G/TBT/N/VNM/284  
5 January 2024  
(24-0066) 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 Building of Single Point Moorings and 
Floating Light Buoy s, QCVN 72:2023/BGTVT; (67 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation stipulates the inspection and 
certification of uninhabited mooring buoys as defined in section 1.2.2 used for mooring 
ships, oil and gas explorat ion and exploitation vessels and other types of other floating 
structures (hereinafter, if not specified, are collectively referred to as "ships") and signal 
buoys for the installation of aids to navigation in port waters and Vietnamese waters 
(hereinafter  , if not specified, is collectively referred to as "buoys").  
This draft technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals involved in 
management, technical safety and quality inspection, design, manufacture, conversion, 
restoration, repair and  exploitation of buoys within the scope of This regulations include: 
Vietnam Register (hereinafter referred to as "Register"); buoy owners; companies that 
design and manufacture buoys.  G/TBT/N/VNM/284  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
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 Decree 127/2007/ND -
CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the law on sta ndards 
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 and 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.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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