G/TBT/N/VNM/138  
 
25 March 2019  
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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):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Information and Communications  
Department of Science and Technology  
18 Nguyen Du Str., Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel (84 -24) 38226580  
Fax: (84 -24) 39437328  
Email: dxbinh@mic.gov.vn  
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:   
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):  
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) (ICS 33.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
technical regulation on electromagnetic compatibility for mobile terminals and ancillary 
equipment of digital cellular tele communication systems (26 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft National technical regulation is based on ETSI EN 301 
489-52 V1.1.0 (2016 -11). 
This draft National technical regulation specifies technical requirement on EMC for User  
Equipment (UEs) and ancillary equipment operated on mobile networks. This draft 
National technical regulation does not cover technical requirements related to antenna 
port and emissions from the enclosure port of radio equipment.  
This draft National techn ical regulation includes following provisions:  
1. General provisions  
2. Technical requirements  
2.1. Emission  
2.2. Immunity  
2.3. Test conditions  
2.4. Performance assessment  
2.5. Performance criteria  
3. Regulatory requirements  G/TBT/N/VNM/138  
 
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  4. Obligation of organizations and individuals  
5. Implementation  
Annex A (normative): CDMA Direct Spread Performance assessment voice call. Audio 
breakthrough.  
Annex B (normative): CDMA Direct Spread Performance assessment of data transfer call. 
Error Ratios  
Annex C (informative): Examples of cellular mobile and portable radio and ancillary 
equipment  
Bibliography  
This National technical regulation is intended to supersede current National technical 
standards (QCVN 86:2015/BTTTT and QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT) for GSM, WCDMA, E -UTRA, 
LTE Use r Equipment and ancillary equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Law on quality of products and goods  
• The Law on standards and technical regulations  
• Circular No.30/2011/TT -BTTTT dated 31 October 2011 specifying mandatory 
certification and declaration of products and goods in information technology and 
communications sector  
• Circular No.15/2018/TT -BTTTT dated 15 November 2018 provid ing modifications 
and amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT -BTTTT  
• QCVN  86:2015/BTTTT National technical regulation on Electromagnetic 
compatibility (EMC) requirements for mobile and ancillary equipment of digital 
cellular telecommunications systems GSM  and DCS  
• QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT National technical regulation on General Electromagnetic 
Compatibility for Radio Communications Equipment  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 June 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 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:   
Ministry of Information and Communications  
Department of Science and Technology  
18 Nguyen Du Str., Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel (84 -24) 38226580  
Fax: (84 -24) 39437328  
Email: dxbinh@mic.gov.vn , ngochai@mic. gov.vn   
Or can be downloaded at:  
http://mic.gov.vn/mra/Pages/TinTuc/102415/Du -thao-Qui-chuan -ky-thuat -quoc-gia--
de-lay-y-kien-gop-y-.html (item No.128)