Vietnam Tables 2025 Circular Updating Permitted and Banned Plant Protection Products

Hanoi — October 2025. Vietnam has circulated a draft Circular updating the List of permitted plant protection products and the List of banned plant protection products. The measure—prepared by the Plant Production and Protection Department (PPPD)—comprises the Circular plus Annex 1 (Permitted products) and Annex 2 (Banned products). Proposed adoption/publication is set for 15 December 2025, with entry 45 days after publication.

Scope, Legal Basis, and Structure

The draft cites the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (2013) and Decree 35/2025/ND-CP on ministerial functions. It would supersede the current lists upon effect. Texts are available in Vietnamese and English via the WTO SPS portal.

Substantive Updates

New active ingredients (16). Additions to the permitted list are: Ivermectin; Capsaicin; Streptomyces misionensis; Bacillus siamensis; Fluopimomide; Allicin; Dicloran; Cupric nonyl phenolsulfonate; Florylpicoxamid; Pyrisoxazole; Imazalil; Saflufenacil; Fluroxypyr; Cholecalciferol; S-Abscisic acid; Flumetralin. The draft also introduces new formulated products containing existing actives and mixtures already listed.

Permitted list—headline counts (Annex 1).

• Insecticides: 895 actives / 2,194 trade names
• Fungicides: 840 actives / 1,957 trade names
• Herbicides: 312 actives / 994 trade names
• Rodenticides: 9 actives / 73 trade names
• Plant growth regulators: 67 actives / 206 trade names
• Additional categories (e.g., seed treatments, post-harvest preservatives) are itemized by product and use.

Banned list—structure (Annex 2). Consolidated prohibitions include 23 insecticide/wood-preservative actives, 6 fungicide actives, 1 rodenticide, and 1 herbicide, aligning with long-standing restrictions on legacy chemistries.

The draft sets phase-out rules for specific carbamates from the Circular’s effective date, including carbosulfan (production permitted for 3 months; sale/use for 2 years; no imports) and benfuracarb (production/import for 3 months; sale/use for 1 year). The SPS notice provides the submission channel (Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point) and links to the Vietnamese and English versions of the draft.