Vietnam: MIC issues Draft Amending and Supplementing Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BTTTTVietnam:

The Ministry of Infomation and Communications (MIC) released a draft to review and update the products listed in group 2 of Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BTTTT. The most relevant changes are:Amending the Regulations on the application of QCVN to 5G base station equipmentAmend regulations on QCVN applicable to radio equipment.Stop suspending the application of part/all of QCVN […]

VIETNAM – TQC Update in Certificate of Conformity Assessment Process: Factory Inspection

The Center for Testing and Quality Certification (TQC) updated the Certificate of Conformity Assessment process for Method 1 by removing the virtual factory inspection from Case 3 of the Conformity Assessment Process.  Important! Although Case 3 is still available, the factory inspection must be performed on-site at the outsourcing factory. Type Approval Impacted? Yes: Factory […]

VIETNAM – Changes in conformity assessment process

Vietnam certification has several following changes made by the Telecom Quality Measurement Center (TQC) that can impact the certification processes, mainly focused on  Those changes are in force and might vary according to the authority’s evaluation. We’ve prepared a document describing in detail all the introduced changes. Type Approval Impacted? YesSpectrum Impacted? NoImports Impacted? NoStandards: NoProduct […]

VIETNAM: MIC Issued a Circular on The List of Potentially Unsafe Products and Goods

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) released Circular 04/2023/TT-BTTTT updating the list of products and goods to be susceptible to the Type approval and/or Self-Declaration of conformity. Due to the latest National technical regulations issued, MIC has decided to update the List of goods by adding new HS codes. Additionally, it was updated the […]

VIETNAM: National Technical Regulation on Land Mobile User Equipment – Radio Access

The MIC is consulting on the draft Circular promulgating the National technical regulation (standard) on Land Mobile User Equipment – Radio Access (2G/3G/4G LTE terminals). The public consultation will finish on March 10th, 2023: Standard code: QCVN 117:2023/BTTTT Scope: GSM, W-CDMA, E-UTRA Mobile Equipment New regulations compared to QCVN 117:2020/BTTTT: Additional LTE bands: 2300-2400 (B40), […]

VIETNAM: Circular on Displaying Goods Labels by Electronic Means

On 30th Dec 2022, The Ministry of Science and Technology promulgated Circular No. 18/2022/TT-BKHCN on displaying goods’ labels by electronic means (e-label).  1)     Content is shown by e-label:  – Manufacturing year; Technical specifications; Warnings; User Manual, Storage manual – Other mandatory contents that have been displayed physically can be displayed electronically. 2) Displaying […]