. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/VNM/1 
14 January 2008  
 (08-0143) 
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):  List of regulated articles su bject 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 34/2007/QD-
BNN issued by the Ministry of Agriculture  and Rural Development dated 23 April 2007 
(2 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Promulgating the list of regulated  articles subject to Pest Risk 
Analysis before importing into Viet Nam:  
- Plants and plant products; - Living organisms subject to plant protection area;  and 
- Other articles exposed to high risk of carry ing harmful organisms shall be identified and 
supplemented in the period of time. 
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:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   D e c r e e  
No 02/2007/ND-CP issued by th e Viet Nam Government on Plant Quarantine, dated 
5 January 2007 (available in Vietnamese and English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  23 April 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  9 May 2007 G/SPS/N/VNM/1 
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  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