Import Regulations & Standards
The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.
| S.No. | Circulation Date | Country | Report Title | Report Highlights | View Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 JUN 2024 | Vietnam | FAIRS Country Report Annua | This report provides an overview and update of Vietnam s food and agricultural laws and regulations. Major updates were made to Section II Labeling Requirements, Section IV Food Additives, Section V Pesticides and Other Contaminants and Section VIII Geographical Indications and Trademarks. More information on Vietnam certification requirements is provided in the Vietnam FAIRS Export Certificate Report. | Click here |
| 2 | 27 JUN 2024 | Vietnam | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report provides an overview of Vietnam s certification requirements for imported food and agricultural products. The list of export certificates and required specific attestations are updated in Section I and Section II of this report. As of May 2024, there are no significant changes in Vietnam certification requirements. | Click here |
| 3 | 30 JUN 2023 | Vietnam | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report provides information of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. Updates were made to the Executive Summary, Section I – Food Laws, Section II – Labeling Requirements, Section 6.3.2. Import Quarantine for Plants and Plant Products and Section X – Trade Facilitation. Minor updates were made to Section IV – Food Additives Regulations and Section 8.1. Laws on Intellectual Property. | Click here |
| 4 | 30 JUN 2023 | Vietnam | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report provides an overview of Vietnam’s certification requirements for imported food and agricultural products. As of June 2023, Vietnam made no changes to its certification requirements. Updates are made in Section II.4 – Phytosanitary Certificate and Section III.4 – Health Certificate for Live Animals and Section III.5 - Export Certificate for Products of Animal Origin as the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) updated its export certificate regulations. | Click here |
| 5 | 22 JUN 2022 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report provides information of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. Updates have been made to the Executive Summary, Section I – Food Laws, Section II – Labeling Requirements, Section III – Packaging and Container Regulations, Section IV – Food Additives Regulation, Section VI - Other Requirements, Regulations and Registration Measures, and Section VIII – Trademark Law, Brand Names, and Intellectual Property Rights. | Click here |
| 6 | 04 MAR 2021 | Vietnam | Vietnam Issues National Standard for Chilled Beef and Buffalo Meat | This report provides an unofficial translation of Vietnam’s National Standard for Chilled Meat - Part 2: Beef and Buffalo Meat (TCVN 12429-2:2020) issued under the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology’s Decision No. 3272/QD-BKHCN dated November 26, 2020. | Click here |
| 7 | 13 JAN 2021 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report provides information of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. | Click here |
| 8 | 13 JAN 2021 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | In 2020, Vietnam maintained certification requirements for imported animals and animal products and plant and plant products, as well as certificate requirements for processed and pre-packaged food. | Click here |
| 9 | 31 DEC 2020 | Vietnam | Vietnam Issues National Technical Regulations for Plant Quarantine Pests | This report provides an unofficial translation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Circular 15/2020/TT-BNNPTNT dated December 25, 2020. | Click here |
| 10 | 13 JAN 2020 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report provides an update of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. | Click here |
| 11 | 13 JAN 2020 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. | Click here |
| 12 | 19 APR 2019 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. Updates have been made to Section I.1 - Food, Section III.1 - Export Certificate for Meat and Meat Products and Section III.2 - Export Certificate for Seafood. No other changes have been made from the previous report | Click here |
| 13 | 18 APR 2019 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report provides an update of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. | Click here |
| 14 | 28 DEC 2017 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report provides an update of the food and agricultural laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. Updated sections include: Section I-General Food Laws; Section III – Pesticide and Other Contaminants; Section V-Labeling requirements; Section VI.2-Importation of live aquatic animals for consumption; Section VII.1-Facility Registration; | Click here |
| 15 | 28 DEC 2017 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. Minor updates have been made to Section I.6 - Animal Feed; Section I.3 – Meat and meat products; Section I.4 – Aquatic animals and products thereof; Section I.5 – Plants and plant products; Section II.3 - Export/Health Certificate; Section III.2 – Export Certificate for Seafood and Section III.10-Health Certificate for Live Aquatic Animals. No other changes have been made from the previous report. However, Post may issue a new FAIRS Export Certificate Report should a planned replacement of Vietnam’s Decree 38/2012 on guiding the implementation of Food Safety Law have any effect of health certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. | Click here |
| 16 | 19 DEC 2016 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. Minor updates have been made to Section I.2 for animal and animal products; Section I.3 for meat and meat products; Section I.4 for aquatic animals and products thereof; and Section I.5 for irradiated plant products. No other changes have been made from the previous report. | Click here |
| 17 | 09 SEP 2016 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report provides a summary and an unofficial translation of Circular 26/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 30, 2016, of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) which stipulates on the quarantine of aquatic animals and aquatic animal products. This Circular renews regulations for the quarantine of aquatic animals and aquatic animal products in accordance with the Animal Health Law which came into force on July 1, 2016. This Circular replaces Circular 06/2010/TT-BNNPTNT (issued in 2010) and other relevant regulations and took effect from August 15, 2016. | Click here |
| 18 | 05 FEB 2016 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report provides a summary and an unofficial translation of Decree 9/2016/ND-CP dated January 28, 2016 of the Government of Vietnam (GVN) stipulating the fortification of micronutrients in food. This Decree enters into force on March 15, 2016. | Click here |
| 19 | 02 FEB 2016 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | On December 21, 2015, the Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular 52/2015/TT-BYT stipulating state inspection of food safety in respect to imported and exported food products under the management scope of MOH. This Circular is MOH’s new regulation to revise the methods of food safety inspection in order to comply with Vietnam’s Food Safety Law. This Circular replaces MOH’s Decision 23/2007/QD-BYT and takes effect on February 23, 2016. | Click here |
| 20 | 20 JAN 2016 | Vietnam | Vietnam : MOH issues the List of Micronutrients allowed to be added to food | This report provides a summary and an unofficial translation of the Circular 44/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health (MOH) dated November 30, 2015 promulgating the List of micronutrients allowed to be used for food products. This Circular will take effect from March 1, 2016. | Click here |
| 21 | 27 OCT 2015 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report provides an overview of the food laws and regulations currently in force in Vietnam. All sections are updated as Vietnam has issued the Law on Food Safety in 2010 and is in the process of modernizing the regulation system for food safety. | Click here |
| 22 | 26 OCT 2015 | Vietnam | Vietnam : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report provides an overview of the health and quarantine certificates needed for exporting food and agricultural products to Vietnam. It should be noted that the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MOH) is preparing a draft circular on the state inspection regulation of imported food under MOH management which may change some aspects of the documentation requirements for food under MOH management. This draft was notified to the World Trade Organization as G/SPS/N/VNM/69 on July 2, 2015. | Click here |
| 23 | 12 JUN 2013 | Vietnam | Vietnam Food Safety Law and Guiding Decree Released | This report provides an un-official translation of the Vietnam Food Safety Law (FSL) promulgated by Order No.06/2010/L-CTN, and ratified by the National Assembly on June 17, 2010. | Click here |
| 24 | 18 JUL 2011 | Vietnam | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report provides a summary of the documents required to export food and agricultural products from the United States to Vietnam. One of the most substantive new requirements is that U.S. companies that wish to export meat, poultry, and seafood products to Vietnam must register by completing Appendix 3 of "Circular 25" in order to become an approved Food Business Operator, this is covered in section five of this report. A collection of the most commonly used export documents for Vietnam are included in the Appendices. | Click here |