G/TBT/N/VNM/84
28 June 2016
(16-3464)  Page: 1/2
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 
Authority of Information Security 
18 Nguyen Du Str., Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam Tel (84-4) 39436684 
Fax: (84-4) 39436684 
Email: bhphuong@mic.gov.vn   
Name and address (including telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Information security 
products 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Decree of the 
Government detailing conditions for granting business licenses for trading information 
security products and services (18 pages, in Vietnamese). 
6. Description of content: This draft Decree details the conditions, sequence and 
procedures, application for granting business licenses for trading information security products and services.  
The draft Decree includes: 
 Article 1. Scope of regulations and subjects of application 
 Article 2. Information security products and services 
 Article 3. List of Information security products subjected to import license 
 Article 4. Business license for Information security products and services 
 Article 5. Conditions for granting licences for business in Information security 
products and services 
 Article 6. Receipt of application for business license for trading in Information 
security products and services 
 Article 7. Verification of application for business license for trading in Information 
security products and services 
 Article 8. Explanation and amendment of application during verification 
 Article 9. Report of companies trading in Information security products and services 
 Article 10. Validity 
 Article 12. Implementation 
 Annex 1. List of Information security products subject to import license 
 Annex 2. Forms G/TBT/N/VNM/84 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Granting business licenses for trading in information security products and 
services  
8. Relevant documents: Law on Network information se curity No. 86/2015/QH13 dated 
19 November 2015 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 30 July 2016 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministry of Information and Communications 
Authority of Information Security 
18 Nguyen Du Str., Hai Ba Trung Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam 
Tel (84-4) 39436684 Fax: (84-4) 39436684 
Email: bhphuong@mic.gov.vn   
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