Vietnam - GHS Status
GHS Status
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GHS implementation status |
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Transport of dangerous goods |
Implemented For international transport of dangerous goods, see “Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines” |
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Other sectors |
Standards for classification and labelling of chemicals have been in place in Viet Nam since 1999. There are a number of government ministries involved in chemicals management, including:
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Industrial, workplace and agricultural chemicals |
Implemented The main piece of legislation is the Chemical Law issued in November 2007. The Law is supported by several decrees and ministerial circulars, among which, the following:
On 13 February 2012, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued, circular No. 04/2012/TT- BCT, establishing classification and labelling requirements for substances and mixtures in line with GHS (Rev.4). The circular entered into force on 30 March 2012. It followed several earlier pieces of legislation implementing parts of the GHS and stipulated a transitional period for implementation of 2 and 4 years for substances and mixtures, respectively, for its effective entry into force, i.e:
On 9 October 2017, Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP was issued. The new decree replaced No. 108/2008/ND-CP and entered into force on 25 November 2017. It specifies and provides guidance for implementation of some of the articles of the law on chemicals. On 8 December 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued circular No 32/2017/TT-BCT to assist the implementation of the Decree No 113/2017. The Circular took effect immediately and address among other matters, guidance on compiling chemical safety data sheets. A memorandum of cooperation “on Strengthening of risk-based chemical management System in Vietnam” was signed on 12 July 2012 and renewed in July 2015 between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Republic of Vietnam. The project for strengthening chemicals management in Vietnam was conducted from April 2015 until March 2019. The project included, among other activities, a situation survey on industrial chemicals: the development of a national chemical inventory, a national chemical |
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database and a risk-based chemicals management system. Further details on the project, its methodology, scope, results and follow-up activities can be consulted in the final project report (February 2019).
The National chemical inventory (NCI) was initiated in 2016 and a draft version was released in March 2020. Chemicals not listed in the NCI will be considered as “new” and will be subject to a registration process. The Inventory contains GHS classification results, inventories and lists of regulated chemicals in other countries/regions such as Japan, the United States of America and the European Union. At the time of the publication of the project report (February 2018), Vinachemia was summarizing public comments to the third draft of the NCI and planning to start procedures for governmental approval after gathering comments from relevant ministries. The National chemical’s database was released in August 2018. The database contains the draft national chemical inventory (NCI) as well as the regulated chemicals list under Vietnam's Chemicals Law. As regards agricultural chemicals, the Revised Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (No. 41/2013/QH13) was enforced in January 2015. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has developed and operates their own database for more than 1,700 agricultural chemicals in coordination with Vinachemia and in line with the Law on Chemicals on GHS labelling.
On 8 June 2015, the Ministry issued Circular No. 21/2015/TT-BNNPTNT (Circular 21), implementing the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine and regulating labelling of plant protection drugs (Plant Protection). According to article 63 of the circular “domestically circulated, imported or exported plant protection drugs shall be labelled in compliance with the provisions on goods labelling in Decree No. 89/2006/ ND-CP of 30 August 2006, the guidance of the Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Classification and Labelling (GHS), and this Circular. The hazard level of plant protection drugs shall be shown on their labels and material safety data sheets. Hazard classification of plant protection drugs shall be based on GHS rules and technical guidance, hazardous materials and hazards to human health and the environment.”. Hazard classes of plant protection drugs are provided in detail in Appendix XXXVI to circular 21. The circular entered into force on 1 August 2015 and repealed Circular No. 03/2013/TT- BNNPTNT of 11 January 2013. A transitional period of 5 years (i.e. until August 2020) was given allowing use of plant protection drug labels in accordance with the 2013 circular. |
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