G/SPS/N/VNM/106  
 
15 May 2019  
(19-3396) 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:  Livestock Production Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Viet  Nam 
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 app licable):  Livestock feeds, live animals and livestock products (meat, poultry 
eggs, milk, wool, honey, slaughter by -products, etc.), products used for livestock waste 
treatment  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Decree on Guidelines for Implementation of 
Animal Husbandry Law . Language(s):  Vietnamese . Number of pages:  53 including 
34 of appendices  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/Data/File/Notice/3213/Decree%20of%20livestoc.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Decree is providing detailed guideli nes for some 
clauses stipulated by Animal Husbandry Law and measures for implementation of the Law. 
The clauses guided in detail in the Draft are related to:  
a) Livestock breed management: Promulgation of the list of livestock breeds to be 
conserved and the list of livestock breeds banned from exportation;  
b) Livestock feed management: Conditions and procedures of licensing  of feed 
production, feed importation, use of antibiotics in livestock, feed quality inspection;  
c) Animal husbandry management: Farming size, l ivestock density of eco -zones, 
procedures for licensing  livestock farming, regulations on rearing swiftlets, sika deer;  
d) Importation of livestock and their products;  
e) Regulations on livestock waste treating products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius  Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/VNM/106  
 
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:   
− Law on standards and technical regulations No 68/2006/QH11  
− Law on Product and Goods Quality  No 05/2007/QH12  
− Law on Veterinary medicine  No 79/2015/QH13  
(available in Vietnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 October 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 November 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 July 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
Livestock Production Department  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Block B, 16 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 37331225  
E-mail: thanhtraphapche@gmail.com  
 phuc.vcn@gmail.com  
Website: http://cucchannuoi.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:   
Livestock Production Department  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Block B, 16 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 24) 37331225  
E-mail: thanhtraph apche@gmail.com  
 phuc.vcn@gmail. com 
Website: http://cucchannuoi.gov.vn  
 
Link to download the Draft:  
https://www.mard.gov.vn/VanBanLayYKien/Pages/lay -y-kien-du-thao-to-trinh-du-thao-
nghi-dinh-huong -dan-chi-tiet-va-bien--.aspx