G/TBT/N/VNM/283  
5 January 2024  
(24-0064) 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):  Sea-going 
ships flying Vietnamese Flag  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Draft 
National Technical Regulation on Classification and Construction of Sea -going Steel Ships 
QCVN 21:2023/BGTVT;  (942 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft national technical regulation (hereinafter referred to 
as "the Regulation") stipulates the inspection of classification of ships and floating 
structures at sea (hereinafter referred to as  "ships") and the activities related to the 
design, construction, conversion, restoration, repair and operation of ships. Ships falling 
within the scope of this Regulation include Vietnamese ships, ships intended to fly the 
national flag of Vietnam with th e specified characteristics, and ships flying national flags 
of foreign countries.  
This draft technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals whose activities 
are related to ships within the scope of this Regulation, namely the Vietnam Regist er 
(hereinafter in this regulation is referred to as "Register"); ship owners; establishments 
designing, building, converting, restoring, repairing and operating ships; establishments 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Vietnam Maritime Code (No. 95/2015/QH13 dated 25 November 2015).  
2. Law of Technical Standard and Regulation (No. 68/2006/QH11 dated 29 June 
2006).  
3. Decree No. 127/2007/ND -CP dated August 01,2007 detailing the implementation 
of a number of articles of the law on standards and technical regulation;  
4. Decree No. 78/2018/ND -CP dated May 16, 2018 Amending Dec ree 127/2007/ND -
CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the law on standards 
and technical regulations.  
5. Circular No. 26/2019/TT -BKHCN dated December 25, 2019 of the Ministry of 
Science and Technology instruction for development, review a nd propulgation of 
technical regulation  
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.: 04.376 8 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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