G/TBT/N/VNM/234  
22 August 2022  
(22-6331) 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:   
Vietnam Food Administration, Ministry of Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3846 4489/ +(84 4) 3846 3702  
Fax: +(84 4) 3846 3739  
Email: phongtckn@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.vfa.gov.vn  
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:   
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):  Health 
Supplements, Dietary Supplements  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified  document:  Draft National 
technical regulation on maximum level contaminants in health supplements.; (6 page(s), 
in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This national technical regulation stipulates:  
- Classification, definition for Health Supplements, Dietary Supplements  
- The limit of contaminants for Health Supplements, Dietary Supplements  
- Food Sampling and Testing Methods  
- Managing requirements and responsibility of organizations, individuals producing and 
trading health supplements  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Law on Food Safety  
- Decree 15/2018/ND -CP dated February 02, 2018 of the Government on the elaboration 
of some articles of the Law of Food Safety  
- Vietnam Pharmacopoeia V  G/TBT/N/VNM/234  
 
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  - TCVN 7924 -2:2008 (ISO 16649 -2:2001)  
- Circular 26/2012/TT -BKHCN dated December 12, 2012 of the Minister of Science and 
Technology on the state inspection o f quality of goods in circulation  
- Circular 12/2017/TT -BKHCN dated September 28, 2017 of the Minister of Science and 
Technology on amendments and supplements to Circular 26/2012/TT -BKHCN dated 
December 12, 2012 of the Minister of Science and Technology on  the state inspection of 
quality of goods in circulation  
- ASEAN Guidelines on Limits of Contaminants for Health Supplements (Annex III) at 
website: https://asean.org/wp -content/uploads/2017/09/ASEAN -Guidelines -on-Limts -
of-contaminants -HS-V2.0-with-disclaimer.pdf  
9. Proposed  date of adoption:  15 December 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
1) Website of Vietnam Food Administration  
https://vfa.gov.vn/du -thao-gop-y/quy -chuan -ky-thuat -quoc-gia-doi-voi-gioi-han-cac-
chat-o-nhiem -trong -thuc-pham -bao-ve-suc-khoe.html  
2) Website of Ministry of Health  
https://moh.gov.vn/gop -y-du-thao-van-
ban?p_p_id=gydt_WAR_gydtportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=vi
ew&p_p_col_id=row -0-column-
2&p_p_col_count=1&_gydt_WAR_gydtportlet_jspPage=%2Fhtml%2Fgydt%2Fpropositio
n_feedback%2Fview_proposition_details.jsp&_gydt_WAR_gydtportlet_redirect=%2Fgop
-y-du-thao-van-ban&p_r_p_564233524_propositionId=1306812  
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