Mandatory scheme
Hợp quy (regulation conformity) assessment procedure
Hợp quy (regulation conformity) assessment procedure — mandatory scheme, Vietnam. It binds businesses whose products fall within the scope of a specific QCVN (national technical regulation).
- Jurisdiction
- Vietnam
- Record class
- Mandatory scheme
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Where this applies
This record is scoped to Vietnam. Scope is part of the claim: a rule that binds one part of a country does not bind the whole of it, and this library states the scope its sources state.
Instrument
Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN (Ministry of Science and Technology), as amended (partly no longer in force)
Who it binds
Businesses whose products fall within the scope of a specific QCVN (national technical regulation)
What it requires
Vietnam distinguishes hợp chuẩn (voluntary standard conformity) from hợp quy (mandatory regulation conformity, tied to a specific QCVN). Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN sets out 8 conformity-assessment methods (Article 5) and marking rules for hợp quy. Vietnam's national legal database lists the circular as partly no longer in force: it has been amended by Circulars 02/2017/TT-BKHCN (effective 15 May 2017), 07/2024/TT-BKHCN and 04/2025/TT-BKHCN, and partly repealed or replaced by Circulars 03/2019/TT-BKHCN and 06/2020/TT-BKHCN. Mandatoriness always ties to a specific QCVN — there is no blanket "product certification is mandatory in Vietnam" rule.
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