. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/VNM/2 
14 January 2008  
 (08-0144) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  VIET NAM
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Regulated articles subject to Pest Risk Analysis 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Decision No 48/2007/QD-
BNN issued by the Ministry  of Agriculture and Rural Development dated 29 May 2007 
(9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Promulgating the regulation on pr ocedures for issuance of the 
phytosanitary import permits for the regulated articles subject to Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) 
before importing into Viet Nam.  Annexes have been attached to the Decision such as:  
-  Application form for issuing phytosanitary import permit; 
-  Data requirement for PRA; 
-  Time needed for PRA;  and -  Phytosanitary import permit. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/VNM/2 
Page 2  
 
  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Decision 
No 34/2007/QD-BNN issued by the Ministry of Agricultur e and Rural Development on 
23 April 2007. 
PRA process of Viet Nam (TCN 955:2006, enclosed Decision No 4096/QD-BNN-KHCN 
issued by the Ministry of  Agriculture and Rural Development dated 29 December 2006) 
(available in Vietnamese and English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 May 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 June 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Plant Protection Department , Ministry of Agriculture  and Rural Development 
149 Do Dac Di street, Dong Da dist, Hanoi Tel:  +(84 4) 851 8198 
Fax:  +(84 4) 533 0043 
E-mail:  ppd@fpt.vn Website:  http://www.ppd.gov.vn
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Vietnam SPS Notifi cation Authority and Enquiry Point 
2 Ngoc Ha street.  Hanoi.  Vietnam Tel:  +(84 4) 734 4764 
Fax:  +(84 4) 734 4764 
E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn
 
 Plant protection Department (P PD), Ministry of Agriculture an Rural Development  
149 Do Dac Di street, Dong Da dist, Hanoi 
Tel:  +(84 4) 851 8198 Fax:  +(84 4) 533 0043 E-mail:  ppd@fpt.vn Website:  http://www.ppd.gov.vn