G/TBT/N/VNM/196  
14 July 2021  
(21-5566) 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 Agriculture and Rural Development  
Directorate of Fisheries  
No.10 Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (+84 -24) 37245374  
Fax: (+84 -24) 37345120  
Website: http://tongcucthuysan.gov.vn  
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:   
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):  Fishing 
vessel tracking devices  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft 
National technical regulation on Fishing vessel tracking devices (8 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  The draft national techn ical regulation on fishing vessel tracking 
devices specifies the quality criteria and usage conditions for the fishing vessel tracking 
devices.  
This draft technical regulation applies to individuals and organizations involved in the 
production, assembly, i mport, quality certification, management and use of positioning 
equipment which transmit position data via satellite installed on fishing vessels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Fisheries Law 2017 No. 18/2017/QH14;  
• Decree No. 26/2019/ND -CP dated on 08 March 2019 guidelines for 
implementation of the law on fisheries;  
• QCVN 31: 2014/BGTVT National technical regulation on vehicle tracking 
devices;  
• QCVN 18: 2014/BTTTT National technical regulation on General electromagnetic 
compatibility for radio communications equipment;  G/TBT/N/VNM/196  
 
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  • QCVN 47: 2015/BTTTT on Radio Frequency and Radiation Spectrum applicable 
to radio transceivers;  
• TCVN 7326 -1: 20 03 standards for information technology - safety equipment;  
• TCVN 4255:2008 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code);  
• QCVN 02 -21:2015/BNNPTNT National technical regulation on Safety Equipment 
of fishing vessels;  
• QCVN 119:2019/BTTTT National te chnical regulation on Electromagnetic 
compatibility for marinetime navigation and radiocomunication equipment.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2021  
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:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Directorate of Fisheries  
No.10 Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (+84 -24) 37245374  
Fax: (+84 -24) 37345120  
Website: http://tongcucthuysan.gov.vn  
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