Vietnam TBT Network
Vietnam TBT network has been established according to the Prime Minster's Decision No.114/2005/QD-TTg of May 26, 2005 “Establishing and Promulgating the Regulation on organization and operation of Vietnam’s network of Notification Authorities and Enquiry Points on Technical Barriers to Trade”.
To form a information-providing network to ensure that Vietnam’s TBT office observe the TBT Agreement’s provisions on transparency, aiming:
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To inform Vietnam’s TBT Office for notifying WTO member countries (through the WTO Secretariat) of technical regulations and conformity assesment procedures in forms of their drafts or those which have come into force, promulgated by Vietnamese competent agencies, which may create technical barries to trade between Vietnam and the WTO member countries; and at the same time, handle and comment on notifications received from the member which are being or will be applied by the member countries do not restrict trade between Vietnam and such countries;
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To supply information to the concerned parties at home and abroad and answer inquiries on matters related to tachnical barries within its management scope.
Vietnam’s TBT network is composed of:
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Vietnam Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam WTO/TBT Office), which belongs to Directorate for Standards and Quality, under the Minister of Technology and Science;
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Ministeral-level TBT Notification Authorities and Enquiry Points, located at the Ministies of Industry and Trade, Construction, Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Natural Resources and Environment, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Development, Information and Communications, Health;
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Provincial TBT Notification Authorities and Enquiry Points, located at 64 provincial Services of Science and Technology.