Article 3 of Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BYT provides for the promulgation, together with this Circular, of the following list:
Specifically, the list of chemicals prohibited from use in insecticidal and biocidal preparations used in the household and health sectors, as prescribed in Appendix I issued together with Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BYT includes:
- Acephate (CAS: 30560-19-1)
- Aldrin (CAS: 309-00-2)
- Benzene hexachloride (BHC) (CAS: 58-89-9)
- Beta-cyfluthrin (CAS: 1820573-27-0)
- Chlordane (CAS: 57-74-9)
- Chlordecone (CAS: 143-50-0)
- Chlorpyrifos ethyl (CAS: 2921-88-2)
- Cyfluthrin (CAS: 68359-37-5)
- Diazinon (CAS: 333-41-5)
- Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) (CAS: 50-29-3)
- Dichlovos (CAS: 62-73-7)
- Dieldrin (CAS: 60-57-1)
- Endosulfan and its isomers
- Endrin (CAS: 72-20-8)
- Fipronil (CAS: 120068-37-3)
- Heptachlor (CAS: 76-44-8)
- Hexachlorobenzene (CAS: 118-74-1)
- Hexachlorocyclohexane and its isomers
- Hexythiazox (CAS: 78587-05-0)
- Biological active ingredients for insecticidal and biocidal purposes, except microorganisms:
+ Bacillus sphaericus strain (Lysinibacillus sphaericus) ABTS-1743
+ Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis strain AM65-52, 266-2
+ Beauveria bassiana GHA
- Cadmium-containing compounds
- Lead compounds
- Isobenzan (CAS: 297-78-9)
- Isodrin (CAS: 465-73-6)
- Malathion (CAS: 121-75-5)
- Methanol (not permitted to be registered as the primary chemical in disinfectant preparations; in preparations, methanol impurity content must not exceed 2.000 mg/l) (CAS: 67-56-1)
- Methamidophos (CAS: 10265-92-6)
- Methyl Parathion (CAS: 298-00-0)
- Monocrotophos (CAS: 6923-22-4)
- Mirex (CAS: 2385-85-5)
- Naphthalene (CAS: 91-20-3)
- Paradichlorobenzene (1,4-Dichlorobenzene, p-DCB) (CAS: 106-46-7)
- Parathion Ethyl (CAS: 56-38-2)
- Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its salts
- Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts
- Phosphamidon (CAS: 13171-21-6)
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) (CAS: 1336-36-3)
- Strobane (CAS: 8001-50-1)
- Toxaphene (CAS: 8001-35-2)
- Trichlorfon (CAS: 52-68-6)
See more details in Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BYT effective as of May 15, 2026.
Circular No. 11/2020/TT-BYT dated June 19, 2020 of the Minister of Health of Vietnam, promulgating the list of prohibited and restricted active ingredients in insecticidal and biocidal preparations for household and medical use, shall cease to be effective from the effective date of this Circular.
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