Prohibited acts regarding product and goods quality in Vietnam

Prohibited acts regarding product and goods quality in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is product and goods quality?

According to Clause 5, Article 3 of the Law on Product and Goods Quality 2007, the product and goods quality means the product and goods properties extent of satisfaction of the requirements under announced applicable standards or relevant technical regulations.

2. Prohibited acts regarding product and goods quality in Vietnam

Prohibited acts regarding product and goods quality in Vietnam under Article 8 of the Law on Product and Goods Quality 2007 are as follows:

- Manufacturing products, importing, selling or purchasing goods banned from circulation by the State.

- Manufacturing products, importing, exporting, selling, purchasing, exchanging or marketing products or goods which fail to comply with relevant technical regulations.

- Importing, exporting, selling or purchasing goods of unclear origin.

- Importing, exporting, selling, purchasing goods, exchanging or marketing products or goods of which the use duration has expired.

- Using foods or pharmaceuticals of poor quality or with expired use duration for charity purposes or donation.

- Deliberately supplying untrue or forged results of testing, examination, inspection, verification and certification of product and goods quality.

- Forging or illegally using standard- or regulation-conformity stamps or other signs of product and goods quality.

- Replacing, fraudulently exchanging, adding or reducing ingredients or additives of, or mixing impurities with products and goods, thus reducing their quality compared with announced applicable standards or relevant technical regulations.

- Giving untruthful information or advertisement or committing fraudulent acts related to product and goods quality or goods origin.

- Concealing information on the products and goods capability of causing unsafe to humans, animals, plants, assets or the environment.

- Manufacturing or processing products and goods with raw materials or materials banned from use for the production or processing of those products and goods.

- Abusing ones positions or powers or the state control of product and goods quality to illegally obstruct, trouble or harass production and business activities of organizations and individuals or cover up acts of violation of the law on product and goods quality.

- Abusing product and goods quality control activities to cause harms to national interests, social order and safety.

3. State policies on product and goods quality-related activities in Vietnam

The State policies on product and goods quality-related activities in Vietnam according to Article 6 of the Law on Product and Goods Quality 2007 is as follows:

- To encourage organizations and individuals to formulate and apply advanced standards to products and goods as well as the management and administration of production and business.

- To formulate national programs on raising the productivity, quality and competitiveness of products and goods.

- To invest in and develop the testing system to meet the requirements of production, business and state control of product and goods quality.

- To enhance training and retraining of human resources for product and goods quality control.

- To propagate and disseminate policies and laws on product and goods quality; to form a sense of producing and trading in quality products and goods for consumers interest, which save energy and are environment-friendly; to raise social awareness about consumption and build civilized consumption habits.

- To encourage and create conditions for domestic and foreign organizations and individuals to invest and participate in testing, inspecting, verifying and certifying product and goods quality.

- To expand cooperation with other nations, territories, international organizations, regional organizations as well as foreign organizations and individuals in activities related to product and goods quality;

To enhance the conclusion of treaties and agreements between Vietnam and other countries, territories, international or regional organizations on mutual recognition of conformity evaluation results;

To encourage Vietnamese conformity evaluation organizations to sign agreements on recognition of conformity evaluation results given by corresponding organizations of other countries or territories so as to facilitate the development of trade between Vietnam and those countries or territories.

Quoc Dat

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