G/SPS/N/VNM/63  
 
20 August 2014  
(14-4806)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plants and plant 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 Circular on publishing the list of pests of 
Viet Nam  Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of pages: 3 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/En glishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/69
/Circular%20on%20Quarantine%20pests%20list.rar 
6. Description of content: The Draft Circular aims to categorize the list of pests to be 
quarantined. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] 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 number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
ISPM 32:2009  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Law of Plant Protection and Quarantine (available in Vietnamese) G/SPS/N/VNM/63 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated date on 1 November 2014. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated date on 1 November 2014. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 October 2014 
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  
And 
 Plant Protection Department Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi 
Fax: +(84) 3533 0043 E-mail: Kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Link to download the regulatory draft:  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/En glishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/69
/Circular%20on%20Quarantine%20pests%20list.rar