What is classification of dangerous goods by road motor vehicles and inland waterways in Vietnam?

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• In Vietnam, what is classification of dangerous goods by land motor vehicles and inland waterways?
• In Vietnam, what are regulations on list of dangerous goods by land motor vehicles and inland waterways?

In Vietnam, what is classification of dangerous goods by land motor vehicles and inland waterways?

Pursuant to Article 4 of Decree 42/2020/ND-CP stipulating classification of dangerous goods:

1. Based on their chemical and physical characteristics, dangerous goods are classified into the 9 following classes and divisions:

Class 1. Explosives.

Division 1.1: Substances and articles which have a mass explosion hazard.

Division 1.2: Substances and articles which have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard.

Division 1.3: Substances and articles which have a fire hazard and either a minor blast hazard or a minor projection hazard or both, but not a mass explosion hazard.

Division 1.4: Substances and articles which are classified as explosives but which present no significant hazard.

Division 1.5: Very insensitive substances which have a mass explosion hazard.

Division 1.6: No hazard statement.

Class 2. Gasses.

Division 2.1: Flammable gases.

Division 2.2: Non-flammable non-toxic gases.

Division 2.3: Toxic gases.

Class 3. Flammable liquids and liquid desensitized explosives.

Class 4.

Division 4.1: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitized explosives.

Division 4.2: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion.

Division 4.3: Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases.

Class 5.

Division 5.1: Oxidizing substances.

Division 5.2: Organic peroxides.

Class 6.

Division 6.1: Toxic substances.

Division 6.2: Infectious substances.

Class 7: Radioactive materials.

Class 8: Corrosive substances.

Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles.

2. Containers and wrappings of dangerous goods that have not undergone interior and exterior cleaning after unloading shall also be treated as dangerous goods.

In Vietnam, what are regulations on list of dangerous goods by land motor vehicles and inland waterways?

Pursuant to Article 5 of Decree 42/2020/ND-CP stipulating list of dangerous goods:

1. List of dangerous goods classified into appropriate classes and divisions and provided with UN substance identification numbers and hazard identification numbers are elaborated in Appendix I of this Decree.

2. The hazard level of each substance listed in the list of dangerous goods is represented by a hazard identification number consisting of two or three figures and provided for in Appendix II of this Decree.

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