Decree No. 116/2014/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine.

This Decree, consisting of 15 articles divided into four Chapters, provides in detail and guides the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine, on specialized plant protection and quarantine agencies; announcement of plant pest; funds for pest control; suspension from and ban on the export and import of products subject to plant quarantine. This Decree applies to domestic and foreign organizations and individuals involved in plant protection and quarantine activities in Vietnam. The central specialized plant protection and quarantine agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall advise and assist the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in performing the state management of, and organizing the implementation of law on, prevention and control of organisms harmful to vegetation; plant quarantine and management of plant protection drugs nationwide. Specialized plant protection and quarantine agencies of provinces and centrally run cities under provincial-level Agriculture and Rural Development Departments shall assist directors of provincial-level Agriculture and Rural Development Departments in advising provincial-level People’s Committees in performing the state management of, and organizing the implementation of law on, prevention and control of organisms harmful to vegetation; domestic plant quarantine and management of plant protection drugs in their localities, and shall submit to professional direction by the central specialized plant protection and quarantine agency.