|
THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF VIETNAM |
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
|
No. 23/2024/TT-BCT |
Hanoi, November 07, 2024 |
PRESCRIBING MANAGEMENT AND USE OF INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS UNDER MANAGEMENT OF MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosive Materials and Support Instruments dated June 29, 2024;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 96/2022/ND-CP dated November 29, 2022 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam; the Government’s Decree No. 105/2024/ND-CP dated August 01, 2024 providing amendments to the Government’s Decree No. 96/2022/ND-CP dated November 29, 2022 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the Government’s Decree No. 26/2018/ND-CP dated February 28, 2018 introducing the Charter on organization and operation of Vietnam Electricity;
At the request of the Director of the Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency;
The Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam promulgates a Circular prescribing management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors under the management of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.
This Circular elaborates some Articles of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosive Materials and Support Instruments regarding management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, including: lists of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam; authority to issue, re-issue, and approve revisions to licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors; regulatory authorities competent to make application forms for issuance of blasting service license in respect of blasting service on the continental shelf or blasting service in the entire territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; application and procedures for registration or additional registration of explosive materials for research, development, testing, assessment and recognition of results of registration of industrial explosive materials in the stage of research, development, testing and production or industrial explosive materials imported into Vietnam for the first time in the list of industrial explosive materials permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam; assessment of safety risks, formulation of blasting plans, blasting passports, emergency response plans and periodic and ad hoc reporting regimes in management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors; establishment, management, updating and exploitation of the industrial explosive material and explosive precursor database for entities falling under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; templates of application forms, licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors; templates of notices of use of industrial explosive materials and notices of provision of blasting services.
This Circular applies to regulatory authorities, organizations, enterprises and individuals involved in management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors in the territory of Vietnam.
Article 3. Lists of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam
1. The list of industrial explosive materials permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “List of permitted industrial explosive materials”) is comprised of:
a) Industrial explosives, industrial explosive accessories, and high explosives prescribed in Appendix I enclosed herewith;
b) Industrial explosive materials used for the purpose of petroleum exploration and extraction for which procedures for declaration of applicable standards are followed as prescribed in the Law on Quality of Goods and Products;
c) Industrial explosive materials for which registration results have been recognized as prescribed in Article 7 of this Circular.
2. The list of explosive precursors permitted for production, trading and use in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “List of permitted explosive precursors”) is provided in Appendix II enclosed herewith.
Article 4. Authority to issue, re-issue and approve revisions to licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors, and make application forms for blasting service license
1. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam shall consider issuing, re-issuing and approving revisions to licenses to provide blasting services on the continental shelf or in the entire territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. The Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency shall have authority to:
a) issue, re-issue and approve revisions to certificates of eligibility to manufacture industrial explosive materials;
b) issue and re-issue licenses to trade in industrial explosive materials;
c) issue, re-issue and approve revisions to licenses to use industrial explosive materials for organizations or enterprises carrying out research into or testing for industrial explosive materials or possessing mineral licenses issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, except those organizations and enterprises falling under the management of the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam and those possessing mineral licenses issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for extracting stone slabs and calcium carbonate powder;
d) issue, re-issue and approve revisions to licenses to provide local blasting services on the mainland of 01 (one) province or central-affiliated city; and
dd) make application forms for licenses to provide blasting services on the continental shelf or in the entire territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
3. The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall have authority to:
a) issue, re-issue and approve revisions to licenses to trade in explosive precursors;
b) issue licenses to import or export industrial explosive materials; and
c) issue licenses to import or export explosive precursors.
4. Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces or central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as “provincial Departments of Industry and Trade”) shall have authority to:
a) issue, re-issue and approve revisions to licenses to use industrial explosive materials to organizations and individuals that use explosive materials in their provinces or cities, except those organizations prescribed in point c clause 2 of this Articles and those organizations falling under the management of the Ministry of National Defence; and
b) issue and approve revisions to certificates of eligibility to manufacture explosive precursors.
Article 5. Templates of application forms, licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors; templates of notices of use of industrial explosive materials and notices of provision of blasting services
1. Templates of application forms, licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors are provided in Appendix III enclosed herewith.
2. Templates of notices of use of industrial explosive materials and notices of provision of blasting services as prescribed in point dd clause 2 Article 38, clause 9 Article 40 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosive Materials and Support Instruments are provided in Appendix IV enclosed herewith.
Article 6. Application and procedures for registration or additional registration of explosive materials for research, development and testing
1. Application and procedures for registration or additional registration of explosive materials for research, development and testing funded by state budget shall comply with regulations of law on science and technology.
2. Application and procedures for registration or additional registration of industrial explosive materials for ministerial-level research, development and testing which are not funded by state budget shall comply with provisions of clauses 3, 4 of this Article.
3. Application and procedures for registration
a) An application includes: An application form for registration of task which is made using Form No. 01 in Appendix V enclosed herewith; written request for registration of science and technology task made by the supervisory authority (if the organization in charge of task has a superior authority); description of the task which is made using Form No. 02 or Form No. 03 or Form No. 04 in Appendix V enclosed herewith; documentary evidence of satisfaction of the requirements laid down in point a clause 1 Article 34 of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosive Materials and Support Instruments;
b) Within 05 working days from its receipt of the application, if the application is inadequate or invalid, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall request the applicant in writing to complete it;
c) Within 30 working days from its receipt of an adequate and valid application, the Department of Science and Technology shall review and evaluate the application, and submit a request to the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam for issuance of a decision to approve tasks. Such request indicates the name, objectives, contents, schedule and findings of the task. Where necessary, the Department of Science and Technology shall get opinions from relevant authorities, organizations and experts before submitting a request to the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam. If an application is refused, a written response indicating reasons for such refusal shall be given.
4. If there are any changes in the name, objectives, contents, schedule and findings of the task which has been approved by the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, the relevant organization or enterprise shall follow procedures for additional registration as prescribed in clause 3 of this Article. Such an application for additional registration includes: An application form for additional registration and documentary evidence of the change.
5. A package of the application documents prescribed in point a clause 3 and clause 4 of this Article shall be submitted through the National public service portal or the Information system for handling of administrative procedures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade or by post or in person to the Department of Science and Technology.
Article 7. Application and procedures for registration or additional registration of explosive materials for assessment and recognition of results of registration of explosive materials in the stage of research, development, testing and production or explosive materials imported into Vietnam for the first time in list of permitted industrial explosive materials
1. Registration or additional registration of explosive materials in the list of permitted industrial explosive materials includes:
a) Registration of explosive materials which are not included in the List provided in Appendix I enclosed herewith;
b) Additional registration of explosive materials whose category and specifications are appropriate to those of explosive materials available in the List provided in Appendix I enclosed herewith.
2. Application and procedures for registration or additional registration
a) An application for registration or additional registration includes an application form and support documents as prescribed in Form No. 05 in Appendix V enclosed herewith;
b) Within 05 working days from its receipt of the application, if the application is inadequate or invalid, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall request the applicant in writing to complete it;
c) A package of the application documents prescribed in point a clause 2 of this Article shall be submitted through the National public service portal or the Information system for handling of administrative procedures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade or by post or in person to the Department of Science and Technology.
3. Testing, assessment and recognition of results of registration of explosive materials
a) Within 15 working days from its receipt of a valid application, the Department of Science and Technology shall request the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam to issue a written notice to the applicant for carrying out experimental manufacturing and a decision to establish the Science and Technology Council in charge of inspecting technical specifications in laboratory;
b) Within 20 working days from the date of the establishment decision, the Science and Technology Council shall organize sampling and supervision of testing for technical specifications at the designated laboratory. Chairperson of the Science and Technology Council shall decide to carry out industrial explosive testing, except industrial explosive materials which are industrial explosive accessories or high explosives defined in Appendix I enclosed herewith, and those which do not meet industrial explosive testing requirements;
c) Within 15 working days from its receipt of a report on preparation for industrial explosive testing from the applicant, the Science and Technology Council in charge of supervising industrial explosive testing shall consider the blasting plan, blasting passport and industrial explosive testing process; supervise the industrial explosive testing at the approved locations; make a record of industrial explosive testing result;
d) Within 15 working days from the day on which the record of industrial explosive testing result and report on efficiency of the new industrial explosive material are available, the Department of Science and Technology shall request the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam to issue a decision to recognize and add the new industrial explosive material to the List of permitted industrial explosive materials which is made using Form No. 06 in Appendix V enclosed herewith.
If an industrial explosive material is a product of a research task which requires industrial explosive testing, results of the performed industrial explosive testing may be employed as the basis for testing and acceptance, and addition of this industrial explosive material to the List of permitted industrial explosive materials.
INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL AND EXPLOSIVE PRECURSOR DATABASE
Article 8. Rules for establishment, updating, management and exploitation of the industrial explosive material and explosive precursor database
1. The industrial explosive material and explosive precursor database (hereinafter referred to as “Database”) is established and managed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
2. The Database must be updated on a regular, ongoing, timely and effective manner.
3. The Database must be properly operated and exploited in accordance with regulations of law and in a manner that meets requirements regarding national defense and security, protection of state secrets, and assurance of political stability, public order and social safety.
4. Organizations, enterprises and individuals are allowed to access, exploit and use the information in the Database in conformity with regulations of law.
5. Sources of funding for maintaining and updating or developing the Database must be ensured.
Article 9. Database infrastructure
1. The Database must be built in conformity with Vietnam’s e-Government architecture framework, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s e-Government architecture framework, national technical regulations and standards on information technology as well as technical-economic norms, and in a manner so as to ensure the compatibility, data integration, information sharing, safety and security, and ability to expand data fields in systems design and application software development.
2. Database infrastructure includes:
a) The system for digitalization and creation of digital contents;
b) The server system (including operation and administration service servers);
c) The data backup and storage system;
d) The information security and confidentiality system;
dd) Transmission lines and equipment serving the access to, exploitation and updating of information;
e) The database software system.
Article 10. Database management
Database management contents include:
1. Develop an operational process for managing, updating and exploiting the Database.
2. Manage and store data in the Database in manner that ensures safety of transmitted information and data.
3. Delegate authority and manage accounts used for login in the Database within delegated authority.
4. Provide professional training for officials and public employees in management, updating and exploitation of the Database.
Article 11. Updating and searching for data and information in Database
1. Updating data and information as prescribed in clauses 2, 3 of this Article is carried out as follows:
a) Before data conversion, carry out checking and statistics, and make a list of specific information fields subject to data conversion of the Database, and submit it to the competent authority for approval;
b) Update the software systems with data.
2. Updating data on periodical and ad-hoc reports on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors. To be specific:
a) Provincial Departments of Industry and Trade receive reports from local organizations and enterprises that use industrial explosive materials or manufacture and use explosive precursors, and enter the reporting data into the Database.
b) The Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency shall receive reports from organizations and enterprises that manufacture and use industrial explosive materials, and enter the reporting data into the Database;
c) The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall receive reports from explosive precursor traders, importers and exporters of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors, and enter the reporting data into the Database;
d) The Department of Science and Technology shall enter information on registration or additional registration of explosive materials for research, development, testing, assessment and recognition of results of registration of explosive materials in the stage of research, development, testing and production or explosive materials imported into Vietnam for the first time in list of permitted industrial explosive materials into the Database.
3. The competent authorities defined in Article 4 of this Circular shall enter information on licenses for and certificates of management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors into the Database. Information entered into the Database includes: name and tax identification number of the organization or enterprise; number, issue date and issuing authority of the license or certificate; validity period and scope of the license or certificate; categories of industrial explosive materials or explosive precursors, scale of production, trading or use; import or export-related information.
4. Searching for data and information
a) The Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency, the Vietnam Chemicals Agency, Department of Science and Technology, and Provincial Departments of Industry and Trade are allowed to search for data and information on industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors under their management. In case of searching any data or information that is not under their management, they are required to send written request for permission to search to the data or information owners as prescribed in clauses 2 and 3 of this Article, and have user accounts granted by Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency after obtaining permission to search from the data or information owners;
b) Other organizations, enterprises or regulatory authorities that wish to search for data or information shall send written request for permission to search to the data or information owners as prescribed in clauses 2 and 3 of this Article, and have user accounts granted by Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency after obtaining permission to search from the data or information owners.
Article 12. Database maintenance, upgrade and development
1. Database maintenance tasks:
a) Provide technical infrastructure and environment for installation and operation of the Database;
b) Adopt measures for ensuring Database safety and security;
c) Carry out regular updating, upgrading, maintenance and repair to ensure stable and uninterrupted operation of the Database;
d) Establish and maintain a backup system, and carry out data backup and recovery;
dd) Carry out supervision to give warning of threats to the Database security.
2. Review and propose plans for expansion, maintenance, upgrade and development of the Database, taking into account the current situations.
Article 13. Funding for Database establishment, maintenance and development
1. Funding for establishment, maintenance and development of the Database is derived from the state budget or mobilized from other sources.
2. Costs of establishment, maintenance and development of the Database include:
a) Costs of performing the tasks in clause 2 Article 9, Article 10, Article 11 and Article 12 of this Circular;
b) Costs of collecting, processing, updating and integrating information into the Database; and
c) Costs of inspecting and supervising the Database management, updating and exploitation.
ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY RISKS; FORMULATION OF BLASTING PLANS, BLASTING PASSPORTS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS, AND PERIODIC AND AD HOC REPORTING REGIMES IN MANAGEMENT AND USE OF INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS
Article 14. Assessment of safety risks
1. Organizations and enterprises engaged in research into, manufacturing, trading, transport, storage, use and destruction of industrial explosive materials must carry out assessment of safety risks according to guidelines in Appendix VI enclosed herewith.
2. Organizations managing and using industrial explosive materials must review and re-carry out assessment of safety risks on an annual basis or upon occurrence of any changes in their safety conditions.
Article 15. Blasting plans and blasting passports
1. Any organization or enterprise that uses industrial explosive materials must prepare a blasting plan according to guidelines in Appendix VII enclosed herewith and have such blasting plan approved by its head or manager.
2. Based on the blasting plan, the organization or enterprise that uses industrial explosive materials shall prepare the passport of blasting using the form in Appendix VIII enclosed herewith for each blast.
Article 16. Emergency response plan
1. Any organization or enterprise that manages and uses industrial explosive materials must develop an emergency response plan according to guidelines in Appendix IX enclosed herewith.
2. An emergency response plan must adequately indicate measures for dealing with emergencies according to results of the risk safety assessment carried out as prescribed in Article 14 of this Circular.
3. The organization or enterprise that manages and uses industrial explosive materials must organize annual emergency response training, drills and exercises. Such training, drills and exercises must be properly evaluated and documented in order to complete its emergency response plan.
4. The organization or enterprise that manages and uses industrial explosive materials must review and modify their emergency response plan on an annual basis or upon occurrence of any changes in emergency response tasks to be appropriate to current situations.
Article 17. Periodic and ad hoc reporting
1. Periodic reporting on manufacturing, trading and use of industrial explosive materials
a) Each organization or enterprise that manufactures and/or trades in industrial explosive materials shall submit 6-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 01 in Appendix X enclosed herewith to the Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency by June 20 and by December 20 respectively;
b) Each organization or enterprise that uses industrial explosive materials shall submit 6-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 02 in Appendix X enclosed herewith to the relevant Provincial Department of Industry and Trade by June 18 and by December 18 respectively.
2. Periodic reporting on manufacturing, trading and use of explosive precursors
a) Each organization or enterprise that is allowed to trade, import or export explosive precursors shall submit 6-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 01 in Appendix X enclosed herewith to Vietnam Chemicals Agency by June 20 and by December 20 respectively;
b) Each explosive precursor manufacturer shall submit 6-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 01 in Appendix X enclosed herewith to the relevant Provincial Department of Industry and Trade by June 18 and by December 18 respectively;
c) Each explosive precursor user shall submit 6-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 02 in Appendix X enclosed herewith to the relevant Provincial Department of Industry and Trade by June 18 and by December 18 respectively.
3. A report for the first 6 months shall include data collected from December 15 of the previous year to June 14 of the reporting period. An annual report shall include data collected from December 15 of the previous year to December 14 of the reporting year.
4. Organizations or enterprises managing and using industrial explosive materials or explosive precursors shall be required to submit ad-hoc reports to competent authorities in the following cases:
a) Submit reports to District-level Police Agency and Department of Industry and Trade of province or central-affiliated city where industrial explosive materials/explosive precursors-related activities are performed within 24 hours from detection of any illegal access to the industrial explosive material/explosive precursor storage area, any loss, theft, or occurrence of any accident or incident involving industrial explosive materials/explosive precursors-related activities;
b) Submit a report to the Department of Industry and Trade of province or central-affiliated city where industrial explosive materials/explosive precursors-related activities are performed within 48 hours from termination of such activities;
c) Submit reports at the request of a competent authority;
d) Such ad-hoc reports are prepared using the Form No. 04 in Appendix X enclosed herewith.
5. Periodic and ad hoc reports are prepared in the form of physical documents or electronic documents, and submitted to the recipients prescribed in clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article in person, by post, through Vietnam Data Exchange Platform, by email, through the specialized reporting software system on the industrial explosive material and explosive precursor database or adopting another appropriate method as prescribed by laws.
6. Organizations and enterprises managing and using industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors under the management of the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam shall submit reports as prescribed in clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article and submit reports to their superior agencies that are affiliated to the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam for preparing and submitting consolidated reports thereon to the agency that is affiliated to the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam and is assigned to perform state management of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Article 18. Responsibilities of agencies affiliated to Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam
1. The Industrial Safety Techniques and Environment Agency shall:
a) Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and organizations in formulating legislative documents, and technical regulations on safety of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors;
b) Take charge and organize inspection of and take actions against violations against regulations on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors as prescribed by law;
c) Disseminate regulations on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors and provide instructions on implementation thereof;
d) Consider issuing, re-issuing and approving revisions to licenses or certificates prescribed in points a, b, c, d clause 2 Article 4 of this Circular; promulgate documents prescribed in point dd clause 2 Article 4 of this Circular;
dd) Consolidate periodic and ad hoc reports on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors as prescribed in Article 17 of this Circular; prepare periodic report on performance of tasks related to management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors;
e) Perform state management functions of a specialized construction agency in respect of manufacturing and storage facilities of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors within its competence according to regulations of law on construction;
g) Enter data and information into the Database as prescribed in clauses 2, 3 Article 11 of this Circular.
2. The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall:
a) Provide instructions on implementation of regulations of law on import and export of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors;
b) Consider issuing, re-issuing and approving revisions to licenses as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 4 of this Circular;
c) Take charge and organize inspection of and take actions against violations against regulations on import and export of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors, and trading in explosive precursors as prescribed by law;
d) Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and organizations in proposing changes in the list of permitted explosive precursors;
dd) Enter data and information into the Database as prescribed in clauses 2, 3 Article 11 of this Circular.
3. The Department of Science and Technology shall:
a) Take charge of formulating technical standards and regulations on quality of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors; organize management of research into and testing for industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors;
b) Receive applications for registration or additional registration as prescribed in Articles 6 and 7 of this Circular.
c) Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and organizations in proposing changes in the list of permitted industrial explosive materials.
d) Enter data and information into the Database as prescribed in clause 2 Article 11 of this Circular.
4. Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency shall:
a) Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities, organizations and enterprises in establishing, updating, managing and operating the Database;
b) Maintain, upgrade and develop the Database, including infrastructure and software systems of the Database;
c) Take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities and units in providing professional training for officials and public employees in management, updating and exploitation of the Database.
Article 19. Responsibilities of each provincial Department of Industry and Trade
1. Take charge and cooperate with relevant local authorities in carrying out inspection of and take actions against violations against regulations on use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors in their province or city; monitor and supervise use of industrial explosive materials and blasting services as notified by organizations and enterprise in order to ensure security and safety.
2. Consider issuing, re-issuing and approving revisions to licenses or certificates as prescribed in Clause 4 Article 4 of this Circular.
3. Disseminate regulations on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors to organizations, enterprises and individuals in their province or city, and provide them with instructions on implementation thereof.
4. Submit reports to the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Provincial People’s Committee as follows:
a) Submit six-month report and annual report which are made using Form No. 03 in Appendix X enclosed herewith on management and use of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors in their province or city by June 30 and by December 30 respectively;
b) Submit a report which is made using Form No. 05 in Appendix X enclosed herewith within 24 hours from its receipt of an ad hoc report from the organization or enterprise as prescribed in clause 4 Article 17 of this Circular.
5. Perform state management functions of a local specialized construction agency in respect of manufacturing and storage facilities of industrial explosive materials and explosive precursors within its competence according to regulations of law on construction.
6. Enter data and information into the Database as prescribed in clauses 2, 3 Article 11 of this Circular.
1. This Circular comes into force from January 01, 2025.
2. The Circular No. 13/2018/TT-BCT dated June 15, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, the Circular No. 31/2020/TT-BCT dated November 30, 2020 of the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, clauses 1, 2, 3 Article 12 of the Circular No. 42/2019/TT-BCT dated December 18, 2019 of the Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam are abrogated.
3. In case any legislative documents referred to in this Circular are amended or replaced, the newest one shall apply.
4. Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam for guidelines or further consideration./.
|
PP. MINISTER Truong Thanh Hoai |
