CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

The General Department of Customs has just sent a note to the provincial / municipal Customs Departments related to the import goods and packages attached to Vietnamese codes and bar codes (893).Accordingly, Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP dated April 14, 2017 of the Government on goods labels, codes and bar codes are not compulsory contents to be displayed on goods labels.
In case goods and packaging of imported goods with Vietnamese codes and bar codes (893) are accepted if there is a written authorization for the joint venture or processing partner to use codes and codes. Using the line specified in Article 19b of Decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP dated May 15, 2018 of the Government (amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 132/2008 / ND-CP of December 31, 2008 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality).
Imported goods bearing Vietnam's codes or barcodes are not grounds for concluding that such goods are forged in Vietnamese origin.
For exported Vietnamese goods which are affixed with foreign codes and barcodes as agreed upon by traders, they must comply with Vietnamese law provisions.
According to: Haiquanonline