Imported goods must have supplementary labels in Vietnamese

17:16, 12/06/2017

If the goods imported into Vietnam of which the label has not represented or represented insufficiently mandatory information in Vietnamese, a supplementary label containing mandatory information in Vietnamese is required and the original label shall remain unchanged.

According to Decree No. 43/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government:

- The supplementary label shall be used for goods not eligible for import or to be returned and circulated in the domestic market.

- The supplementary label shall be attached to the commodity or commercial container without obscuring mandatory information of the original label.

- The content of the supplementary label shall contain the Vietnamese translation from the mandatory information of the original label and additional other mandatory information according to the nature of the commodity as prescribed in this Decree. The entity responsible for labeling shall take responsibility for the content’s accuracy and truthfulness. The content displayed on the supplementary label shall also contain additionals without misleading the information of original label and correctly reflect the nature and origin of the goods.

- In case of goods not eligible for import or to be returned and circulated in the domestic market, a bold phrase of “Được sản xuất tại Việt Nam” (“Made in Vietnam”) shall be required.

This content is specified in Decree No. 43/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from June 01, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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