Vietnam Notifies Draft Circular on Medium-Risk Products under MOIT Quality Management
Vietnam has notified the WTO of a draft Circular establishing the list of medium-risk and high-risk products and goods under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and...
Read MoreVietnam Decentralizes Hazardous Goods Transport Permits to Provincial Authorities
Apr-22-2026
Hanoi, April 2026. Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Circular No. 15/2026/TT-BCT introducing a significant shift in the administration of hazardous goods transport permits. The new measure delegates licensing...
Read MoreVietnam Issues Circular on Prohibited and Disclosure-Required Hazardous Chemicals for Household and Medical Preparations
Hanoi, March 2026. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has issued a new Circular establishing a mandatory list of chemicals prohibited in insecticidal and bactericidal preparations, as well as a list of hazardous...
Read MoreVietnam Tables Draft Decree on the Management of Cosmetics; New Notification, Manufacturing, and Post-Market Controls Proposed
Hanoi, March 2026. Viet Nam’s Ministry of Health (Drug Administration of Viet Nam) has circulated a draft Decree that would overhaul the national framework for cosmetic regulation, spanning product notification,...
Read MoreVietnam Activates Implementing Decrees for the new Chemicals Law
Jan-17-2026
On 17 January 2026, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Notice No. 363/BCT-HC, confirming that the key implementing instruments under Chemicals Law No. 69/2025/QH15 were issued and took effect from the...
Read MoreVietnam 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...
Read MoreVietnam Tables Three Draft Decrees to Implement New Chemicals Law
Oct-03-2025
On 2 October 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Vietnam Chemicals Agency) notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) three coordinated draft decrees to implement the Law on Chemicals No....
Read MoreVietnam Proposes Comprehensive Cosmetics Decree: New Rules on Notification, CGMP, Labeling, and Market Surveillance
On 4 September 2025, Viet Nam notified the WTO (G/TBT/N/VNM/357) of a Draft Decree on the Management of Cosmetics introducing an updated regulatory framework for cosmetic products. The draft sets detailed requirements...
Read MoreVietnam Seeks Comments on Draft Decree to Implement New Law on Chemicals
Sep-05-2025
On September 5, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) opened a public consultation on a draft Government Decree that will operationalize the new Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15. Described...
Read MoreVietnam Issues Updated Licensing Procedures for Transporting Dangerous Goods by Waterway and Rail
On 23 June 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Decision 1781/QD-BCT, introducing revised procedures for granting, amending, and re-granting licenses for the transport of dangerous goods by inland...
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