On the afternoon of October 18, concluding the conference of the Government Standing Committee with associations and businesses on removing difficulties and obstacles in product and goods standardization and conformity activities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the spirit of not being lax but not being too strict, must ensure safety, health and life for the people.
At the conference, delegates reviewed legal regulations related to product and goods conformity and conformity activities in various fields, especially those related to agriculture and agricultural products.
Delegates reflected that currently there are standards that are too strict, or there are products that do not have regulations or standards; the inspection of products that meet standards and regulations is still quite complicated; there are products and goods that are subject to the management and standards of many ministries and branches; there are different regulations between ministries and branches...
Delegates proposed to continue adding or cutting unnecessary regulations; reducing administrative procedures; decentralizing and clearly delegating powers, avoiding overlap in standardization and conformity activities; implementing pre-inspection or post-inspection mechanisms according to appropriate product and goods types; considering using inspection results and standards of reputable domestic and international agencies...
After the leaders of ministries, branches, agencies and Deputy Prime Ministers gave their opinions, responded and concluded the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the spirit of "a creative state, pioneering enterprises, public-private partnership, a rich and strong country, happy people"; requested relevant ministries and agencies to fully absorb the valid, appropriate opinions, truly close to the actual situation; review legal regulations, consider supplementing and amending to meet requirements.
The Ministry of Science and Technology presides over, develops and submits for promulgation the Government's Resolution; ministries and branches submit amendments and supplements to the Government's decrees, and issue circulars within their authority.
The Prime Minister said that with the spirit of innovation in management thinking, the revised laws have shifted from "pre-inspection" to "post-inspection" with a focus and key points, following a new approach of risk management, only maintaining mandatory measures for products and goods with medium and high risks, exempting conformity declaration for products that have fully met quality management requirements according to specialized laws.
Along with that, promoting digital transformation, simplifying and cutting administrative procedures, and publicizing them in the digital environment. This is a major reform step, demonstrating the policy of minimizing unnecessary administrative procedures, reducing compliance costs, reducing overlapping procedures, increasing the autonomy and responsibility of enterprises, in line with international practices.
To continue to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles in standardization and conformity activities and promote production and business activities of enterprises in the coming time, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Health, and relevant ministries and agencies to carefully review current legal regulations to ensure the consistency and synchronization of laws related to standardization and conformity.
Directing the Ministry of Science and Technology to preside over and submit to the Government for early promulgation of a decree guiding the implementation of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations and the Law on Product and Goods Quality, the Prime Minister noted that if there are international standards, they should be researched, applied and publicly announced; and traceability regulations should be public and transparent.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology to be the focal point to gather the current situation, remove difficulties and obstacles in product and goods conformity activities; and pay special attention to listening to and absorbing opinions of people and businesses.
Relevant ministries and sectors urgently review current national technical regulations (about 824 regulations), classify them according to the risk level of products and goods to adjust, amend or abolish them to suit the actual situation.
Clearly stating standards and regulations must come first so that businesses can base their announcements on them; there must be tools for conformity and compliance, but post-inspection must be strengthened, pre-inspection must be reduced, input costs and compliance costs for people and businesses must be reduced, the Prime Minister noted, what needs to be controlled must be controlled such as medicines and food related to people's lives and health.
“The spirit is not to be lax but not too strict, to ensure safety, health and life for the people, while at the same time having measures to reduce administrative procedures, decentralize, delegate power, promote the mobilization of social resources, and enhance socialization," the Prime Minister emphasized.
The Prime Minister requested that from now until the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations 2025 and the Law on Product and Goods Quality 2025 take effect (January 1, 2026), ministries and branches must develop and issue relevant guiding circulars so that when the law takes effect, there will be a system of synchronous, unified and feasible standards.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to review and propose amendments to specialized laws such as the Veterinary Law, the Animal Husbandry Law, the Cultivation Law, the Fisheries Law, etc. to eliminate duplicate procedures; agree to simplify procedures for declaring conformity with veterinary drugs and animal feed, and study the removal of regulations on declaring conformity with animal feed as appropriate.
At the same time, urgently complete regulations on management and traceability through digital transformation. Amend national technical regulations, issued in the fourth quarter of 2025, to stipulate the application of certification of advanced world management systems such as ISO 22000, GMP, HACCP... for suitable products and goods that do not require sampling for analysis of indicators, in order to both ensure product quality and reduce administrative burden for businesses.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministries of Construction, Industry and Trade, Health, and Finance to coordinate closely to ensure that the amendment of standards and regulations on quality management is consistent, transparent, fair, and does not create unnecessary technical barriers or "sub-licenses" that affect people and businesses.
The Prime Minister pointed out the urgent need to accelerate the construction of a national database on standards and regulations and a shared digital platform to serve the management of national standards, measurements and quality, and to connect and serve state management work. Subjects are inspected publicly and transparently in the online environment.
The Prime Minister requested to promote reform, cut administrative procedures, promote decentralization and delegation of power along with resource allocation, improve enforcement capacity, and strengthen supervision and inspection.
The Head of Government requested strict handling of violations, especially those in the field of food safety and medicine; strict handling of officials, civil servants and public employees who lack a sense of responsibility, are insensitive to the difficulties and problems of businesses and people and allow the circulation of goods, especially substandard food and medicine.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the Government and the Prime Minister always accompany and share difficulties with businesses and always create an open, stable and transparent investment and business environment so that businesses can confidently invest and operate effectively, contributing to the country's rapid and sustainable development in the new era.
The Prime Minister hopes that associations and the business community will continue to actively participate and contribute opinions on institutions and policies, promptly reflect difficulties and problems so that management agencies can amend and perfect relevant legal regulations, so that new policies can truly come into life, bringing practical benefits to businesses and people./.
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