Vietnam Notifies Draft Law Overhauling National Food Safety Framework
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has notified a draft Food Safety Law that would replace the country’s 2010 Food Safety Law. Submitted to the World Trade Organization under notification G/SPS/N/VNM/187, the...
Read MoreVietnam Notifies Draft Technical Regulation on Mixtures of High Explosives
Vietnam has notified the WTO of a draft national technical regulation on the safety of industrial explosive materials, specifically mixtures of single-element high explosives. The notified measure is proposed as...
Read MoreVietnam Proposes Updated Technical Rules for Lead in Paints, Mercury in Fluorescent Lamps and Restricted Substances in Textile
Vietnam has notified the WTO of draft amendments to three national technical regulations covering lead content in paints, mercury content in fluorescent lamps, and formaldehyde and aromatic amines derived from...
Read MoreVietnam Proposes Updated Technical Rules for Industrial Sodium Hydroxide, PAC and Ammonia
Vietnam has notified the WTO of a draft Circular amending national technical regulations for industrial sodium hydroxide, poly aluminium chloride (PAC) and industrial ammonia. The proposed measure updates QCVN 03A:2020/BCT,...
Read MoreVietnam Proposes Digital Traceability Rules for Ammonium Nitrate and Explosive Precursors
Vietnam has notified the WTO of draft amendments to national technical regulations covering ammonium nitrate for ANFO explosives, ammonium nitrate for emulsion explosives, and explosive precursors used for industrial explosive...
Read MoreVietnam Notifies Draft Decree to Overhaul Cosmetic Product Management
Vietnam has notified the WTO of its Draft Decree on the Management of Cosmetics, proposing a broader and more risk-based framework for cosmetic manufacturing, product notification, import control, Product Information...
Read MoreVietnam 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,...
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