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Road vehicles and their parts – Vietnam

Official title

National technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder

Vietnam issued an addendum on 2 November 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/VNM/327. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 2 October 2024. The comment period closed on 1 December 2024.

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At a glance

Products

Automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder

Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/327Latest notice: G/TBT/N/VNM/327/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 43.040.99 Other road vehicle systems

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 1 December 2024
Proposed adoption
December 2024
Proposed entry into force
April 2025

How to comment

The comment period closed on 1 December 2024. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/VNM/327/Add.1; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/VNM/327/Add.1⁩, 2 November 2026)

National technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder

SUMMARY: The draft National Technical Regulation on automobile tachographs and driver image digital video recorders was previously notified to the WTO under document G/TBT/N/VNM/327 on 2 October 2024. The notified measure has been substantially revised and its scope expanded to include passenger compartment image recording devices and integrated monitoring and recording devices installed on road vehicles. The revised draft comprises 59 pages in Vietnamese and is intended to replace QCVN 06:2024/BCA. -Technical requirements: operational functions, status indication, hardware, recording and storage of journey data (at least 30 days) and image data (at least 3 days for driver images, at least 10 days for passenger compartment images), data transmission, information security, power supply and installation. - Automatic detection: new requirements for artificial intelligence-based detection of unsafe behaviours and traffic violations by drivers and passengers, driver facial recognition, and audible (Vietnamese voice) warnings. Detection rate and accuracy must each be at least 90% for each behaviour. - Data and security: requirements on journey data, images and video transmission, secure configuration and update of AI models, data extraction through wired or wireless interfaces, hardware protection and cybersecurity. - Conformity assessment: conformity declaration based on conformity certification. Certification follows Method 7 for imported products and Method 5 for domestically…

The draft national technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder specifies the technical requirements for tachograph and driver image digital video recorder on different types of automobiles subjected to the installation in accordance with Law on road traffic order and safety. This draft national technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals involved in the production, installation, import, testing, quality certification, management and operation of automobiles tachograph and driver image digital video recorders.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/VNM/327/Add.1

    National technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder

    SUMMARY: The draft National Technical Regulation on automobile tachographs and driver image digital video recorders was previously notified to the WTO under document G/TBT/N/VNM/327 on 2 October 2024. The notified measure has been substantially revised and its scope expanded to include passenger compartment image recording devices and integrated monitoring and recording devices installed on road vehicles. The revised draft comprises 59 pages in Vietnamese and is intended to replace QCVN 06:2024/BCA. -Technical requirements: operational functions, status indication, hardware, recording and storage of journey data (at least 30 days) and image data (at least 3 days for driver images, at least 10 days for passenger compartment images), data transmission, information security, power supply and installation. - Automatic detection: new requirements for artificial intelligence-based detection of unsafe behaviours and traffic violations by drivers and passengers, driver facial recognition, and audible (Vietnamese voice) warnings. Detection rate and accuracy must each be at least 90% for each behaviour. - Data and security: requirements on journey data, images and video transmission, secure configuration and update of AI models, data extraction through wired or wireless interfaces, hardware protection and cybersecurity. - Conformity assessment: conformity declaration based on conformity certification. Certification follows Method 7 for imported products and Method 5 for domestically…

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/VNM/327

    Comment deadline: Closed on 1 December 2024

    National technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder

    The draft national technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder specifies the technical requirements for tachograph and driver image digital video recorder on different types of automobiles subjected to the installation in accordance with Law on road traffic order and safety. This draft national technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals involved in the production, installation, import, testing, quality certification, management and operation of automobiles tachograph and driver image digital video recorders.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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All updates from Vietnam

  1. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Government Decree No. 163/2025/ND-CP dated 29 June 2025 detailing a number of articles and prescribing measures…

    The draft Decree contains the following provisions: 6.1. Amendments to reduce and simplify administrative procedures: - Implementation of the plan to reduce and simplify administrative procedures relating to production and business activities under Resolution No. 66.16/2026/NQ-CP. - Implementation…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/461Comments until 29 December 2026

  2. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees in the field of manufacturing, assembling and importing road motor vehicles and the Decree detailing a…

    The draft Decree amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 116/2017/NĐ-CP dated 17 October 2017 (as amended and supplemented by Decrees No. 17/2020/NĐ-CP, No. 14/2026/NĐ-CP and No. 117/2026/NĐ-CP), Decree No. 60/2023/NĐ-CP dated 16 August 2023 (as amended and supplemented by Decree…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/460Comments until 28 December 2026

  4. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Circular replacing Circular No. 01/2018/TT-BYT dated January 18, 2018, of the Minister of Health prescribing the labeling of drugs, medicinal ingredients and the package…

    This draft Circular stipulates the content and methods for labeling medicinal products, raw materials for medicinal products, and their accompanying leaflets for products circulating on the market; it also addresses the modification of expiry dates—as previously stated on the labels—in…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/459Comments until 7 December 2026

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