Vietnam's MIC issues official guidance on application and implementation of Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BTTTT

On Aug. 28, 2019, Vietnam's MIC issued a letter No. 2902/BTTTT-KHCN regarding guidance on the application and implementation of Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BTTTT (enforced on Sep. 1, 2019). 

Please find the summary underneath: 

• Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for lithium battery still require the test reports from accredited/designated test labs.  
• For testing requirements in extreme conditions, accept the declaration in technical documents or the test result from ISO 17025 accredited test labs' overseas reports.  
• Accept the test report from ISO 17025 accredited test lab for some local standards (QCVN standards listed in the circular).  
• Accept the same report under QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT for the DVB-T2 TVs which have same chassis. 
• Accept EN 55032/CISPR 32 or higher version reports (from accredited/designated labs) for declaration of conformity under QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT. 
• For the testing of a lithium battery, if the importers import small quantities, cannot provide the sample as the requirements of testing, importer can send the letter to VNTA and clarify the importing purpose, then VNTA will accept the IEC 62133 report from ISO 17025 test labs.