Vietnam-The mandatory scope of lithium battery will be extended,
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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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In 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam issued a draft of a new batch of mandatory lithium battery products, but it has not yet been officially released. MCM has recently received the latest news about this draft. The original draft has been revised and is scheduled to be submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam for review and announcement in August 2021. In addition, the ten secondary lithium battery products controlled by the original draft (as shown below) have been reduced to four, and the other six deleted may be added again in the future.
According to the feedback from the Vietnamese laboratory, the performance test of lithium batteries will not be required this year, and there is no specific time for the mandatory time. We will keep on to pay attention!
1. Standard① based on IEC 62368-1, Audio/video, information and communication equipment – Part 1: Safety requirements，no technical change。
2. Standard① will be implemented from the day it is officially announced and replace the standard ②③④; at the same time, the latter will be implemented until December 31, 2022 and abolished.
3. The KC62368-1 draft has been publicly released by KATS and is currently in the stage of soliciting comments. The deadline for comments is June 18, 2021.