Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Viet Nam - Medicinal products

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: VIET NAM

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Administration Science, Technology and Training

Ministry of Health

138A Giang Vo Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Tel: (84-24) 33846688 - Fax: 32373236

Email: cuck2dt@moh.gov.vn

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], Other:

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Products covered (HS codes or national tariff lines. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Medicinal products

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Details of notified document(s) (title, number of pages and languages, means of access): Draft Circular Stipulating Clinical Trial Regulations for Medicinal Products; (29 page(s), in Vietnamese)

Link to notified document(s) and/or contact details for agency or authority which can provide copies upon request:

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Description of content: Draft Circular providing regulations on the following matters:

·_        Promulgation and application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP);

·_        Assessment of compliance with Good Clinical Practice and the documentation and procedures for conducting clinical drug trials.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

- This draft Circular is issued pursuant to the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (2015, as amended in 2020), Decree No. 34/2016/ND-CP (as amended by Decree No. 154/2020/ND-CP), and Decision No. 1610/QD-TTg dated 19 December 2024 of the Prime Minister, which assigns ministries to draft implementing regulations for laws adopted at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly;

- The Circular provides detailed regulations for the implementation of Law No. 44/2024/QH15 and addresses difficulties and inconsistencies in the implementation of Decree No. 54/2017/ND-CP (as amended by Decrees No. 155/2018/ND-CP and No. 88/2023/ND-CP) guiding the implementation of the Law on Pharmacy.

Relevant notifications:

·_        G/TBT/N/VNM/336

·_        G/TBT/N/VNM/15/Add.1

·_        G/TBT/N/VNM/15

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Proposed date of adoption: 1 October 2025

Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2026

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Provision of comments

Final date for comments: 1 September 2025

[X] 60 days from notification

Contact details of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification:

Administration Science, Technology and Training

Ministry of Health

138A Giang Vo Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Tel: (84-24) 33846688 - Fax: 32373236

Email: cuck2dt@moh.gov.vn