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Draft Circular promulgating the National Technical

Official title

Draft Circular promulgating the National Technical Regulation on Products and Goods of Building Materials (2 pages, in Vietnamese) and draft QCVN XX:202X/BXD - National Technical Regulation on Products and Goods of Building Materials

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 20 July 2026. The comment period closed on 18 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

High-risk and medium-risk building-material products and goods, covering 36 product types in the following main categories: cement; additions for cement and concrete (phosphogypsum, granulated blast-furnace slag, electric-furnace phosphorus slag and fly ash); chrysotile asbestos; construction glass

HS codes
  • 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
    • 2520 Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate, whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or…
    • 2523 Cement, incl. cement clinkers, whether or not coloured
    • 2524 Asbestos (excl. products made from asbestos)
  • 26 · Ores, slag and ash
    • 2618 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel.
    • 2619 Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel.
    • 2621 Slag and ash, incl. seaweed ash 'kelp'; ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (excl. slag, incl. granulated, from the manufacture of iron…
  • 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks
    • 3209 Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous…
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 3917 Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics
All 30 codes
  • 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
    • 4410 Particle board, oriented strand board 'OSB' and similar board 'e.g. waferboard' of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins…
    • 4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic bonding agents (excl. particle board, whether or not…
    • 4412 Plywood, veneered panel and similar laminated wood (excl. sheets of compressed wood, cellular wood panels, parquet panels or sheets, inlaid wood and sheets…
  • 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof
    • 6801 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate).
    • 6802 Monumental or building stone, natural (excl. slate), worked, and articles; mosaic cubes etc. of natural stone, incl. slate, whether or not on a backing…
    • 6803 Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate.
    • 6804 Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for milling, grinding, pulping, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand…
    • 6805 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, paper, paperboard or other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or…
    • 6806 Slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and…
    • 6807 Articles of asphalt or of similar materials, e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch
    • 6808 Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood…
    • 6809 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster (excl. plaster bandages for straightening fractures, put up for retail sale; plaster splints for the…
    • 6810 Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced
    • 6811 Articles of asbestos-cement, cellulose fibre-cement or the like
  • 69 · Ceramic products
    • 6905 Roofing tiles, chimney pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramic constructional goods (excl. of siliceous fossil meals or similar…
    • 6907 Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing (excl. of siliceous fossil meals or similar…
    • 6910 Ceramic sinks, washbasins, washbasin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures (excl. soap dishes…
  • 70 · Glass and glassware
    • 7005 Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked
    • 7007 Safety glass, toughened 'tempered', laminated safety glass (excl. multiple-walled insulating units of glass, glasses for spectacles and clock or watch glasses)
    • 7008 Multiple-walled insulating units of glass.
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 7303 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron.
    • 7307 Tube or pipe fittings 'e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves', of iron or steel
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/435

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 September 2026
Proposed adoption
October 2026
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 September 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/435; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

The draft Circular promulgates national technical regulation QCVN xx:202x/BXD, replacing Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BXD and QCVN 16:2023/BXD. This draft Circular is planned to take effect from January 1, 2027. It include a transitional provision which applies to Certificates of Conformity, Registered or Designated Conformity Assessment Organizations, Conformity Assessment Files with completed sampling, and domestically produced or imported building materials and products. The draft technical regulation (QCVN) lays down mandatory technical requirements, limit values, test methods and sampling procedures for high-risk and medium-risk building-material products and goods manufactured domestically, imported, placed on the market and used in Viet Nam. The main amendments and additions include: - reclassifying and restructuring the list of covered products according to risk level; - updating essential technical characteristics, limit values, referenced standards, test methods and sampling procedures; - adding certain new materials and filling/embankment materials derived from industrial by-products; - specifying principles for conformity assessment and declaration of conformity, using Method 2, Method 5 or Method 7 depending on the product and risk level; - for high-risk products, declaration of conformity is based on certification by a certification body designated by the Ministry of Construction; for medium-risk products, declaration of conformity may be based on certification by…

Sources

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