G/TBT/N/VNM/194  
2 July 2021  
(21-5298) 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 Finance  
28Tran Hung Dao Str., HoanKiem Dist.  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +84 422202828  
Website: http://www.mof.gov.vn  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agenc y or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
The General Department of Vietnam Customs  
Duong Dinh Nghe Road  
Yen Hoa Ward, CauGiay District  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (+8424) 39440833 (ext: 8621)  
Email: https://www.customs.gov.vn  
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):  Products 
and goods in general  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of Decree 
stipulating management mechanism, methods, order and procedures for stat e inspection 
of quality and food safety applied to imported goods (69 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft of Decree prescribes the management mechanism, 
methods, order and procedures for state quality inspection (hereinafter refe rred to as 
quality inspection) for goods in the list of imported goods subject to state inspection of 
quality (Goods   of Category 2 under the Law on Product and Goods Quality); management 
mechanism, methods, order and procedures for state inspection of foo d safety 
(hereinafter referred to as food safety inspection) for goods in the list of imported goods 
subject to state inspection of food safety under the Law on Food Safety.   
This draft of Decree does not apply to the following imported goods:  
a. Goods specified in (1) which are exclusively used for security and defence 
purposes;  
b. Goods subject to both quarantine and food safety inspection and quality 
inspection managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;  G/TBT/N/VNM/194  
 
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  c. Raw materials for production of drugs and drugs for humans and veterinary 
drugs.  
This draft of Decree applies to agencies, organizations and individuals involved in the 
importation of goods subject to quality and food safety inspection, including:  
a. Organizations and individuals importing goods subject to state inspection of 
quality and food safety;  
b. Ministries in charge of sectors and fields assigned to perform the state 
management of quality and food safety, specialized agencies under the People's 
Committees of provinces and municipalities ; 
c. Customs authority;  
d. Other organizations and individuals related to quality and food safety 
inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Law on Product and Goods Quality of November 21, 2007;  
• Law on Standards and Technical Regulations of June 29, 2006;  
• Law on Food Safety of June 17, 2010;  
• Law on Animal Husbandry of November 19, 2018;  
• Law on Cultivation of November 19, 2018;  
• Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine of November 25, 2013;  
• Law on Veterinary Medicine of June 19, 2015;  
• Law on Fisheries of November 21, 2017;  
• Law on Telecommunications of 23 November 2009 ;  
• Law on Radio Frequency of November 23, 2009;  
• Law on Customs of June 23, 2014 . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  By the end of July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  10 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:   
International Cooperation Department  
The General Department of Vietnam Customs  
Duong Dinh Nghe Road  
Yen Hoa Ward, CauGiay District  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (+84) 39440833 (ext: 8934)  
Email: icd@customs.gov.vn   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/VNM/21_4468_00_x.pdf  
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