Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Viet Nam (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the promulgation of the following regulatory texts relating to the marking of packages: Ministry of Transport Circular No. 14/2016/TT-BGTVT of 28 June 2016 on the weighing and certification of the whole volume of international shipping containers; Decree No. 80/2013/ND-CP of 19 July 2014 establishing administrative penalties for infringements of standards, measurements and product and goods quality (replacing Decree No. 54/2009/ND-CP of 5 June 2009); National Technical Standard No. 38/2015/BGTVT regulating technical safety requirements relating to the design, manufacture, repair, importation and use of containers transported by land, sea or rail, and requirements relating to the management, inspection and certification of such containers; and Ministry of Transport Circular No. 64/2015/TT-BGTVT of 5 November 2015 on the promulgation of the national technical standard on the inspection and manufacture of transport containers and on modes of transportation. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that the rare infringements reported in this regard show that the regulations in force are fully applied. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing all relevant information on the application of the Convention.