Under Vietnam law, a cosmetic product made in Vietnam or imported into Vietnam must go through procedure of proclamation before being sold on the market.
Organizations or individuals distributing the cosmetic product on the market are only permitted when being granted the number of cosmetic product proclamation from the authority agencies. Such organizations or individuals are also responsible for safety, effectiveness, and quality of product.
Organizations, individuals who are responsible for putting products on market are organizations, individuals have name written in the cosmetic product announcement dossier and be responsible for cosmetics product in the market and must have the license of cosmetic business in Vietnam.
The cosmetic product manufacturers or importer may themselves conduct procedure in cosmetic product announcement or authorize for other organizations, individuals satisfying conditions as regulated to do this.
The cosmetic proclamation dossier includes the following documents:
Depending on type of cosmetic, Vietnam law requires different competent state management agencies responsible for receiving dossier of cosmetic announcement. For the export of cosmetic, the medicine Management Bureau – the Ministry of Health is responsible for receiving proclamation dossier. For the cosmetic produced by domestic organizations, individuals, organizations or individuals who are responsible for bringing cosmetic into market shall apply the cosmetic product proclamation dossier at the Department of Health in which production factory is located. The product which is produced, packed from the import semi finished products shall be considered domestic produced products.
The results of handling the cosmetic product proclamation dossier: the competent state agencies shall issue or refuse to grant the number of receiving the cosmetic product proclamation report.
The receipt number of cosmetic product proclamation report shall be valid for 05 years since issuing date. After 05-year-expiry, if organizations or individuals wish to continue selling product in the market, they must make a proclamation again before the expiry of the receipt number of cosmetic product proclamation report and pay a regulated cost fee.
This publication is designed to provide updated information of legal matters, and does not constitute professional advice.
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