G/SPS/N/VNM/119  
 
1 July 2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Development, Directorate of Fisheries  
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):  Seed of freshwa ter fish  
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:  National technical regulation: Seed of freshwater fish; 
Part 2: Striped catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ). Language(s):  Vietnamese . 
Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/VNM/21_4419_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft of technical regulation relates to safety criteria for 
brood -fish, fry, fingerling of Striped catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ). 
The regulation shall apply to organizations and individuals in the country, overseas 
Vietnamese, foreign organiz ations, and individuals carrying out activities of or related to 
the trading and inspecting processes of aquatic seed qualification.  
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 Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
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:   G/SPS/N/VNM/119  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Circular  No. 36/2018 / TT -BNNPTNT dated 25 December 2018 of the Minister of Agriculture 
and Rural Development on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 
No. 26/2016 / TT -BNNPTNT dated 30 June 2016 regulations on inspection of aquatic 
animals and products  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/VNM/21_4419_01_x.pdf  (available in 
Vietnamese ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of cir culation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 August 2021  
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:   
Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Block A3, No.  10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, 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  
 
Department of Science, Technology and International Cooperation, Directorate of Fisheries 
- MARD  
Block A1, No. 10, Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Viet  Nam 
Tel: +(84 4) 3724 5383  
Fax: +(84 4) 3724 5410  
E-mail: lanttt.khcn@mard.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/en/notification -of-viet-nam