G/SPS/N/VNM/100  
 
1 June 2 018 
(18-3300) 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): Products of plant origin under the management of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam  
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 amending and supplementing Annex es Ia and 
IIa of Circular No. 30/2017/TT -BNNPTNT , dated 29 Decem ber 2017, endorsed by the 
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development . Language(s): Vietnamese.  Number of 
pages: 6 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/2700/draft%20amending%20cicular%203
0-2017-TT-BNNVN.doc  
6. Description of content: After the enforcement of Viet Nam's  Government 
Decree  15/2018/ND -CP on 2  February 2018, some current Ministerial Circulars have 
become completely or partly obsolete and invalid, including  Circular 30/2017/TT -BNNPTNT , 
dated 29 December 2017, endorsed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. 
This d raft regulation (Draft 2) aims to comply with Decree 15/2018/ND -CP. It introduces 
the amendment and supplement of the two Annexes of Circular 30/2017/TT -BNNPTNT:  
 Annex Ia: Application Form for Plant Quarantine and Food Safety Inspection of 
imported goods o f plant origin; and  
 Annex IIa: Certificate for Plant Quarantine and Food Safety Inspection of imported 
goods of plant origin.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest o r 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 number) :  G/SPS/N/VNM/100  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : September 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : October 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 31 July 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:  
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Str., Hanoi, Viet Na m 
Tel: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(824 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
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  
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:   
Viet Nam Sanitary an d Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Str., 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