G/SPS/N/VNM/112  
 
18 March 2020  
(20-2116) 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:  Plant Protection 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):  Plant products  
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 for publishing National technical 
regulation on phytosanitary requirements for imported regulated articles . 
Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  2 pages (draft Circular) and 18 pages 
(draft National technical regulation)  
http://sps.mard.gov.vn/en/gspsnvnm112 -1 
6. Description of content:  For publishing National technical regulation on phytosanitary 
requirements for imported regulated articles . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
ISPM No.23: Adopted 2009; published 2016  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  Law of 
Plant Protection and Quarantine (available in Vietnamese)  G/SPS/N/VNM/112  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 May 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 28 May 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if availa ble) of other body:   
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(844) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(844) 3734 49019  
E-mail: spsvie tnam@mard.gov.vn   
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
Plant Protection Department  
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(844) 3851 8192  
Fax: +(844) 3533 0043  
Email: kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn   
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, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(844) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(844) 3734 49019  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn   
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn