G/SPS/N/VNM/104  
 
15 October 2018  
(18-6362) 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 - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development  
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): Foods of plant origin  
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: Circular on State food safety inspection of plant origin 
exports . Language(s): Vietnamese.  Number of pages: 7 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/2895/inspection%20of%20plant%20ori
gin%20exports.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/VNM/18_5270_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Circular is based on Articles 41 and 42 of the Law on Food 
Safety 2010 and on Article  23 of Decree 15/2018/ND -CP detailing the implementation of 
some articles of the Law on Food Safety.  
In order to supervise food safety of imports, this Circular regulates:  
• dossiers and procedures to inspect food safety of plant origin exports;  
• handling of re-imported plant origin exports in the event of food safety non -
compliance with relevant regulations of importing countries; and  
• the form presenting food safety inspection results of plant origin exports.  
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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CAC/GL 20 -1995 Principles for Food Import and 
Export Inspection and Certification  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter numbe r):  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/VNM/104  
 
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  [X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internatio nal standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] 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 December 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:  
Plant Protection Department  
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3537 9743  
Fax: +(84 24) 3533 0043 
E-mail: qlattpmt.bvtv@mard.gov.vn  
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.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 :  
Plant Protection Department  
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 3537 9743  
Fax: +(84 24) 3533 0043  
E-mail: qlattpmt.bvtv@mard.gov.vn  
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan  Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn