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On Jan 10, Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) announced draft circular QCVN 117:2023/BTTTT for GSM/WCDMA/LTE terminal equipment, updating the previous version -117:2020. It is expected that version 2023 will be effective March 1, but compulsory for import procedures, quality inspections, CoCs and DoCs July 1 for mobile phones...

Vietnam MIC Regulatory Update: May 31, 2023, Vietnam MIC released Circ. 04/2023/TT-BTTTT (replacing Circ. 02/2022/TT-BTTTT) which lays out the new list of wireless and ICT products under MIC ICT Type Approval and Declaration of Conformity scopes. Effective July 15, 2023, this new circular will show major updates on new QCVN...

Vietnam’s Ministry of Trade and Industry recently released a draft of national technical regulations on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment that will be in effect Jan 1, 2026. This will apply to many ICT products such as desktop PC’s, servers, cell...

Effective July 1, 2023, regulation QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT, the national technical regulation on Electromagnetic Compatibility for Radio Equipment, will apply to many short range devices with operating frequencies higher than 40GHz, and 5G mobile terminal equipment. The new regulation will be equivalent to ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.2.3 (2019-11) Electromagnetic Compatibility...

Effective July 1, 2023, regulation QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT, the national technical regulation on Electromagnetic Compatibility for Radio Equipment, will apply to many short range devices with operating frequencies higher than 40GHz, and 5G mobile terminal equipment. The new regulation will be equivalent to ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.2.3 (2019-11) Electromagnetic Compatibility...

On May 16, 2022, Vietnam MIC released Circular No. 2/2022/TT-BTTTT (effective July 1, 2022) replacing Circular 11/2020/TT-BTTTT and Circular 01/2021/TT-BTTTT. The most recent Circular stipulates the new list of products under the MIC Type Approval and Self-assessment DoC scope. Summary of the New Circular 1. MIC has updated new national...

MiC Vietnam approval has officially released Circular 10/2020/TT-BTTTT amending and supplementing Circular 30/2011/TT-BTTTT (together with Circular 15/2018/TT-BTTTT). The new Circular shall enter in force since July 01, 2020. Summary of Circular 10/2020/TT-BTTTT: 1. MiC Vietnam approval shall grant a type approval certificate for oversea manufacturers directly. ( previously only can...