G/TBT/N/VNM/252  
13 March 2023  
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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 ; ngochai@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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  GSM, W -
CDMA, E -UTRA Land Mobile User Equipment (HS code: 8517.13.00; 8517.14.00)  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
technical regulation on Land Mobile User Equipment - Radio Access; (85 page(s), in 
Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  The draft National technical regulation on Land Mobile User 
Equipm ent is based on ETSI EN 301 908 -13 V13.2.1 (2022 -02) and the followings: ETSI 
EN 301 908 -1 V15.1.1 (2021 -09), ETSI EN 301 908 -2 V13.1.1 (2020 -06), ETSI EN 301 
511 V12.5.1 (2017 -03), ETSI TS 136 521 -1 V16.8.1 (2021 -06), ETSI TS 151 010 -1 
V13.13.0 (2022 -05). 
The draft National technical regulation specifies radio access requirements for GSM, W -
CDMA, E -UTRA Land Mobile User Equipment including mobile phones and other radio 
terminal equipments which are not mobile phones.  
Mobile phones must use E -UTRA  technology and operate in all or some bands specified in 
Tables from 1 to 5 of the technical regulation. Mobile phones, if integrating/using W -CDMA 
FDD technology, must comply with the additional requirements specified in Appendix B of 
this technical regu lation; if integrating/using GSM technology must comply, must comply 
with the additional requirements specified in Appendix C of this technical regulation.  
Radio terminal equipments other than mobile phones, if integrating/using E -UTRA 
technology, must ope rate on all or one of the bands specified from Table 1 to Table 5 of 
the technical regulation; if integrating/using W -CDMA FDD technology, must comply with 
the additional requirements specified in Appendix B of this technical regulation; if G/TBT/N/VNM/252  
 
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  integrating/usi ng GSM technology, must comply with the additional requirements 
specified in Appendix C of this technical regulation.  
The draft National technical regulation do not specify radio access requirements using NB -
IoT, LTE -M and 5G technology.  
This draft Nationa l technical regulation applies to Vietnamese and foreign organizations 
and individuals that manufacture and trade in equipment covered by this regulation in 
the territory of Vietnam.  
This draft National technical regulation is intended to supersede QCVN 11 7:2020/BTTTT.  
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 providing mo difications 
and amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT -BTTTT;  
• Circular No. 10/2020/TT -BTTTT dated 07 May, 2020 providing modifications and 
amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT -BTTTT;  
• Circular No.02/2022/TT -BTTTT  dated 16 May, 2022 specifying the list of products 
and goods with unsafe capability under management responsibility of Ministry of 
Information and Communications;  
• QCVN 117:2020/BTTTT, National technical regulation on Land Mobile User 
Equipment - Radio Acc ess. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 August 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  15 May 2023  
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  
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