Vietnam - Draft Decree on Management of Medical Devices

​Vietnam Ministry of Health Department of Medical Devices and Construction announced the "Draft decree on management of medical devices".

This draft Decree specifies regulations on the management of medical devices, including: classification, manufacturing, circulating, trading, exporting, importing and providing medical devices services, information, advertising, labeling; declare prices of medical devices, and manage and use medical equipment at medical facilities.

1. Medical devices that have been manufactured in Vietnam or imported into Vietnam before the effective date of this Decree may continue to be sold until it is liquidated according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Management and Use of State Property or by the expiration of the time limit stated in the Certificate of Circulation of Registration.

2. The issuance of circulation registration numbers for domestically produced medical devices or medical devices that are in vitro diagnostic biological products shall comply with current law provisions with the following validation:

a) For domestically produced medical devices, which have been granted a certificate of free sale, the free-sale registration number is valid until the expiration of the time stated on the certificate of circulation registration.

b) For medical devices that are in vitro diagnostic biological products, which have been granted a certificate of circulation in accordance with the 2005 Law on Pharmacy and guiding documents on the implementation of this Law, the issued free-sale registration number shall be valid until the end of the time stated on the certificate of circulation registration.

c) Imported medical devices that are in vitro diagnostic biological products submitted before December 31, 2021, shall be granted an import license in accordance with the Law on Pharmacy 2005 and is valid until the end of December 31, 2022.

3. Class B medical devices that have been granted a free-sale registration number before the effective date of this Decree shall be valid for an indefinite period.

4. Applications for circulation registration submitted before January 1, 2022 must comply with the provisions of Articles 34 and 35 of this Decree.

5. Labels of medical devices that have been manufactured in Vietnam or imported into Vietnam before the date specified in Clause 2 of this Article may continue to be used until the expiry of the useful life of the equipment or until it is liquidated according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Management and Use of State Property or by the expiration of the time limit stated in the Certificate of Circulation of Registration.

Proposed date of adoption : Oct. 18, 2021 
Proposed date of entry into force : Jan. 01, 2022
Final date for comments : Oct. 15, 2021