Vietnam: Requirements for grant of approval for a cosmetic advertisement content

According to Circular No. 09/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam,  requirements for grant of approval for a cosmetic advertisement content include:

1. Cosmetic products must conform to advertisement requirements stipulated in Point b Clause 4 Article 20 of the Law on Advertising of Vietnam.

2. Cosmetic advertisement contents must conform to regulations laid down in Article 4 of Decree No. 181/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government and the followings:

- Do not use images, costumes, names, mails and articles of other organizations, healthcare establishments, doctors, pharmacists or medical staff;

- Features and effects of a cosmetic product must accord with its nature, classification as well as those that have been already made known to the public in accordance with legal regulations.

3. All necessary documents must be submitted as stipulated in Article 15 hereof.

4. The applicant for approval for advertisement contents is the organization that signs its name on the product notification, or the representative office of that organization, or the organization with its legal standing authorized in writing by that organization.

Besides, Circular No. 09/2015/TT-BYT also stipulates general requirements for grant of approval for an advertisement content for special products, commodities and services under the authority of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam as follows:

- The advertisement content must conform to legal regulations on advertising and none of prohibited acts stipulated in Article 8 of the Law on Advertising of Vietnam is committed.

- Voices, wording and pictures used in an advertisement must be concise, common and conform to regulations laid down in Article 18 of the Law on Advertising. The smallest size of the font used in an advertisement content must be large enough to be read in a normal condition and is not smaller than the size proportional to the size of Vntime font or the 12-point size of Times New Roman font printed on the A4-size paper.

View more details at Circular No. 09/2015/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Vietnam, effective from July 16, 2015.

Le Hai

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