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When is a Kế hoạch (appraised and approved) required, and when is a self-issued Biện pháp enough? A comparison under Articles 33–35 of Decree 25/2026/ND-CP, the 31 December 2026 deadline, and a free summation-ratio tool.

Do your factory's chemicals fall under Annex IV of Decree 24/2026/ND-CP? How to check Table A and Table B, and how to calculate the summation ratio under Article 33 of Decree 25/2026/ND-CP — with a free checking tool.

What degree must the chemical safety officer of a factory that produces, trades, stores or uses chemicals hold? A summary of Article 27 and the list of fields in Annex III of Decree 25/2026/ND-CP, with a free checking tool.

Decree 25/2026/ND-CP Article 35: the five mandatory contents, the transport version, and the duty to update the national database within 30 days.

Decree 25/2026/ND-CP Articles 29 and 32: the training cycle, the three groups of trainees, duration, testing, and records kept for three years.

Decree 26/2026/ND-CP Article 6: who must declare, where, what to submit, and why the response to the declaration is what allows customs clearance.

Decree 26/2026/ND-CP Article 19: six groups of conditions for a company renting out chemical warehouse space, including segregation rules and the limit set by the certificate itself.

Decree 26/2026/ND-CP Article 21 sets the concentration thresholds in a mixture that exempt production, trading and import-export certificates and licences.

Decree 26/2026/ND-CP Articles 4 and 19: internal safety rules, what must appear on a hazard sign, and the rule against keeping mutually reactive chemicals together.

The new decree on administrative penalties in the chemicals and industrial explosives sector, replacing Decree 71/2019/ND-CP, in force from 25 August 2026.

A list drawn from Law 69/2025/QH15 and Decrees 24, 25 and 26/2026/ND-CP, in the order an inspection usually asks for it.

Under Vietnam’s Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15, a company storing conditional chemicals or chemicals requiring special control must either own its warehouse or use a provider holding a chemical storage service certificate.

Law on Chemicals 06/2007/QH12 ceased to be effective on 1 January 2026. The framework is now Law 69/2025/QH15 with Decrees 24, 25 and 26/2026/ND-CP and Circulars 01 and 02/2026/TT-BCT.

Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 calls this group “hóa chất có điều kiện”. The certificate of eligibility to trade is issued by the provincial People’s Committee and is valid for five years.

Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 renamed the restricted group to “chemicals requiring special control”. The trading licence is issued by a ministry, is valid five years, and every sale needs a control slip.

Article 25 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15: producers and importers of hazardous chemicals must prepare the SDS; sellers must supply it, and buyers must request it and keep it at the storage location.

Warnings, internal rules, response equipment, a qualified safety officer, safe distance and periodic maintenance — Articles 14, 33, 34, 35 and 40 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15.

Articles 37 and 38 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 split chemical storage facilities into two groups: those that must build a Plan and have it approved, and those that only need to issue Measures.

Clause 3 of Article 39, Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15: civil-sector chemical facilities storing chemicals on the list in clause 2 of Article 37 must organise a drill annually.

Article 36 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 requires organisations and individuals in chemical activities to provide periodic chemical safety training to their workers.

Article 23 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 requires chemicals to be classified according to the rules and technical guidance of GHS; producers and importers are responsible for the result.

A summary under Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15: certificates and licences for production, trading and storage services — most valid five years, with banned chemicals at twelve months.

The storage obligations in Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 gathered in one place: warnings, packaging, records kept at least three years, Plan or Measures, drills and disclosure to the surrounding community.

Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 classifies incidents into facility, provincial and national level, obliges businesses to provide information, and gives the surrounding community specific rights.

Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15 was passed on 14 June 2025 and took effect on 1 January 2026. This article summarises its scope and points to which article covers what.

The four conditions in clause 1 of Article 11 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15, together with the exemptions in Article 18 and the grounds for revocation in Article 19.

Article 17 of Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15: a control slip for every delivery, and only two categories of buyer are permitted.

Nine questions drawn from Law on Chemicals 69/2025/QH15: group, paperwork, people, warehouse, SDS, labels, Plan or Measures, records and deadlines.

A simulated toluene leak, with the incident response team and all staff taking part, coordinating with the fire service and medical personnel.

A drill at the Bac Ninh warehouse following the scenario in the company’s incident prevention and response Measures, witnessed by the Bac Ninh Department of Industry and Trade.

The Bac Ninh Department of Industry and Trade visited and assessed the safety conditions of TK Chemical’s warehouse.