G/SPS/N/VNM/136  
 
20 October 2021  
(21-7942) 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):  Plant protection 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:  Circular promulgating the List of permitted plant 
protection products and List of banned plant protection products in Viet Nam . 
Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/VNM/21_6654_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Circular promulgating the List of permitted plant protection 
products and List of banned plant protection products in Viet Nam in 2021.  
Circular including three parts: Circular, Annex 1 (List of permitted plant protection 
products in Viet Nam) and Annex 2  (List of banned plant protection products in Viet Nam).  
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 related 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:  The circular is issued based on the Law on Plant Protection and 
Quarantine, the Circular on the management of plant products. These documents are built 
in harmony with international practices and regulations of Viet Nam.  G/SPS/N/VNM/136  
 
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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  
− Circul ar No 21/2015/TT -BNNPTNT dated 8 June 2021 - Circular on management of 
Plant protection products  
http://vanban.chinhphu.vn /portal/page/portal/chinhphu/hethongvanban?class_id=1&_
page=1&mode=detail&document_id=180383  
(available in Vietnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 18 December 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 18 December 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 December 2021  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 December 2021  
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) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
Plant Protection Department - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Viet Nam  
149 Ho Dac Di Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Fax: +(84) 24.3533 0043  
E-mail: qlt.bvtv@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