Can cosmetics without announcement sheet be advertised in Vietnam?

Can cosmetics without announcement sheet be advertised in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 20 of the Law on Advertising 2012, there are regulations on advertising conditions as follows:

1. Having the Certificate of business registration when advertising goods and services.

2. When advertising products, goods and services, the documents proving their conformity and qualification must be presented as prescribed by law.

3. Having the ownership certificate or the use right certificate when advertising property of which the ownership certificate or use right certificate is compulsory.

4. The advertisements of special products, goods and services must satisfy the following conditions:

a) Having the unexpired Circulation license and the medicine instruction sheet approved by the Ministry of Health when advertising medicines allowed to be advertised as prescribed by law provisions on medicines;

b) Having the cosmetics announcement sheet as prescribed by law provisions on medicines when advertising cosmetics;

c) Having the circulation registration certificate issued by the Ministry of Health when advertising domestic and medical chemicals, pesticides and antiseptic ;

d) When advertising milk and dietary products for small children not being specified in Clause 4 Article 7 of this Law, it is compulsory to have the standard certificate, food safety and hygiene certificate must be obtained regarding dietary products domestically produced, or the product quality certificate issued by the competent agency of the producing country, and the circulation license for imported dietary products.

dd) Having the food hygiene, safety and quality registration certificate when advertising food and food additives in the list of compulsory food quality safety and hygiene registration, or having the standard announcement dossier receipt from the competent State agency when advertising food and food additives in the list of compulsory standard announcement;

e) Having the practice qualification issued by the Health sector when advertising medical examination and treatment services;

g) Having the circulation license when advertising medical equipment domestically produced, or having the import license when advertising imported medical equipment;

h) Having the plant protection drugs registration certificate when advertising plant protection medicine or plant protection drug materials. Having the plant quarantine certificate issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development when advertising useful organisms for plant protection;

i) Having the circulation license and the product property summary sheet when advertising veterinary medicines and equipment;

k) Having the product quality certificate or the written product quality announcement when advertising fertilizers, biological preparations serving farming, animal feed and biological preparations serving breeding.

5. The Government shall specify the requirements for the advertisement conditions for special products, goods and services depending on the actual requirements.

Thus, when advertising cosmetics, there must be a cosmetics announcement sheet as prescribed by law provisions on medicines in Vietnam. Your company has not announced the product, so it is not possible to advertise the new product.

What are contents of cosmetics advertisement in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 181/2013/ND-CP, advertisements for cosmetics must have the following contents:

2. A cosmetics advertisement must contain:

a) Names of the cosmetics;

b) Effects and uses of the cosmetics;

c) Name and address of the entity in charge of launching the product;

d) The warnings prescribed in international agreements.

Best Regards!