G/TBT/N/VNM/116/Add.2  
28 April 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 27 April 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Viet Nam .  
 
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Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No.116/2017/ND -CP on 
business requirements for manufacturing, assembly and imports of automobiles, automobiles 
warranty and maintenance services  
Viet Nam Industry Agency, Ministry of Industry and Trade  
23 Ngo Quyen street, HoanKiem district, Ha Noi, Viet N am 
Tel.: (84 -24) 3823 8334  
Fax: (84 -24) 3823 8387  
Email: cuccn@moit.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.moit.gov.vn  
Summary : 
Viet Nam would like  to inform the WTO Members that draft decree amending Decree 
116/2017/ND -CP on business requirements for manufacturing, assembly and imports of 
automobiles, automobiles warranty and maintenance services, which was notified in notification 
G/TBT/N/VNM/116/A dd.1 has been promulgated in Decree No.17/2020/ND -CP on 
5 February  2020.  
The detailed promulgated provisions are as followed:  
1. The Decree supplemented the regulation on suspending the validity and revocation of license 
granted to enterprises in case the y import or temporarily import automobiles which were installed 
navigation software with maps violating the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Specifically:  
1.1 Validity of automobile import business licenses  granted to the enterprises who import or 
temporarily import automobiles which were installed navigation software with maps violating the 
sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam will be suspended. 
Within 06 months from the date of suspension, if the violated enterprise comprehensively 
overcomes the violation, cancellation of such suspension will be considered. In case the enterprise 
fails to do so from the date of suspension, their import business licenses shall be revoked.  
1.2 In addition, Decree 17/2020/ND -CP also amended the provision on quality of imported unused 
automobiles. For imported automobiles manufactured by countries where management by vehicle 
type approval is applied, the quality management authority shall eval uate the vehicle type based 
on technical safety and environment protection testing and inspection results of representative 
samples and quality ensuring conditions evaluation results in manufacturing facility. For imported 
automobiles manufactured by count ries where management by self -declaration is applied, the 
quality management authority shall evaluate the vehicle type based on technical safety and 
environment protection testing and inspection results of representative samples and inspection of 
samples t aken on the market.  
1.3 Maximum type evaluation frequency is 36 months . G/TBT/N/VNM/116/Add.2  
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  2.  Viet Nam Ministry of Transport is responsible for detailing and guiding the inspection of 
technical safety and environment protection for domestically manufactured and assembled 
automobiles and imported automobiles in accordance with existing legislation on products and 
goods quality and above -mentioned Decree  
3. Provisions on business requirements for manufacturing, assembly and imports of automobiles, 
automobiles warra nty and maintenance services inDecree 17/2020/ND -CP has come in force 
on 5 February 2020.  
The text of the Decree is available on Government website in Vietnamese:   
https://bientap.vbpl.vn//FileData/Tw/Lists/vbpq/Attachments/140944/VanBanGoc_17.signed.pdf  
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