G/SPS/N/VNM/158  
15 April 2024  
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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:  Department of Crop Production, 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):  Hybrid rice  
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 National Technical Regulation No. QCVN 01 -51: 
2024/BNNPTNT on Seed Quality of Two -line Hybrid Rice . Language(s):  Vietnamese . 
Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_02606_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft National Technical regulation applies to activities of 
organizations and individuals to consist of producing, import and trading of two -line hybrid 
rice seeds (species Oryza sativa L.) in Viet Nam.  
This draft replaces the National Technical Regu lation No. QCVN 01 -51: 2011/BNNPTNT 
issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Circular No. 45/2011/TT -
BNNPTNT dated 24 June 2011.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans  from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or relat ed text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] 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/158  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
National  Technical Regulation No. QCVN 01 -51: 2011/BNNPTNT  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_02606_01_x.pdf  
(available in Vi etnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 12 June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 12 June 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 45 days from date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authorit y, [X]  National Enquiry 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 Nam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 4764 
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
or 
Department of Crop Pr oduction  
No. 2, Ngoc Ha str, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84) 0243 8234651  
E-mail: duongdungctt@gmail.com  
 tt@mard.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