G/SPS/N/VNM/97  
 
23 April 2018  
(18-2523) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Viet Nam  
2. Agency responsible: Department  of Crop Production - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Viet Nam  
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): All crop 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 Law on Crop Production . Language(s): 
Vietnamese.  Number of pages: 47 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/VNM/18_2178_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/VNM/18_2178_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Draft Law on Crop Production establishes the provision to 
regulate plant varieties, fertilizer, cultivation, post -havest, processing, preservation and 
trading of plant products and state management in crop production area.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect te rritory 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If n o, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   G/SPS/N/VNM/97  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 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) : 22 June 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle 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  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 24) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Department of Crop Production  
No. 2 Ng oc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3733 5724  
Tel: +(84 24) 3734 4967  
E-mail: tt@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 SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 24) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn