Circular No. 08/2013/TT-BYT guiding the advertisement of food under the management of the Ministry of Health. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo nos. 169-170, 25 March 2013. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Processing/handling Certification Food additives Packaging/labelling Beverages Milk/dairy products Internal trade International trade Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Circular enters into force on 26 April 2013. Abstract This Circular, consisting of 14 articles divided into three Chapters, provides conditions, competence, dossiers and procedures for certifying contents of advertisements of food under the management of the Ministry of Health. This Circular applies to organizations and individuals engaged in the introduction and advertisement of food under the management of the Ministry Health in Vietnam's territory. The types of food subject to registration of advertisement are: 1. Functional food; 2. Micro-nutrient-fortified food; 3. Natural mineral water; 4. Bottled water; 5. Food additives, food processing aids; 6. Food packaging tools and food packages and containers used during food production, processing and trading. Prohibited acts in food advertising are: 1. Advertising food without written certifications of advertisement contents granted by competent health agencies. 2. Advertising counterfeit or poor-quality food. 3. Advertising food as having effects as medicines. 4. Advertising food not in conformity with the contents of the regulation conformity announcement or the announcement of conformity with food safety regulations or exaggerating the effects of food. Full text English