Drug Administration of Vietnam to implement new cosmetics regulations in 2024-25
On 4 March 2024, the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) issued amendments to the Annexes of the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive (ACD). At the 38th ASEAN Cosmetic Council (ACC) and the 38th...
Read MoreVietnam plans to revise its cosmetics legislation.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on December 13, 2023, that a new decree on cosmetics management is being drafted. Background information Currently, after more than 12 years of implementation...
Read MoreVietnam announces new GHG Regulation will be effective from February 2024
On 27 December 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam published a new circular on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The scope of the circular...
Read MoreVietnam suggests Modifications to the List of Facilities Covered by the GHG Inventory Regulations
The "Draft amendment of the Prime Minister's Decision on the List of GHG Emission Facilities that Must Carry Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories" (the Draft) was published by the Vietnamese Ministry...
Read MoreVietnam Notifies WTO of Draft Circular on Pesticides Insecticides and Disinfectants
On 10 October 2023, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health notified to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) a Draft Circular promulgating the list of chemicals and insecticidal and disinfectant products for household...
Read MoreDraft circular on GHG inventory and emission reduction published by Vietnam.
A public consultation on the Draft Circular on Technical Regulations for Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Greenhouse Gas Inventory in the Industry and Trade Sectors (hereinafter...
Read MoreVietnam sets workplace exposure limits for 80 chemicals
On August 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued a draft circular XX/2024/TT-BYT promulgating the National Technical Regulation on the Permissible Exposure Limits for 80 Chemicals in the Workplace...
Read MoreNew guidelines on 11 administrative processes in the environmental domain published by Vietnam.
Decision 1701/QD-BTNMT on Guidance for Implementation of Administrative Procedures in the Environmental Sector was published by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam on June 26, 2023, and it...
Read MoreRelease of the Second Draft of the Chemical Weapons Convention Management Decree by Vietnam
The second draft amendment to Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP on the Management of Chemicals Covered by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and...
Read MoreVietnam Brings Registration of Controlled Substances into Force
In Vietnam, it is mandatory to register the use of controlled substance under Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP on Reduction of Green House Gas Emissions and Protection of Ozone Layer enacted by the...
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