Vietnam: New list of regulated ICT products

 

Vietnam has published a new list of ICT products subject to local certification.

The list is contained in the Draft Circular specifying the List of products and goods with unsafe capability under management responsibility of Ministry of Information and Communications.

The draft Circular content is as follows:

Article 1. Scope of regulations;

Article 2. Subjects of application;

Article 3. List of Group 2 products and goods;

Article 4. Principle of management for Group 2 products and goods;

Article 5. Some cases of exemption for import quality examination;

Article 6. Some cases which are not mandatory for application of some parts/whole technical regulations;

Article 7. Enforcement;

Article 8. Transition provisions;

Article 9. Implementation;

Annex I. List of information and communication products and goods subject to mandatory certification and declaration;

Annex II. List of information and communication products and goods subject to mandatory declaration.

This draft Circular specifies the List of products and goods with unsafe capability under management responsibility of Ministry of Information and Communications, which is in line with the Law on quality of products and goods.

The List of products and goods is divided into 2 sub-lists, which are detailed in the Annex I and Annex II. Each sub-list has it own principles for mandatory quality management (ie, certification, declaration of conformity), according to the Circular No.30/2011/TT-BTTTT dated October 31, 2011 specifying mandatory certification and declaration of products and goods in information technology and communications sector and the Circular No.15/2018/TT-BTTTT dated November 15, 2018, the Circular No.10/2020/TT-BTTTT dated May 07, 2020 providing modifications and amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT-BTTTT.

This draft Circular is intended to supersede the Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BTTTT dated March 29, 2024 of the Minister of Information and Communications specifying the List of products and goods with unsafe capability under management responsibility of Ministry of Information and Communications.

Vietnam regularly published updated lists of ICT and radio equipment subject to the local certification.  Other relevant regulations in this context are:

• The Law on quality of products and goods
• The Circular No.30/2011/TT-BTTTT dated October 31, 2011 specifying mandatory certification and declaration of products and goods in information technology and communications sector
• The Circular No.15/2018/TT-BTTTT dated November 15, 2018 providing modifications and amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT-BTTTT
• The Circular No.10/2020/TT-BTTTT dated May 07, 2020 providing modifications and amendments for the Circular No.30/2011/TT-BTTTT
• The Circular No.02/2022/TT-BTTTT dated May 16, 2022 specifying the List of products and goods with unsafe capability under management responsibility of Ministry of Information and Communications

To find out more about compliance for ICT products worldwide and in Vietnam, please do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute.