G/SPS/N/VNM/53  
 
15 April 2014  
(14-2368)  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 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plants and 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 promulgating the List of regulated 
articles and regulated articles subject to pest risk analysis before importing into 
Viet Nam  Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of pages: 3 
6. Description of content: The Circular provides the list of regulated plants and plant 
products. It also defines the regulated articles that should be subject to pest risk 
analysis before importing into Viet Nam. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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 32:2011  
[ ] 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   G/SPS/N/VNM/53 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [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. 2 Ngoc Ha 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  
or 
Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi Fax: +(84 4) 35330043 Email: kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn 
13. Texts 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. 2 Ngoc Ha 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  
or 
Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi Fax: +(84 4) 35330043 
Email: kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn 
 Link to download: 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/En glishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/59
/draft%20circular%20VNM53.pdf