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Draft Circular promulgating the List of Medium

Official title

Draft Circular promulgating the List of Medium- and High-Risk Products and Goods in the Transportation Sector within the regulatory remit of the Ministry of Construction.

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 18 May 2026. The comment period closed on 17 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Transport vehicles and spare parts, including: Cars, motorcycles, mopeds, motorized four-wheeled vehicles, specialized machinery, trailers, semi-trailers, motor vehicle components, and railway equipment. to 87.06, 87.11, 87.16, 84.26 to 84.30, 70.09, 87.14, 40.11, 85.12, 85.07, 70.07

HS codes
  • 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
    • 4011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
  • 70 · Glass and glassware
    • 7007 Safety glass, toughened 'tempered', laminated safety glass (excl. multiple-walled insulating units of glass, glasses for spectacles and clock or watch glasses)
    • 7009 Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, incl. rear-view mirrors (excl. optical mirrors, optically worked, mirrors > 100 years old)
All 29 codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8407 Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engine
    • 8426 Ships' derricks; cranes, incl. cable cranes (excl. wheel-mounted cranes and vehicle cranes for railways); mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works…
    • 8427 Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment (excl. straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane)
    • 8428 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, e.g. lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics (excl. pulley tackle and hoists, winches and capstans, jacks…
    • 8429 Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and roadrollers
    • 8430 Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and…
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 8501 Electric motors and generators (excl. generating sets)
    • 8507 Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not square or rectangular; parts thereof (excl. spent and those of unhardened rubber or textiles)
    • 8512 Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excl. lamps of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor…
  • 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
    • 8601 Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators
    • 8602 Rail locomotives (excl. those powered from an external source of electricity or by accumulators); locomotive tenders
    • 8603 Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks (excl. those of heading 8604)
    • 8604 Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing…
    • 8605 Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not…
    • 8606 Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (excl. self-propelled and luggage vans and post office coaches)
    • 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock, n.e.s.
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 8701 Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)
    • 8702 Motor vehicles for the transport of >= 10 persons, incl. driver
    • 8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of…
    • 8704 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab
    • 8705 Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods), e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire…
    • 8706 Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
    • 8711 Motorcycles, incl. mopeds, and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars
    • 8714 Parts and accessories for motorcycles and bicycles and for carriages for disabled persons, n.e.s.
    • 8716 Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled (excl. railway and tramway vehicles); parts thereof, n.e.s.
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 9401 Seats, whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. medical, surgical, dental or veterinary of heading 9402)
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/405

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 17 June 2026
Proposed adoption
June 2026
Proposed entry into force
July 2026

How to comment

The comment period closed on 17 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/VNM/405; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

This draft Circular promulgates the List of products and goods with medium and high risk levels under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Construction and the corresponding quality management measures for products and goods on the List. Details of the List of products and goods with medium and high risk levels, corresponding HS codes and applicable national technical standards are specified in Appendix I and Appendix II attached to this draft Circular. The draft Circular classifies transport vehicles and spare parts into two risk categories: medium risk and high risk. This represents a transition from 'Group 2' management to risk-based management, integrating quality control with inspection and conformity certification: - Enhanced post-market surveillance for medium-risk products. - Strict control and inspection for high-risk products This draft Circular applies to: 1. Organizations and individuals producing and trading products and goods belonging to the list of products and goods with medium and high risk levels as stipulated in this Circular. 2. Conformity assessment organizations conducting conformity assessment activities for products and goods belonging to the list of products and goods with medium and high risk levels as stipulated in this Circular. 3. Other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals.

Sources

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