G/SPS/N/VNM/154  
5 March 2024  
(24-2039) Page: 1/2 
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):  Plants and plant 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 Circular promulgating the list of regulated articles 
subject to pest risk analysis before importing into Viet Nam (revised the circular 
30/2014/TT -BNNPTNT) . Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  3 
https://datafiles.chinhphu.vn/cpp/files/vbpq/2014/09/tt -30.signed.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01833_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The circular provides the list of plants , plant products and other 
objects or materials which shall be subject to phytosanitary measures (regulated articles ). 
It also defines the regulated articles that should be subject to pest risk analysis before 
importing into Viet Nam . 
7. Objective and rat ionale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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 related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM No. 32 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internat ional standard:   G/SPS/N/VNM/154  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Law No: 41/2013/QH13 – Law on Plant protection and Quarantine  
http://vanban.chinhphu.vn/portal/page/portal/chinhphu/hethongvanban?class_id=1&_
page=1&mode=detail&document_id=171413  
(available in Vietnamese ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 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) : 4 May 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [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)37344764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
or 
 
Plant Protection Department – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Viet  Nam 
149 Ho Dac Di Street, Hanoi, Viet  Nam 
Fax: (+84) 24.35330043  
E-mail: kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  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