Vietnam: Regulations on elaboration and approval of five-year plans on formulation of national standards

Specifically, according to Circular No. 21/2007/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, the five-year plan on formulation of national standards covers the following contents: the specific domain and object requiring the formulation of national standards; types of standards, the number of national standards to be formulated; the implementation time; the funding source and projected fund; the proposing agency, organization 0f individual. The elaboration, approval, adjustment and supplementation of five-year plans on formulation of national standards shall be carried out through the following steps:

1. Drafting a five-year plan

- In the second quarter of the last year of a five-­year plan period, ministries and branches organize the elaboration of tentative plans on formulation of national standards in their respective specialized domains (below referred to as tentative plans on formulation of specialized national standards for short) for the next five years and send them together with the written explanation to the Directorate for Standards and Quality for consideration and synthesis.

Tentative five-year plans on formulation of specialized national standards and written explanations cover the contents specified in Section ·1 of Appendix II to this Circular.

- Based on the approved general planning, the Directorate for Standards and Quality drafts the five­-year plan on formulation of national standards in line with the tentative plans on formulation of specialized national standards of ministries, branches or organizations.

A draft five-year plan on formulation of national standards and written explanations cover the contents specified in Section 2 of Appendix II to this Circular.

2. Gathering comments and finalizing draft five-year plans

The Directorate for Standards and Quality shall perform the following tasks:

- Sending draft five-year plans on formulation of national standards to relevant ministries, branches, organizations and individuals for comment, publicizing them on the websites of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Directorate for Standards and Quality for public comment. The time for gathering comments on a draft is within thirty days from the date the draft is sent;

- Synthesizing and processing comments on the drafts;

- Assuming the prime responsibility for, and coordinating with relevant agencies and organizations in, finalizing the drafts and submitting them to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

3. Approval of five-year plans

The Ministry of Science and Technology shall examine and approve the five-year plans on formulation of national standards, notify them to relevant ministries and branches and publicize them on the websites of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Directorate for Standards and Quality within thirty days from the date the plans are approved.

4. Adjustment and supplementation of plans

- Five-year plans on formulation of national standards may be adjusted, supplemented at the request of ministries, branches or organizations.

- The adjustment and supplementation of five-year plans shall follow the order specified above.

View more details at the Circular No. 21/2007/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from November 04, 2007.

Ty Na

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