| THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
| No: 06/2002/TT-BYT | Hanoi, May 30, 2002 |
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE EXPORT AND IMPORT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO SPECIALIZED MANAGEMENT IN THE 2002-2005 PERIOD
In furtherance of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 46/2001/QD-TTg of April 4, 2001 on the management of goods export and import in the 2001-2005 period, the Ministry of Health hereby guides the export and import of medical equipment subject to specialized management in the 2002-2005 period as follows:
I. UNITS PERMITTED TO EXPORT AND IMPORT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
1. Vietnamese enterprises, which have the production and business functions, full conditions to manufacture and trade in medical equipment and export and import enterprise codes granted by the General Department of Customs, shall be permitted to export and import medical equipment.
2. Foreign-invested enterprises which manufacture and/or trade in medical equipment and have the export and import functions, shall be permitted to export and import medical equipment.
3. Enterprises manufacturing and trading in pharmaceuticals and having the export and import function shall be permitted to import medical equipment and chemicals in service of pharmaceutical production and testing.
II. SOME PROVISIONS ON THE EXPORT AND IMPORT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
1. Entrusted export and import must comply with the Trade Ministry’s regulations in Official Dispatch No. 3490/TM-XNK of July 23, 1999.
2. Labels of medical equipment shall comply with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 178/1999/QD-TTg and the Trade Ministry’s Circular No. 34/1999/TT-BTM of December 15, 1999.
