G/TBT/N/VNM/97  
 
10 July 2017  
(17-3671) 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 Industry and Trade  
Vietnam Chemicals Agency  
21 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 84 (0)4 22205136  
Email: thanhnv@moit.gov.vn   
Website: http://vinachemia.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 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products of the 
chemical industry (ICS 71.100).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft Decree 
Detailing and Guiding a Number of A rticles of Law on Chemicals (35 page(s), in 
Vietnamese)   
6. Description of content:  This draft Decree details and guides a number of articles of Law on 
Chemicals, including:  
1. General  requirements to ensure safety in production and trading chemicals.  
2. Chemicals produced and traded with conditions in industry; conditions, documents, 
sequence and procedures for granting Certificate for production and trading of 
chemicals with conditions i n industry.  
3. Conditions of production and trading industrial precursors; conditions, documents, 
sequence and procedures for granting License for export and import of industrial 
precursors.  
4. Restricted chemicals produced or traded in industrial sector; condi tions, documents, 
sequence and procedures for granting License for Restricted chemicals produced or 
traded in industrial sector.  
5. Banned chemicals, toxic chemicals.  
6. Plans and measures for prevention and responding chemical incidents.  
7. Safe distance for dang erous chemical facilities  
8. Classification of chemicals, chemicals safety data sheet.  
9. Chemicals declaration, information on chemicals.  
10. Chemical safe training.  G/TBT/N/VNM/97  
 
- 2 - 
 
  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection o f human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Law on Chemicals No 06/2007/QH12  
 Law on Investment No 67/2014/QH13  
 Law No. 03/2016/QH14 dated November 22, 2016, on amendment and supplement 
to article 6 and annex 4 on the list of conditional business lin es stipulated in the law 
on investment   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 7 August 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force:  September 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address,  telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Industry and Trade  
Department of Chemistry  
21 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 84 (0)4 22205136  
Email: thanhnv@m oit.gov.vn   
Website: http://vinachemia.gov.vn/  
http://www.cuchoachat.gov.vn/App_File/userfiles/files/D%E1%BB%B1%20th%E1%BA%A
3o.zip