G/TBT/N/VNM/292  
28 February 2024  
(24-1846) 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 Agriculture and Rural Development  
No.10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regar ding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Department of Cooperatives and Rural development  
Tel.: (084) 024.3843 8794  
Fax: (084) 024.3843 8791  
Email: hcth.htx@mard.gov.vn ; cucktht@gmail.com  
Website: https://dcrd.gov.vn/co -cau-to-chuc-a2.html  
Machinery Testing Center – Vietnam institute of Agricultural eng ineering and post -harvest 
technology  
Tel: (084) 024.3876 5090  
Fax: (084) 024.3876 6925  
Email: vinacamt@gmail.com  or nguyentuananhc kdl43@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.viaep.org.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):  Combine 
harvesters  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
technical regulation on safety for combine harvesters; (14 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation prescribes technical and management 
requirements to ensure the safety of combine harvesters used for rice ha rvesting in 
agricultural production  
This draft regulation applies to organizations and individuals that manufacture, import, 
distribute and trade in combine harvesters used for rice harvesting (hereinafter referred 
to as enterprises). State administrative authorities, certification and conformity 
assessment organizations and other relevant organizations and individuals.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requir ements  G/TBT/N/VNM/292  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
- Decree No. 74/2018/ND -CP dated May 15, 2018 amending and supplementing a number 
of articles of Decree No. 132/2008/ND -CP dated December 31, 2008 of the Government 
detailing implementation some articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality;  
- Circular No. 16/2021/TT -NNPTNT dated December 20, 2021, Minister of Agriculture and 
Rural Development on Promulgating the List of potentially unsafe products and goods 
under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Agri culture industry and rural 
development;  
- ISO 4254 -1:2013 Agricultural machinery – Safety – Part 1: General requirements.  
- TCVN 6818 -1: 2010 Agricultural machinery – Safety – Part 1: General requirements  
- TCVN 6818 -7: 2011 Agricultural machinery – Safety  – Combined harvesters, forage 
harvesters  
- Safety test results for some types of combine harvesters commonly used in Vietnam 
today.  
- Refer to technical documents, instructions for using combine harvesters used in 
agriculture and other related technical d ocuments.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 October 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2025  
10. Final date for comments:  60 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:   
Bilingual draft  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024 /TBT/VNM/24_01681_00_x.pdf