G/SPS/N/VNM/107  
 
22 July 2019  
(19-4840) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Livestock Production Department, Ministry of 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):  Animal feed  
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:  Draft Circular on Guidelines for animal feed 
management, under Viet Nam's Animal Husbandry Law No. 32/2018/QH14 . 
Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  30 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/3351/Regulation%20of%20Animal%20
Feed%20draft.docx  
6. Description of content:  This Draft  Circular provides Guidelines for the management of 
animal feed specified in Clause 4 of Article 37; Clause 1 of Article 44; Clause 2 of 
Article  46; Point đ, Clause 2 of Article 48; and Point c, Clause 2 of Article 79 of Viet Nam's 
Animal Husbandry Law, in cluding:  
− Principles of animal feed sampling;  
− Animal feed labelling ; 
− Regulations on reporting the  state of animal feed production;  
− Specifying mandatory quality requirements of feed standards included in applicable 
standards;  
− Issuing a list of banned substan ces in animal feed and a list of materials which can be 
used as feed ingredient in Viet Nam.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] 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 Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/VNM/107  
 
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  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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Standards and Technical Regulation Law, No 68/2006/QH11  
− Law on Animal Husbandry, No 32/20 18/QH14  
− Law on Quality of Product and Commodity, No 05/2007/QH12  
 
(available in Vietnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 45 days from date of adoption.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 September 2019  
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:   
Livestock Production Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developme nt 
16 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
E-mail: feeddivision@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn