Cosmetics Safety Requirement in Vietnam

Cosmetics safety has always been concern when such are on sale in an open market.

Compatible with the Combination Convention in the cosmetic management which has been signed by countries are member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on September 2^nd, 2003 (ASEAN Cosmetic Convention), Vietnam law not only requires the organization or the individual which delivers the product to the market must guarantee that its product shall be harmless for people’s health when exerted in normal or appropriate conditions supplied by the producer or the owner, but also requires the producer or the owner to have obligation in evaluating the safety of every cosmetic product in accordance with the ASEAN safety norm. Besides, the heavy metal limit and the microorganisms in the cosmetic must satisfy the ASEAN’s requirements. The cosmetic Ingredients must satisfy the Appendix requirements (Annexes) – new version of the ASEAN Cosmetic Convention.

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