G/SPS/N/VNM/77  
 
18 April 2016  
(16-2153)  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: Viet Nam Food Administration, Ministry of Health 
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): Food belonging to the responsibility of the Ministry of 
Health, including food additives, substances assisting food processing, bottled water, mineral water, functional food and other kind of food belonging to the responsibility of 
the Ministry of Health in accordance with the Government's regulations 
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 Decree regulates conditions of producing, 
selling, advertising, testing of food, and designates organizations to certify compliance, 
to conduct state inspection on food safety for imported food belonging to the responsibility of the Ministry of Health  Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of 
pages: 96 
6. Description of content: It regulates conditions of producing, selling, advertising, 
testing of food, and designates organizations to certify compliance, to conduct state 
inspection on food safety for imported food be longing to the responsibility of the Ministry 
of Health. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/VNM/77 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
 Food Safety Law 2010 
 Decree 38/2012/NÐ-CP 
 Inter-ministerial Circular 13/2014/TTLN-BYT-BNNPTNT-BCT 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 2016 
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 SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam 
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764 
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 9019 E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn 
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
Viet Nam Food Safety Depart ment, Ministry of Health 
138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel: +(84 4) 3846 4489 
+(84 4) 3846 3702 
Fax: +(84 4) 3846 3739 E-mail: vfa@vfa.gov.vn 
Website: http://www.vfa.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764 
Fax: +(84 4) 3734 9019 
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
Link to download (available in Vietnamese): 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/ Notice/577/Decree%20 on%20Food%20import
%20belong%20to%20reponbisility%20of%20MOH.pdf