This is a notable content in Circular 04/2020/TT-BKHCN amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 32/2011/TT-BKHCN on criteria for determining hi-tech application projects and investment projects on hi-tech product manufacture and appraisal of applications for issuance of certificates of hi-tech application activities, new enterprises established under investment projects on hi-tech product manufacture and hi-tech enterprises in Vietnam.
From November 15, 2020, an investment project on hi-tech product manufacture in Vietnam must meet certain criteria, such as:
- It makes hi-tech products and applies hi-tech services on the list of hi-tech products given development priority in Vietnam;
- The project's quality management system meets one of the national standards TCVN ISO 9001, HACCP, CMM, GMP or equivalent certification and accreditation;
- It applies eco-friendly and energy-efficient measures to production and product quality management satisfying Vietnam's standards and technical regulations; where no Vietnamese standard or technical regulation is available, the standard of the specialized international organization shall apply.'
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Currently, Circular 32/2011/TT-BKHCN only encourages but does not mandate the application of international standards.
Details can be found in Circular 04/2020/TT-BKHCN effective from November 15, 2020.
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