G/TBT/N/VNM/274  
5 January 2024  
(24-0056) 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 fr om above:   
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.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Road 
vehicle headlamps (ICS 43)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
Technical Regulation of ro ad vehicle headlamps; (49 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation stipulates requirements for quality 
assessment of road vehicle headlamps (hereinafter referred to as lamps)  
This draft technical regulation applies to estab lishments that manufacture and import 
lamps, manufacture and assemble and import road motor vehicles and organizations and 
individuals involved in inspection, testing and certification of the technical quality and 
safety of lamps.  
7. Objective and rationa le, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Law on Technical Standards and Regulations dated June 29, 2006;  G/TBT/N/VNM/274  
 
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  2. Decree 127/2007/ND -CP dated August 01, 2007 detailing the implementation of 
a number of articles of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations  
3. Decree 78/2018/ND -CP dated May 18, 2018 amendments to some articles of 
Decree 127/2007/ND -CP dated August 01, 2007 detailing Regulations for the 
Implementation of a nu mber of articles of the Laws on Standards and Technical 
Regulations  
4. Circular No. 31/2017/TT -BGTVT dated September 22, 2017 of Minister of 
Transport on issuing National Technical Regulation on optical characteristics of 
road vehicle headlamps QCVN 35:2017/B GTVT.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  45 days after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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