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Draft Circular regulating state management

Official title

Draft Circular regulating state management of the quality of medium-risk and high-risk products and goods under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security.

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 20 October 2026. Comments are open until 19 December 2026.

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Products

Products and goods classified as medium-risk and high-risk under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security, including fireworks, Fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and relief equipment, Equipment for monitoring to ensure public order, traffic safety and social safety

HS codes
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 3813 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades.
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 842410 Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged
  • 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
    • 852581 High-speed television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders specified in subheading note 1 to Ch85
    • 852582 Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant as specified in subheading note 2 to Ch85 (excl…
    • 852583 Night vision television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders as specified in subheading note 3 to Ch85 (excl. high-speed, and…
    • 852589 Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (excl. high-speed, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant, and night vision goods)
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • National security requirements
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/458

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 19 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 19 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/VNM/458 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Vietnam.

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What the notification says

Description of content: This draft Circular establishes provisions on state management of the quality of medium-risk and high-risk products and goods under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security and replaces Circular No. 90/2024/TT-BCA. The draft covers: • Scope of regulation, applicable entities and responsibilities of competent state authorities; • State quality inspection of imported products and goods, including inspection procedures, sampling, testing and handling of non-compliant products; • Traceability; • Labelling; • State quality inspection of products and goods during production and circulation on the market; • Conformity assessment activities and the designation and management of conformity assessment bodies; • Recognition of conformity assessment results issued by foreign organizations in accordance with Vietnamese law; • Responsibilities of relevant authorities, conformity assessment bodies, organizations and individuals; • Implementation and transitional provisions. The draft applies to relevant state management agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in the production, importation and trading of products and goods under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security, as well as conformity assessment bodies and other relevant organizations and individuals.

Sources

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