Do healthy food ads have to register advertising content in Vietnam?

Do healthy food ads have to register advertising content in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 26 of Decree 15/2018/ND-CP, it is stipulated that foods must register their contents before advertising as follows:

1. Dietary supplements, medical foods, food for special dietary uses.

2. Dietary products for children up to 36 months not banned from advertising according to Article 7 of the Law on Advertising.

Thus, your business needs to register content before advertising health foods in Vietnam.

What does the application for the certification of advertisement contents in Vietnam comprise?

Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 27 of this Decree, the application dossiers for certification of advertising contents include:

4. An application for certification of advertisement contents consists of the following documents:

a) The application form (Form No. 10 in Appendix I hereof);

b) The certificate of registered product declaration and the product declaration certified by a competent authority (a copy certified by the applicant);

c) A sample label (certified by the applicant);

d) For audio or video advertisement, a disc that contains the advertisement script; For other types of advertisement, a maquette (certified by the applicant);

d) The uses or effects other than those written in the product declaration must be proven by scientific documents (copies certified by the applicant);

The documents must be written in Vietnamese language; documents in other languages must be translated into Vietnamese language and notarized.

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