Vietnam: New list of Medium- and High-Risk Products and Goods

 

Vietnam has published a new list of Medium- and High-Risk Products and Goods under the management of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The 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 .

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.

The following products are in scope:

– 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; Filters for use in masks and half-face respirators;

– Hand and arm protective equipment for workers: Insulating gloves (excluding medical gloves, medical examination gloves)

– Foot and leg protective equipment for workers: Safety shoes; insulating boots

– Safety belts and personal fall-arrest systems for workers (excluding lifelines for emergency escape used in fire prevention and fighting activities).

– Clothing to protect against heat and flame for worker

– Lifts and their safety components, including: Doorlocks and cabin door locks; Safety gear; Lift machine braking system; Overspeed governor; Shock absorbers; Shut-off valves/check valves of hydraulic lifts

– Escalators and passenger conveyors; safety components, including: Stopping and controlling braking systems for escalators or conveyors; Safety gear system; Traction machines (motors, gearboxes)

– Cylinders and containers for compressed gas with nominal working pressure exceeding 0.7 bar

– Vessels, reservoirs, vats and tankers with nominal working pressure exceeding 0,7 bar as classified in TCVN 8366:2010 (excluding disposable gas cylinders; returnable gas cylinders, vessels and tanks under temporary import for re-export or temporary export for re-import arrangements for containing imported or exported goods)

– Refrigerating systems using refrigerants of B1; B2L; B2; B3; A2; A3 classes; A2L class (with charging amount of 05 kg or more), as classified in TCVN 6104-1,2,3,4:2015

– Cranes

– Bridge cranes and gantry cranes

– Hoists

– Cargo hoists (winches)

– Engine-powered fork-lift trucks with lifting load of 1.000 kg or more

– Lift tables and elevating work platforms for lifting people

– Escalators

– Electric lifts

To find out more about product compliance and product safety in Vietnam, do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.