Vietnam Reach Regulation For Various Sectors

NEW VIETNAM CHEMICAL REGULATIONS (2025 to 2026)

Introduction

Vietnam has issued a new, consolidated national framework for chemicals management. The framework is built on a new Law on Chemicals (Law No. 69/2025/QH15) and is implemented through three Government Decrees and two Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Circulars, all dated 17 January 2026 for the Decrees and Circulars.

For business readers, the key point is that Vietnam now sets out chemicals compliance through a clearer “instrument stack”:

• The Law sets the overall legal scope and responsibilities.
• The Decrees translate the Law into implementable management systems, including chemical lists, safety and security requirements, and rules for chemicals in products and goods.
• The MOIT Circulars provide operational details such as procedures, templates, and required information content for permits, safety sheets, reporting, and plans.

1) Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15

What it is

The Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15 is the primary law governing chemicals in Vietnam. It establishes the legal foundation for the entire framework and authorizes detailed implementation by the Government and MOIT.

What it covers, in business terms

The Law states that it regulates:

• Chemicals and chemical activities, meaning activities such as production, trading, storage, transport, and use of chemicals within regulated scope.
• Chemical industry development, meaning state policy, planning, and development orientation for the sector.
• Chemical information, meaning structured information governance and reporting duties connected to chemicals management.
• Hazardous chemicals in products and goods, meaning chemicals contained in finished products or goods can trigger specific information disclosure requirements.
• Chemical safety and security, meaning safety management and incident preparedness expectations, including prevention and response planning.

2) Decree No. 24/2026/ND-CP (Chemical Lists)

What it is

Decree No. 24/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) sets out the official chemical lists used to determine which chemicals fall into defined management categories under the Law.

Why it matters

For companies, this Decree is the key “classification by list” reference. The list status of a chemical can determine whether it is subject to tighter controls, additional documentation, special conditions for production and trading, or incident planning requirements.

What it contains

The Decree issues chemical lists in appendices, including:

• Appendix I: Chemicals within the scope of chemical industry development policy.
• Appendix II: Chemicals subject to conditional production and trading.
• Appendix III: Chemicals subject to special control.
• Appendix IV: Chemicals for which organizations must prepare a chemical incident prevention and response plan.

3) Decree No. 25/2026/ND-CP (Chemical Industry Development, Safety and Security)

What it is

Decree No. 25/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) provides detailed rules to implement parts of the Law relating to:

• Chemical industry development, and
• Chemical safety and security

What it means

This Decree is the “implementation backbone” for the Law’s chemical sector governance and safety-security pillar. It provides the detailed legal mechanism for how those parts of the Law are to be organized, managed, and applied.

4) Decree No. 26/2026/ND-CP (Chemical Activity Management, Chemicals in Products and Goods)

What it is

Decree No. 26/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) provides detailed rules to implement parts of the Law relating to:

• Management of chemical activities, and
• Hazardous chemicals in products and goods

What it means

This Decree is the central implementing instrument for day-to-day compliance topics that commonly affect business operations, including how regulated chemical activities are managed and how hazardous chemicals contained in products or goods are handled under the framework.

5) MOIT Circular No. 01/2026/TT-BCT (Procedures, Permits, Templates, Safety Sheet)

What it is

Circular No. 01/2026/TT-BCT (17 January 2026) is issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to detail and guide implementation of the Law and Decree 26/2026/ND-CP.

What it covers

This Circular is operational. It specifies procedures, required information, and templates for several core compliance actions under MOIT administration, including:

A) Permit procedures (how permits are processed and managed)

It provides procedures for issuance, re-issuance, amendment, and extension of validity for:

• Chemical production permits
• Chemical trading permits
• Export and import permits for specially controlled chemicals, specifically Group 1 and Group 2 under the special control framework

B) Chemical Safety Sheet (Phiếu an toàn hóa chất) content requirements

It specifies the required content structure for the Chemical Safety Sheet, which is a standardized safety information document under the Vietnam framework.

C) Recordkeeping for prohibited chemicals (within MOIT state management scope)

It establishes log and record templates for tracking activities related to prohibited chemicals, including categories such as production, import, use, and storage, within the scope of MOIT management.

D) Monitoring forms for purchase and sale of specially controlled chemicals

It provides templates, timelines, and implementation roadmap elements for monitoring forms and reporting related to purchase and sale activities for specially controlled chemicals within the sector database.

E) List for hazardous chemicals in products and goods requiring information disclosure

It includes the list of hazardous chemicals in products and goods that require information disclosure under MOIT management scope.

6) MOIT Circular No. 02/2026/TT-BCT (Safety-Security Measures, Plans, Drills, Consulting Certificates)

What it is

Circular No. 02/2026/TT-BCT (17 January 2026) is issued by MOIT to implement the Law and Decree 25/2026/ND-CP, focusing on chemical industry development and chemical safety and security measures.

What it covers

A) Chemical-sector consulting certificates

It provides rules on:

• Coding and management of chemical-sector professional consulting certificates
• Templates for issuance, re-issuance, amendment, and revocation of these certificates

B) Chemical incident prevention and response planning

It specifies content requirements and templates for:

• Chemical incident prevention and response plans
• Prevention and response measures for chemical incidents during transport
• Provincial-level chemical incident prevention and response plans

It also includes templates used for appraisal and approval processes for these plans.

C) Chemical incident response drills

It specifies requirements for the content, process, templates, and documentation used for chemical incident response drills, including how drill records are documented.