A great many internal procedures and online articles still cite Decree 113/2017/ND-CP. That decree implemented the Law on Chemicals No. 06/2007/QH12 — and that law ceased to be effective on the day the new Law on Chemicals came into force (clause 3 of Article 47 of Law No. 69/2025/QH15).
| Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15 | Passed by the 15th National Assembly at its 9th session on 14 June 2025. In force from 1 January 2026 (clause 1 of Article 47) |
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| Decree 24/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) | Sets out the lists of chemicals within the scope of the Law (clause 2 of Article 6; point a clause 1 of Article 9; point a clause 2 of Article 9; clause 2 of Article 37) |
| Decree 25/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) | Detailed rules on development of the chemical industry and on chemical safety and security |
| Decree 26/2026/ND-CP (17 January 2026) | Detailed rules on management of chemical activities and on hazardous chemicals in products and goods |
| Circular 01/2026/TT-BCT | Implements the Law and Decree 26/2026/ND-CP (the safety data sheet template is in Appendix I) |
| Circular 02/2026/TT-BCT | Measures implementing the Law and Decree 25/2026/ND-CP |
This is the easiest thing to get wrong when re-reading older material.
| Under the old law | Under Law 69/2025 |
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| hóa chất sản xuất, kinh doanh có điều kiện chemicals subject to conditional production and trading | hóa chất có điều kiện conditional chemicals |
| hóa chất hạn chế sản xuất, kinh doanh chemicals restricted in production and trading | hóa chất cần kiểm soát đặc biệt chemicals requiring special control |
The list of banned chemicals is now the list of banned chemicals and minerals issued under the Law on Investment (point a clause 3 of Article 9).
Article 48 gives businesses time to convert.
| Chemical production or trading licence issued before the Law took effect | Remains usable until the expiry date shown on the licence |
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| Certificate of eligibility for chemical production or trading issued before | Remains usable until 31 December 2027 |
| A chemical newly added to the list of chemicals requiring special control (not previously on the restricted list) | Must meet the requirements of the Law before 31 December 2026 |
| A chemical newly added to the list of conditional chemicals (not previously on the conditional list) | Must meet the requirements of the Law before 31 December 2026 |
| A chemical incident prevention and response Plan already approved, or Measures already issued, before the Law took effect | May continue to be implemented as they are |
The first job is to compare your plant’s chemical list against the lists issued with Decree 24/2026/ND-CP. If a substance appears on a list for the first time, the 31 December 2026 deadline applies to it.