The Ministry of Information and Communications of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (MIC) issued three new National Technical Regulations and three Circulars for their implementations respectively. The Regulations apply to SRD products operating in the frequency band from 1 GHz to 40 GHz, broadband data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz band and wireless equipment that contains LPWAN or LoRa technologies:

• QCVN 54:2020/BTTTT and Circular 35/2020/TT-BTTTT are applicable to broadband data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz band
• QCVN 74:2020/BTTTT and Circular 34/2020/TT-BTTTT are applicable to SRD products operating in the frequency band from 1 GHz to 40 GHz
• QCVN 112:2020/BTTTT and Circular 38/2020/TT-BTTTT are applicable to wireless equipment that contains LPWAN or LoRa technologies

The documents come into effect from July 1, 2021. However, Technical regulations QCVN 54:2011/BTTTT and QCVN 74:2013/BTTTT for broadband equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz frequency band and for SRD devices operating in the frequency band from 1 GHz to 40 GHz are currently valid and effective up to July 1, 2021.

Please, note that all certificates issued according to the QCVN 54:2011/BTTTT and QCVN 74:2013/BTTTT must be re-issued under the new Regulations requirements. All test reports issued against QCVN 54:2011/BTTTT or QCVN 74:2013/BTTTT requirements could not be used to prove the compliance of products to the new versions of the technical regulations. It means that the products fall under the scope of QCVN 54:2020/BTTTT or QCVN 74:2020/BTTTT must be tested within the new regulations requirements as well.

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