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2020 K-V Economic Cooperation Work Program
Disseminating Information on Used Machinery and
Equipment Import Regulations of Viet Nam for K-V Investment Promotion

Key directions were pointed out: MOST should coordinate with the Ministry of Trade and
Industry and other line ministries to build criteria for imported machinery, equipment age in
specific areas, not applying general restriction of “not-exeeding-10-year-old regulation” to all
machinery and equipment.

Decree 69/2018/ND-CP, dated 15th May 2018 provided detailed regulation from the Law on
Foreign Trade, which in full play from 15th May 2018 and replaced Decree 187/2013/ND-CP.

Its Item 5, Article 8 stated: “the importation of used machinery, equipment, technological lines
shall be implemented according to Prime Minister decision”.

MOST drafted, submitted to Prime Minister to signed the Decision No.18/2019/QD-TTg, dated
19th April 2019 on the importation of used machinery, equipment, technological lines which

has detailed regulations on criteria, documents, working process to three types of imported
equipment: single machinery and equipment; single machinery and technological lines whose
age is exceeding the regulated limit. Machinery and equipment age has been regulated in flexi-

ble manner. In addition to general regulation of “not-exceeding-10-year-old”, in some specific
areas, machinery and equipment age has been increased from 15 to 20 years (in Annex I). For
technological lines, importation criteria shall be evaluated on technology requirements on the
basis of not being listed in the prohibited, restricted ones and also being popular in OECD
members and not being outdated technologies. Current situation of used technological lines

shall be controlled through criteria of capacity (measured by numbers of products produced
over a time unit) or remaining capability over the designed one (not less than 85%), remaining
energy consumption over the designed ones (not less than 15%) and there is no regulation on

age limit to technological lines which comprise a number of aged machineries.

At present, the importation of used machinery, equipment, technological lines have been imple-
mented in accordance with Decision No.18/2019/QD-TTg.

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