assembly; import, and use that are listed in the List of potentially 
unsafe products and goods under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of 
Transport issued with Circular No. 12/2022 /TT -BGTVT June 30, 20 22. 
This draft technical regulation applies to establishments manufacturing and assembling; 
importing and owning the Vehicles in use, organizations and individuals involved in the 
management, inspection, testing and certification of technical safety qualit y and 
environmental protection of Vehicles.  
This draft technical regulation does not apply to vehicles belonging to the Ministry of 
Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense used for national security and defense 
purposes.  G/TBT/N/VNM/279  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Road Traffic Law dated November 13, 2008;  
- Law on Product and Goods Quality dated November 21, 2019;  
- Decree No. 132/2008/ND -CP dated December 31, 2008 of The Government details the 
implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Product Quality, goods;  
- Decree No. 74/2018/ND -CP dated May 15, 2018 of the Government, Government 
amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 132/2008/ND -CP dated 
December 31 December 2008;  
- Decree No. 13/2022/ND -CP dated January 21, 2022 of The Government amends and 
supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 132/2008/ND -CP dated December 31, 
December 2008 , Decree No. 74/2018/ND -CP dated May 15, 2018 of the Government 
details the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods 
Quality and Decree No. 86/2012/ND -CP dated October 19, 2012 of the Government 
detailing and guiding the imple mentation of a number of articles of the Law on 
Measurement;  
- Decree No. 12/2017/ND -CP dated February 10, 2017 of The Government regulates the 
functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry Transportation; 
Pursuant to Decree No. 127 /2007/ND -CP dated August 1, 2007 and Decree No. 
78/2018/ND -CP dated May 16, 2018 amending and supplementing a number of articles 
of Decree No. 127/2007ND -CP; 
- Circular 89/2015/TT -BGTVT dated December 31, 2015 regulating quality inspection of 
technical sa fety and environmental protection in automobile production and assembly.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  45 days after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
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.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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