G/TBT/N/VNM/144  
 
11 June 2019  
(19-3981) 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 from above:   
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 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Couplers 
for rolling stocks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft 
Nationa l technical regulation on couplers for rolling stocks (21 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation stipulates the inspection of the couplers 
for locomotives, railway car whose speed is not much more than 120 km/h for meter 
gauge (1000 mm) and not much more than 160 km/h for standard gauge (1435 mm).   
This draft regulation applies to organizations involved in manufacturing, assembling of 
locomotives, railway cars; organizations manufacturing, importing the couplers and 
agenci es, organizations and individuals involved in inspecting, testing and certificate 
granting for quality, technical safety and environment protection.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• QCVN 16:2011/BGTVT: National technical regulation on acceptance test of newly 
manufactured, assembled and imported locomotives ; 
• QCVN 18:2018/BGTVT: National technical regulation on acceptance test of newly 
manufactured, assembled and imported railway cars ; G/TBT/N/VNM/144  
 
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  • QCVN 87:2015/BGTVT: National technical regulation on railway vehicles – 
Railway car's bogies – Technical requirements ; 
• Circular No 29/2018/TT -BGTVT: Stipulation of inspection of quality, safety 
technical and environment protectio n for rolling stock . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2020  
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:   
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/  
Or can be downloaded at:  
http://tbt.gov.vn/To%20Link%20lin%20kt/D%E1%BB%B1%20th%E1%BA%A3o%20Q
CVN%201814%20(b%E1%BB%99%20m%C3%B3c%20n%E1%BB%91i).docx