Vietnam Tables 2025 Circular Updating Permitted and Banned Plant Protection Products

On 20 October 2025, Vietnam notified the WTO of a draft Circular updating the List of Permitted Plant Protection Products and the List of Banned Plant Protection Products. The draft, prepared by the Plant Production and Protection Department (PPPD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, includes the Circular and two annexes:

• Annex 1: List of Permitted Plant Protection Products in Vietnam
• Annex 2: List of Banned Plant Protection Products in Vietnam

Adoption and publication are proposed for 15 December 2025, with entry into force 45 days thereafter. Stakeholders may submit comments until 19 December 2025 via the Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point.

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 will replace the current lists once effective. Texts are available in both Vietnamese and English via the WTO SPS portal.

Key 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.

Transitional Provisions

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; imports prohibited.
• Benfuracarb: production/import allowed 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.