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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

4. Cooperate with the Ministry of Finance in periodically producing statistics about import of used machinery,
equipment and technological lines (importers’ names, addresses, fields, countries of origins, import value), and
cases of violations in which goods must be re-exported and penalties are imposed, and reporting to the Prime
Minister.

5. Designate and accredit inspection bodies for used machinery, equipment and technological lines, and publish
the list of designated or accredited inspection bodies on its portal.

6. Take charge and cooperate with other Ministries and ministerial agencies in inspecting the inspection of used
machinery, equipment and technological lines by designated or accredited inspection bodies in accordance with
applicable regulations of law.

Article 13. Responsibility of ministries and ministerial agencies

1. Cooperate with the Ministry of Science and Technology in organizing the implementation of this Decision.
2. Based on social – economic development as well as state management requirements in specialized fields,
suggest criteria on age of used machinery and equipment in their managing fields to the Ministry of Science
and Technology for consolidating and reporting to the Prime Minister.

[Source] Ibid.

G12 Responsibilities of MOST, Ministries, and Other Agencies

MOST leads the cooperation with other Ministries, ministerial agencies, and other related

agencies, and publishes the designated inspection bodies on its portal.

Ministries and other relative agencies cooperate with MOST for searching and publishing
the discarded used machinery, equipment, and technological lines.

G13 Observation and Penalties on the Imported Used Machinery

Enterprise should take note that the Vietnamese Ministries and related agencies in their

jurisdiction observe if the imported used machinery is running in their Vietnamese plant
in compliance with the regulations on the safety, energy-saving, and environmental
protection, and impose penalties against violations.

Thorough inspecting the used machinery before shipping to Vietnam and setting them in
a plant in Vietnam under Decision 18 and related regulations are the core to run the
imported used machinery safely and without trouble against the Vietnamese rules.

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