Vietnam: 02 points to pay attention to when recording the quantity of goods on the goods label

Specifically, quantities (point 2 Clause 1 and point 3 Clause 2 of Appendix II attached to Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government) are guided in Article 12 of Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam. The following 02 points should be noticed:

- Firstly, units of volume written on labels include: liter (l), milliliter (ml), microliter (μl). For example: the volume of a bottle of water is 1000 ml, it shall be written on the label as follows: 1000 ml, 1 L or 1L.

- Secondly, as for goods in liquid form, the volume may be written as "net volume” or “net volume at 20°C”.

Besides, manufacturing date, expiry date (point 1 of Appendix III attached to Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government) are guided in this Circular as follows: As for imported goods with manufacturing and expiry dates are printed on the original label in letter format, enterprises may print the explanation for these letters on the supplementary label without reprinting such dates in number format.

For example: MFG 20 Jan 2020, EXP 20 Feb 2022 can be derived from the following explanation on the supplementary label: For manufacturing and expiry dates, please check the “MFG” and “EXP” on the package, Jan=01, Feb = 02... Dec =12.

Ingredients and ingredient quantity (point 1 Clause 1 of Appendix IV attached to Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government): Point 1 Clause 1 of Appendix IV shall not apply to water which is used as solvent for glazing or preserving goods and disposed of after using products.View more details at Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2021.

Thu Ba

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