G/TBT/N/VNM/97/Add.1  
 
22 July 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  22 July 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Viet Nam . 
 
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Title: Draft Decree detailing and guiding a number of articles of Law on Chemicals  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/VNM/modification/21_4799_00_x.
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New deadline for comments (if applicable):  30 days from notification  
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 
113/2017/ND -CP of the Government dated on 9th October 2017 guiding the implementation of a 
number of articles of the Law on Chemicals    
AGENCY: Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 54 H ai Ba Trung St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Ha Noi, Viet Nam 
Science and Technology Department 54 Hai Ba Trung, HoanKiem, Ha N oi, Viet Nam Tel.: (84 -24) 
22205057 Fax: (84 -24) 22205038 Email: ThanhNV@moit.gov.vn  Website: 
http://www.Cuchoachat.gov.vn  
SUMMARY:  
Amend a number of articles of Decree 113/2017/ND -CP of the Government dated on 9th October 
2017 guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals, including:  
1. Declaration of imported chemicals;  
2. Exercises of Measures for Chemical Incident Prevention and Response;  
 
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  3. Exemption for some cases of Certificate for production and trading of chemicals subject to 
conditional production and tra ding in the industrial sector and License for production and trading of 
restricted chemicals manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector;  
4. Simplifying the application for the Certificate for production and trading of chemicals subject to 
condition al production and trading in the industrial sector and the License to produce and trade of  
restricted chemicals manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector;  
5. Adding the duration of the License for production and trading of restricted chemicals 
manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector;  
6. Management of industrial precursors;  
7. Adding practical content to the chemical safety training program;  
8. Adjustment of time for reporting chemical activities;  
9. Adding chemicals to the list of prohib ited chemicals and restricted chemicals from production and 
business in the industrial sector.  
The draft Decree can be downloaded at:  
http://legal.moit.gov.vn/default.aspx?page=document_bill&do=detail&doc_id=1143&rand=63761
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PROPOSED DATE OF ADOPTION: December 2021  
PROPOSED DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE: January 2022  
FINAL DATE FOR COMMENTS: 30 days from the date of notification  
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