Vietnam MIC released the latest national technical regulation-QCVN 101:2020 / BTTTT for lithium batteries,
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▍Vietnam MIC Certification

Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT stipulated that batteries installed in mobile phones, tablets and notebooks are not allowed to be exported to Vietnam unless  they are subjected to DoC certifctaion since Oct.1,2016. DoC will also be required to provide when applying Type Approval for end products (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).

MIC released new Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT in May,2018 which stipulates that no more IEC 62133:2012 report issued by overseas accredited laboratory is accepted in July 1, 2018. Local test is necessity while applying for ADoC certificate.

▍Testing Standard

QCVN101：2016/BTTTT（refer to IEC 62133：2012)

▍PQIR

The Vietnamese government issued a new decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP on May 15, 2018 to stipulate that two types of products imported into Vietnam are subject to PQIR (Product Quality Inspection Registration) application when being imported to Vietnam.

Based on this law, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued the official document 2305/BTTTT-CVT on July 1, 2018, stipulating that the products under its control (including batteries) must be applied for PQIR when being imported into Vietnam. SDoC shall be submitted to complete the customs clearance process. The official date of entry into force of this regulation is August 10, 2018. PQIR is applicable to a single import to Vietnam, that is, every time an importer imports goods, he shall apply for PQIR (batch inspection) + SDoC.

However, for importers who are urgent to import goods without SDOC, VNTA will temporarily verify PQIR and facilitate customs clearance. But importers need to submit SDoC to VNTA to complete the entire customs clearance process within 15 working days after customs clearance. (VNTA will no longer issue the previous ADOC which is only applicable to Vietnam Local Manufacturers)

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● Co-founder of Quacert battery testing laboratory 

MCM thus becomes the sole agent of this lab in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Vietnam MIC released the latest national technical regulation-QCVN 101:2020 / BTTTT for lithium batteries
used in handheld devices (mobile phones, tablets and laptops) in July and plans to replace the current prevailing standard QCVN 101:2016 / BTTTT on July 1, 2021. The laboratory that invested by MCM in Vietnam hasobtained the testing competence of latest standard and starts to provide clients with the new standard test
report. Clients who have the need of updating the standard, is suggested to prepare for the compulsory
standard update in advance to avoid any delay caused by failure to convert on new standard.
Packing InstructionsPI 965 to PI 970—Have been revised to:
Specifically reference that lithium cells or batteries identified as damaged or defective in accordance with
Special Provision A154 are forbidden for transport; and In Section II identify that where there are packages from multiple packing instructions on one air waybill
that the compliance statement may be combined into a single statement. Examples of such statements
have been included in 8.2.7.
PI 967 and PI 970—Have been revised to require that:
 Equipment must be secured against movement in the outer packaging; and
 Multiple pieces of equipment in a package must be packed to prevent damage from contact with other
equipment in the packag