G/SPS/N/VNM/137  
 
9 November 2021  
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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):  Animal feeds, livestock waste treatment 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:  Draft amendment Decree of Decree 13/2020/ND -CP on 
the Livestock Law's guidance . Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  54 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/VNM/21_7032_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft amendment Decree of Decree 13/2020/ND -CP on the 
Livestock Law's guidance establishes the provisions to regulate animal feed industry 
including feed mill's certification, quality control, and importation ports for live livestock; 
management of li vestock waste treatment products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant inte rnational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter nu mber) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/VNM/137  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Standards and Technical Regulation Law No 68/2006/QH11  
− Good Quality Law No 05/2007/QH12  
− Veterinary Law No 79/2015/QH13  
(available in Viet Nam)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 January 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 January 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 January 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enqui ry 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 Nnam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: + (84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
Livestock Production Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Block B, 16 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3733 1225  
E-mail: haophuthanh@gmail.com.  
Website: http://cucchannuoi.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:   
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/en/notification -of-viet-nam