THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Circular No. 21/2013/TT-BNNPTNT dated April 17, 2013 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issuing the list of acceptable, restricted and banned agrochemicals and the additional lists of plant varieties produced and traded legally in Vietnam
Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP dated January 03, 2008 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Decree No. 75/2009/ND-CP dated September 10, 2009 of the Government amending article 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP dated January 3, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Plant protection and quarantine dated July 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Plant varieties March 24, 2004;
At the request of the Director of the Legal Department, the Director of Plant Protection Department and the Director of the Department of Crop production;
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development promulgates the Circular issuing the list of acceptable, restricted and banned agrochemicals and the additional lists of plant varieties produced and traded legally in Vietnam,
Article 1. To issue attach with this Circular:
1. The list of acceptable agrochemicals in Vietnam in Appendix 1 to this Circular, including:
a) Chemicals used for agriculture:
- Insecticides: 745 substances with 1662 trade names.
- Fungicides: 552 substances with 1229 trade names.
- Herbicides: 217 substances with 664 trade names.
- Rodenticides: 10 substances with 22 trade names.
- Plant-growth regulators: 52 substances with 139 trade names.
- Insect baits: 8 substances with 9 trade names.
- Snailicides: 25 substances with 134 trade names.
- Supporting chemicals: 5 substances with 6 trade names.
b) Termiticides: 13 substances with 19 trade names.
c) Timber preservatives: 6 substances with 8 trade names.
d) Disinfectants: 3 substances with 3 trade names.
dd) Chemicals used for golf courses:
- Insecticides: 1 substances with 1 trade names.
- Fungicides: 3 substances with 3 trade names.
- Herbicides: 1 substances with 1 trade names.
- Plant-growth regulators: 1 substances with 1 trade names.