For importers this is the step that touches every shipment. Article 6 of Decree No. 26/2026/ND-CP sets it out.
Who must declare
Organisations and individuals importing chemicals under chapters 28 and 29 of Vietnam’s export and import goods list (issued by the Minister of Finance) must declare the imported chemicals before customs clearance, through the National Single Window.
What to submit (clause 2)
- Information on the declaring organisation or individual and on the imported chemicals;
- The original commercial invoice; if issued in a foreign language, with a certified Vietnamese translation;
- The safety data sheet (SDS);
- For non-commercial goods with no commercial invoice, the arrival notice may be used instead.
The SDS is part of the declaration file — prepare it when ordering, not when the goods are already at the port.
The flow and its legal effect (clause 3)
- Create an account on the National Single Window using the prescribed form;
- Declare through the Single Window; the information is transferred automatically to the Ministry of Industry and Trade public service portal, which responds automatically through the Single Window to the declarant and to customs;
- The response to the declaration has legal effect for customs clearance.
Not the same as a licence
The import declaration is one thing; the certificate or licence for the relevant chemical group (Articles 10, 11 and 14 of the Law) is another. Conditional and special-control chemicals still need the matching document unless exempt under Article 21 of Decree 26/2026/ND-CP.
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