G/TBT/N/VNM/280  
5 January 2024  
(24-0058) 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):  Inland 
waterway ships  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Draft 
national technical regulations on rules for classification and construction of high -speed 
inland waterway ships (QCVN 54:2023/ BGTVT); (277 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft national technical regulation (hereinafter referred to 
as "the Regulation") applies to the classification and inspection of high -speed inland 
waterway ships (hereinafter abbreviate d as "ships") operating on inland waterways within 
the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that are inspected and classified by the 
Vietnam Register.  
This draft technical regulation does not apply to oil tankers, ships carrying liquefied gas 
or dangerous chemicals in bulk.  
This draft technical regulation does not apply to ships used for national security and 
defense purposes and fishing ships.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requireme nts G/TBT/N/VNM/280  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Law on Inland Waterway Traffic dated June 15, 2004;  
Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Inland Waterway 
Transport dated June 17, 2014;  
Law on Standards and Technical Regulations No. 68/2006/QH11 dated July 29, 2006  
Decree No. 111/2014/ND -CP dated November 20, 2014 of the Government regulating the 
lifespan of domestic and imported waterway ships;  
Circular No. 48/2015/TT -BGTVT on registration of domestic waterway ships;  
ISO 12215 -5: 200 8: Hull construction and scantlings Part 5: Design pressures for mono -
hull, design stresses, scantlings determination.  
ISO 12215 -7: 2008: Hull construction and scantlings Part 7 Identifying the load capacity 
of multihull vessels and the dimensions of conne cting components referring to standards 
ISO 12215 -5. 
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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