Vietnam: Acts of spreading harmful organisms are strictly prohibited

Specifically, according to Article 13 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine 2013 of Vietnam, prohibited acts include:

- Apply plant protection and quarantine measures in breach of provisions set out in this Law.

- Fail to apply proper preventive measures or intentionally apply improper preventive measures against plant pests or diseases.

- Import, manufacture, transport, keep or trade any plant infected with harmful organisms or use untreated plant varieties infected with harmful organisms listed in the nomenclature of quarantine plant pests and regulated plant pests.

- Spread harmful organisms.

- Import soils and harmful organisms into Vietnam, raise and breed harmful organisms, except for the case in which there is a written consent from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

- Manufacture, import, trade and use pesticides listed in the nomenclature of prohibited pesticides in Vietnam; counterfeited, unknown and expired pesticides; pesticides that are not specified in the nomenclature of permitted pesticides in Vietnam, except for the case stipulated in Clause 2 Article 67 of this Law.

- Advertise pesticides listed in the nomenclature of prohibited pesticides in Vietnam; pesticides that are not specified in the nomenclature of permitted pesticides in Vietnam, or advertise pesticides with the information in contrast to the contents specified in the Certificate of Pesticide Registration.

- Manufacture, trade, use, store, transport, dump, collect and dispose of pesticides and pesticide packs or containers, which is in breach of this Law.

The Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine 2013 of Vietnam officially came into force from January 01, 2015.

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