G/TBT/N/VNM/147  
 
11 June 2019  
(19-3986) 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 Transport  
80 Tran Hung Dao  
Hoan Kiem Ha Noi  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Viet Nam Register  
18 Pham Hung, My Dinh 2, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 024.3768  4838 
Fax: 024.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn   
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.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):  Wheel -
sets for rolling stocks  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft 
National technical regulation on wheel -sets for rolling stocks (18 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:   
• This draft regulation stipulates the inspection of wheel -sets for locomotives, 
railway car whose speed is not much more than 120 km/h for met er gauge 
(1000  mm) and not much more than 160 km/h for standard gauge (1435 mm).   
• This draft regulation applies to organizations involved in manufacturing, 
assembling of locomotives, railway cars; organizations manufacturing, importing 
the wheel -sets and a gencies, organizations and individuals involved in inspecting, 
testing and certificate granting for quality, technical safety and environment 
protection.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/VNM/147  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• QCVN 16:2011/BGTVT: National technical regulation on acceptance test of newly 
manufactured, assembled and imported locomotives;  
• QCVN 18:2018/BGTVT: National technical regulation on acceptance test of newly 
manufactured, assembled and imported railway cars;  
• QCVN 87:2015/BGTVT: National technical regulation on railway vehicles – 
Railway car's bogies – Technical requirements;  
• Circular No 29/2018/TT -BGTVT: Stipulation of inspection of quality, safety 
technical a nd environment protection for rolling stock.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 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:   
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport  
Viet Nam Register  
18 Pham Hung, My Dinh 2, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 024.3768  4838 
Fax: 024.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn   
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
Or can be downloaded at:  
http://tbt.gov.vn/To%20Link%20lin%20kt/D%E1%BB%B1%20th%E1%BA%A3o%20Q
CVN%201812%20(b%E1%BB%99%20tr%E1%BB%A5c%20b%C3%A1nh%20xe).doc