G/SPS/N/VNM/151  
8 August 2023  
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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:  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:  282 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/VNM/23_11537_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 2023.  
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 Cod e, 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/151  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− 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  
− Circular No 21/2015/TT -BNNPTNT dated 8 June 2015 – 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) : 3 October 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 October 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 45 days from date of publication . 
[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) : 7 October 2023  
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  
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 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