G/TBT/N/VNM/127  
 
4 June 2018  
(18-3362) 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):   
Ministry of Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi  
Website: http://moh.gov.vn/pages/index.aspx  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi  
Website: http://moh.gov.vn/pages/index.aspx  
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:   
Traditional Medicine Administration  
Ministry of Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi  
Tel: 02462732247  
Website: http://ydct.moh.gov.vn  
 
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): 
Pharmaceutics (ICS 11.120).  
5. Title, number of p ages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Circular on 
the list of medicinal herbs to be registered for circulation (5 page(s), in Vietnamese)   
6. Description of content: This draft Circular promulgates the list of medicinal herbs to be 
register ed for circulation in Viet Nam. Those include toxic medicinal herbs used as 
medicine, easily -confused and easy -to-fake ones and those of which quality of substances 
are easily affected in production and processing.  
Medical herbs which meet one of the following criteria shall be considered to be included in 
the list:  
1. Medical herbs used as medicine listed as toxic medicinal herbs used as medicine.  
2. Medical herbs of whichtheir use can lead to serious harmful reactions known or warned 
by WHO or domest ic or foreign competent authorities.  
3. Medical herbs which are like or similar to others, causing confusion in their supply and 
use. 
4. Medical herbs in which there are substances that change their content easily by 
processing, extraction or high economic  value substances  G/TBT/N/VNM/1 27 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  -  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2019 
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:   
Traditional Medicine Administration  
Ministry of Health  
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi  
Tel: 02462732247  
Website: http://ydct.moh.gov.vn  
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