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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 under the management of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 29 May 2026. The comment period closed on 20 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Industrial safety helmets - Eye and face protection equipment for workers: Welding goggles and welding shields providing protection from flying objects and ultraviolet radiation - Respiratory protective equipment for workers (excluding medical masks): Respirator masks for particle filtering; Filte

HS codes
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 392330 Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics
    • 392690 Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)
  • 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
    • 420329 Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves)
    • 420500 Articles of leather or composition leather (excl. saddlery and harness bags; cases and similar containers; apparel and clothing accessories; whips…
  • 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or crocheted
    • 611610 Gloves, mittens and mitts, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, knitted or crocheted
  • 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted or crocheted
    • 621600 Gloves, mittens and mitts, of all types of textile materials (excl. knitted or crocheted and for babies)
  • 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
    • 630790 Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.
All 24 codes
  • 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
    • 6401 Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching…
    • 6402 Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. waterproof footwear of heading 6401, orthopaedic footwear, skating boots with ice or roller…
    • 6403 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather (excl. orthopaedic footwear, skating boots with ice or…
    • 6404 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials (excl. toy footwear)
    • 6405 Footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics, with uppers other than rubber, plastics, leather or textile materials; footwear with outer soles of leather…
  • 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
    • 650610 Safety headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 7309 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 l…
  • 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
    • 761300 Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8402 Steam or other vapour generating boilers (excl. central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); superheated water boilers…
    • 8403 Central heating boilers, non-electric; parts thereof (excl. vapour generating boilers and superheated water boilers of heading 8402)
    • 8415 Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity…
    • 8418 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines of…
    • 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…
    • 8431 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of heading 8425 to 8430, n.e.s.
  • 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
    • 900490 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and…
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 29 May 2026. Check WTO ePing or Vietnam for its current status.
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/408

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 20 June 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 20 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/408; 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 Home affairs 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 attached to this draft Circular. The draft Circular classifies into two risk categories: medium risk and high risk. 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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