Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The Draft Circular consolidates and updates Viet Nam's rules on quarantine of terrestrial and aquatic animals and animal products. It establishes the lists of commodities subject to or exempt from quarantine, quarantine targets, and commodities subject to import risk analysis.

It prescribes requirements and procedures for transport out of province-level administrative divisions; export; import; temporary import for re-export; temporary export for re-import; border-gate transfer; bonded warehousing; transit; accompanied or postal consignments; fairs, exhibitions, competitions and performances; and transport of disease specimens. Measures include registration and declaration, documentary and physical or clinical inspection, quarantine isolation where applicable, sampling and testing, cleaning and disinfection, identification and sealing, electronic submission and certification, processing time limits, and issuance of quarantine certificates.

The measure applies to all trading partners dealing in covered commodities. It is expected to clarify and simplify procedures, strengthen traceability and risk-based controls, facilitate electronic processing, and provide specified exemptions for listed lower-risk or traceable commodities and cases, while maintaining protection against animal diseases and zoonoses.

The Draft Circular will replace or repeal: Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated 1 June 2016; Circular No. 01/2026/TT-BNNMT dated 1 January 2026; Circular No. 03/2026/TT-BNNMT dated 13 January 2026; and Article 15 of Circular No. 22/2026/TT-BNNMT dated 19 May 2026. Transitional provisions preserve the validity of certificates already issued and allow specified pre-printed forms, ear tags and sealing wires to continue to be used through 31 December 2027.