Vietnam: New law on building materials

 

Vietnam has published a draft National Technical Regulation on Products, Goods of Building Materials.

It stipulates the technical characteristics and requirements for management of products and goods of building material listed in Table 1, Part 2, belonging to Group 2, according to the provisions of the Law on Product Quality, Goods (hereinafter referred to as products, goods of building materials) produced domestically, imported, traded, circulated on the market and used in construction works in the territory of Viet Nam.

The National technical regulation does not regulate products and goods of building materials imported in the form of test samples, sample goods, goods displayed at exhibitions and fairs; goods temporarily imported for re-export, goods that are not consumed and used in Viet Nam, goods in transit

This draft technical regulation applies to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals who manufacture, import, trade and use products and goods of construction materials; testing and certification organizations that assess and certify the conformity of construction materials, products and goods to technical regulation; and relevant state management agencies on the quality of construction materials and products.

This draft National technical regulation is intended to supersede QCVN 16:2019/BXD

The regulation should be read jointly with:

• Law on quality of products and goods;
• Law on standards and technical regulations;

The full text of the regulation in Vietnamese can be found HERE.

To find out more about product compliance in Vietnam, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.