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The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is drafting a Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 38/2026/ND-CP dated January 24, 2026 of the Government on importing plants with potting soil, planting area codes, and packaging facility codes. Download Simplifying administrative procedures in granting and managing growing area codes and packaging facility codes According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, with the strong growth of official exports for a number of key fruit industries, the need to grant and use growing area codes and packaging facility codes is increasing. To properly manage the quality of exported agricultural products, there needs to be a strict management mechanism and sanctions to handle violations in the production and export of agricultural products. On January 24, 2026, Decree 38/2026/ND-CP was issued, concretizing the legal corridor for the process of exporting agricultural products, stipulating streamlined registration procedures, making it easier for organizations, individuals and management agencies to receive and transparent new inspection activities and suspend and revoke codes when not complying with regulations. Some difficulties need to be amended and supplemented. However, in the process of implementing Decree No. 38/2026/ND-CP, there are many difficulties and obstacles, specifically: Regarding management work: Although the results of receiving and checking new registration dossiers are compiled and reported monthly to specialized agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment according to regulations, the Decree does not specify the time to have written feedback on the results of approval of issued codes and code approval work. According to regulations, Decree, the issuance of codes has been assigned to the province, but the use of export codes still depends on the approval notice of the specialized agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. Therefore, new dossiers requesting approval to date still do not have specific instructions on how to enter data information and where to access it so that local management agencies and businesses can look up and monitor the progress of the code. Regarding inspection and supervision regulations: There is no guiding document. Specific instructions on which cases are and are not allowed to re-issue growing area codes/packaging facility codes. Regarding the content of inspection and assessment of technical conditions of growing areas and packaging facilities when registering for new issuance or maintenance supervision, Decree 38/2026/ND-CP does not have specific standards and criteria for reference and evaluation and there are no regulations on evaluation norms (satisfactory level, major errors, minor errors that can be corrected). uniform) in the inspection record of the growing area/packaging facility. Therefore, the development and submission to the Government for promulgation of a Decree is necessary and urgent to promptly implement the Partys policy and the Governments direction on simplifying administrative procedures; Reduce time and compliance costs in granting and managing growing area codes and packaging facility codes; create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management and meet the requirements of import markets for exported agricultural products. Basic content of the draft Decree Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 38/2026/ND-CP dated January 24, 2026 of the Government on importing plants with potting soil and institutionalized planting area codes and centralized packaging facility codes comprehensive solutions to reduce and simplify temporary administrative procedures specified in Resolution No. 36/2026/NQ-CP dated July 31, 2026 of the Government with the following breakthrough reform content: Radical authority reform: Commune-level Peoples Committee is the focal point agency that directly receives dossiers, handles procedures for issuance, re-issuance, post-checking, suspension, revocation, and restoration of codes. The process is carried out completely online in the network environment through the National Public Service Portal. Switching to the Post-inspection mechanism: In the case of agricultural products consumed domestically or exported to markets that do not require codes, the Commune-level Peoples Committee will issue codes automatically in the network environment within a maximum of 03 working days without the need for pre-inspection. The inspection of technical conditions will be carried out in the form of post-inspection later. Pre-inspection only applies when the importing country has an official request (processing time no more than 10 working days). Simplify land records: Replace complex record requirements with direct identification of land parcels through the National Land Database. In case the land plot identification code is not available or has not been exploited, people can self-declare the area and location, and the Commune Peoples Committee directs the confirmation of information during the actual inspection or post-inspection process. Centralized electronic business processing system: The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is responsible for operating the centralized business processing system, connecting and publicizing online data with the nationwide shared agricultural product traceability system for easy reference by management agencies and businesses. Monitor progress. Promote responsibility for self-declaration: Organizations and individuals are fully responsible before the law for the completeness, accuracy, and truthfulness of declared information. Clearly define criteria and classification of errors to be corrected in inspection records; Clearly set the code suspension periodmaximum 60 days to investigate the cause before implementing the recall. Please read the full draft text and comments he
