Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Providing for Management of Veterinary Drugs Containing Narcotic Substances and Precursors; Veterinary Prescribing; Amendments to Circular No. 18/2018/TT-BNNPTNT.

This Circular provides for: 1. Import, export, transit through Vietnam, production, trading in, use, delivery, transport and storage of veterinary drugs containing narcotic substances and precursors; veterinary prescribing within the territory of Vietnam. 2. List of antibiotics specified in Clause 4 Article 12 of the Government’s Decree No. 13/2020/ND-CP dated January 21, 2020 on elaboration of the Law on Animal Husbandry. 3. Amendments to the Circular No. 18/2018/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 15, 2018 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development amending and repealing some Articles of the Circular No. 13/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 02, 2016 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on veterinary drug management.
Narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs for export must have the certificate of free sale in Vietnam. Applications and procedures for importing narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs that have the certificate of free sale in Vietnam, narcotic substance-containing veterinary drug materials are given in Article 4.2. Domestic production of substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs shall be only carried out by producers having an effective certificate of eligibility to produce veterinary drugs issued by the Department of Animal Health. Procedures for registering sale of substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs are specified Articles 3 and 8 of the Decree No. 13/2016/TT-BNNPTNT. The manufacturer shall physically or electronically archive substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drug production records. Every trader of narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs must obtain the certificate of eligibility to trade veterinary drugs as prescribed by the law on veterinary medicine. A person having the veterinary practice certificate covering animal diagnosis, examination, surgery and testing is permitted to use substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs to treat animal diseases by prescription; the substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs that are not used or are underused must be returned to the veterinary drug selling establishment within 10 days.