Vietnam: Energy labels made compulsory for certain equipment, vehicles

Vietnam: Energy labels made compulsory for certain equipment, vehicles

Four groups of equipment and vehicles must have energy labels, according to
a recent decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

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They include home appliances, office and commercial appliances, industrial
appliances and transport vehicles.

Energy labels are compulsory for strait tube fluorescent lamps, compact tube
fluorescent lamps, electromagnetic and electronic ballasts for fluorescent
lamps, air-conditioners, rice cookers, electric fans, refrigerators, washing
machines, televisions, three-phase distribution transfomers and electric
motors. They are mandatory from January 1, 2020 for LED lighting products
and hot water storage tanks.

Regarding office appliances, energy labels must be on commercial
refrigerators. Photocopiers, computer desktops and printers will receive
energy rating labels on a voluntary basis. Laptops must have the stickers
from January 1, 2020.

Seven-seater cars and smaller ones are required to carry energy rating
labels. Meanwhile, labeling for those with more than seven seaters to nine
seaters will be voluntary until December 31, 2017 and for motorcycles until
December 31, 2019.

Energy labels are required on those cars from January 1, 2018 and
motorcycles from January 1,2020.

According to a 2011 Government Decree, most energy-consuming products are
required to carry energy rating labels before being sold on the market.
These labels provide consumers with information about power consumption and
the products' energy efficiency.

Vietnam is following in the footstep of other countries like the US, EU
nations, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, India and Thailand, where
energy labeling has been successful.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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