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8 October 2020  
(20-6889) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry and Trade  
Vietnam Chemicals Agency  
21 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 84 (0)4 22205136  
Email: thanhnv@moit.gov.vn  
Website: http://vinachemia.gov.v n/ 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products 
of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
technical regulations on quality of industrial sodium hydroxide (7 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This techni cal regulation provides technical requirements, 
testing methods and quality control of industrial sodium hydroxide (NaOH) produced, 
imported and traded in the territory of Vietnam.  
This Regulation does not apply to pure sodium hydroxide and food sodium hyd roxide.  
This technical regulation applies to organizations and individuals producing, importing and 
trading industrial sodium hydroxide, state management agencies and other relevant 
organizations and individuals.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Law on Chemicals 2007  
• Law on Standards and Technical Regulations 2006  
• Law on product and goods quality 2007  G/TBT/N/VNM/185  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2021 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Industry and Trade  
Vietnam Chemicals Agency  
21 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel.: 84 (0)4 22205136  
Email: thanhnv@moit.gov.vn  
Website: http://vinachemia.gov.vn/  
 