Regulations on research into and production, trading, import and export of industrial explosives in Vietnam

Research into and production, trading, import and export of industrial explosives shall comply with the provisions of Article 37 of the Law on management and use of weapons, explosives and combat gears 2017 as follows:

Regulations on research into industrial explosives in Vietnam

The research into industrial explosives shall comply with the following regulations:

- Industrial explosives shall be researched, developed and tested by the science and technology organizations or producers of industrial explosives according to research projects approved by competent authorities;

- Production of industrial explosives and transfer of technology for industrial production of explosives shall be carried out in establishments producing industrial explosives that satisfy the conditions prescribed by law and obtaining licenses issued by competent authorities.

Regulations on research into and production, trading, import and export of industrial explosives in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regulations on production of industrial explosives in Vietnam

The production of industrial explosives shall comply with the following regulations:

- Producers of industrial explosives shall be state-owned enterprises that are assigned by the Prime Minister at the request of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Public Security or Minister of National Defense;

- Types of industrial explosives and production scale shall be conformable with developmental orientation of industrial explosives and ensure quality and safe techniques;

- Managers, employees and workers engaged in the production of industrial explosives shall ensure the security and order, have eligible qualifications and be trained in safe technique, fire prevention and response to incidents in activities related to production of industrial explosives;

- Measuring instruments and equipment shall be sufficient to be used for inspecting and supervising technical parameters and inspecting quality of material and components in the production process. The testing place shall be separate and safe as prescribed in standards and technical regulations;

- Industrial explosives shall be classified and labeled in accordance with regulations of law;

- Producers of industrial explosives shall only sell right types of products to traders thereof.

Regulations on trading of industrial explosives in Vietnam

The trading of industrial explosives shall comply with the following regulations:

- Traders of industrial explosives shall be state-owned enterprises that are assigned by the Prime Minister at the request of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Public Security or Minister of National Defense;

- Places of warehouses and harbors, loading and unloading places shall satisfy conditions for security and order and ensure the safe distances between those places and works and objects to be protected;

- Warehouses, equipment for loading and unloading industrial explosives, vehicles, equipment and devices for trading in industrial explosives shall be designed and constructed conformably, satisfy requirements for maintenance and transport of industrial explosives and fire prevention. If there is no warehouse or vehicle, a contract with an organization allowed to maintain and transport industrial explosives is required

- Managers and attendants engaged in trading of industrial explosives shall satisfy conditions for security and order, have suitable qualifications and be trained in safe technique, fire prevention and response to incidents in activities related to trading of industrial explosives;

- Traders of industrial explosives shall only trade in the industrial explosives included in the list of industrial explosives allowed to be produced, traded and used in Vietnam, trade in industrial explosives in accordance with regulations of business licenses and are allowed to purchase industrial explosives from organizations allowed to use industrial explosives but do not use them completely.

Regulations on export and import of industrial explosives in Vietnam

Industrial explosives shall be exported or imported as follows:

- A trader of industrial explosives is allowed to export and import industrial explosives.

- Industrial explosives shall only be exported or imported in case of a license to export or import industrial explosives issued by the competent authority affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

- Entrustment of export of industrial explosives shall only be carried out between enterprises allowed to produce or trade in the industrial explosives or organizations allowed to use the industrial explosives and enterprises allowed to trade in them.

Mai Thanh Loi

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