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WTO notification · SPS

VietnamProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Plants and plant products – Vietnam

Official title

The Government hereby promulgates the Decree detailing the implementation of Clause 5a Article 13 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine and Article 64 of the Law on Crop Production (as amended and supplemented under Clause 2 Article 2 and Clause 5 Article 15 of the Law on Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the Fields of Agriculture and Environment)

Vietnam notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 28 November 2025. The comment period closed on 27 January 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Plants with soil-attached root balls; Production unit codes (PUCs) and Packing house codes (PHCs)

Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 28 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or Vietnam for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
  • Plant protection
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
  • Protect territory from other damage from pests
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/VNM/176
Keywords
Human health, Animal health, Plant health, Food safety, Territory protection, Animal diseases

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 27 January 2026
Proposed adoption
January 2026
Proposed entry into force
45 days from date of publication

How to comment

The comment period closed on 27 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/VNM/176; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

This Decree details the implementation of: - Clause 5a Article 13 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine regarding the import of plants with soil-attached root balls, as amended and supplemented under Clause 2 Article 2 of the Law on Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the Fields of Agriculture and Environment; - Article 64 of the Law on Crop Production regarding production unit codes (PUCs) and packing house codes (PHCs), as amended and supplemented under Clause 5 Article 15 of the Law on Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the Fields of Agriculture and Environment.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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