G/TBT/N/VNM/285  
 
5 January 2024  
(24-0132) 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 Transport  
80 Tran Hung Dao  
Hoan Kiem  
Ha Noi  
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 fr om above:   
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport  
Viet Nam Register  
18 Pham Hung, My Dinh 2, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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):  Floating 
production storage units  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft National 
Technical Regulation for Classification and Technical Supervision of Floating Production 
Storage Units; (103 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft national technical re gulation (hereinafter referred to 
as "the Regulation") stipulates the requirements for technical safety quality, 
environmental protection and management for floating storage units used in oil and gas 
activities in the waters of the Socialist Republic of Vi etnam  
This draft technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals involved in the 
management and inspection of technical safety quality and environmental protection 
(hereinafter referred to as "inspection"), the design and manufacture of new f loating 
storage units, the conversion, repair and operation, the use of floating storage units  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/VNM/285  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. QCVN 21:2015/BGTVT - National technical regulations on classification and 
construction of steel -hull ships and Amendment 1:2016, Amendment 2:2017, 
Amendment 3:2018  
2. QCVN 60:2013/BGTVT - National technical regulation on automatic and remote 
control of cashew system  
3. QCVN 65:2015/BGTVT - National technical regulation on assessment of capacity 
of ship manufacturing and service providers.  
4. QCVN 35:2010/BTNMT - National technical regulation on water discharged from 
offshore oil and gas projects.  
5. QCVN 36 :2010/BTNMT - National technical regulation on drilling fluids and drilling 
mud waste from offshore oil and gas projects.  
6. QCVN 102:2018/BGTVT - National technical regulations on labor safety and boiler 
techniques installed on offshore exploration and explo itation equipment.  
7. QCVN 67:2018/BGTVT - National technical regulation on pressure equipment  
8. QCVN 70:2021/BGTVT on transportation, exploration and exploitation equipment 
at sea.  
9. QCVN 48:2012/BGTVT - National technical regulation on classification and 
techni cal supervision of offshore mobile platforms.  
10. QCVN 69:2014/BGTVT - National technical regulation on classification and 
technical supervision of marine pipeline systems.  
11. QCVN 72:2014/BGTVT - National technical regulation on classification and 
manufacture of  mooring buoys and signal buoys.  
12. QCVN 97:2016/BGTVT - National technical regulation on lifting equipment on 
marine structures  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  45 days after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  30 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport  
Viet Nam Register  
18 Pham Hung, My Dinh 2, Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 04.3768 4838  
Fax: 04.3768 4840  
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt -bgtvt.vn/  
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