1. The consignor, consignee and notifier must provide complete information and show it on the bill of lading (including company name, address, city and country);

2. The consignee or notifier must be a local company in Vietnam;

3. Except for Hai Phong, other FNDs must display the specific terminal name;

4. The port of discharge must show the final port of discharge;

5. The product name provided in the sample bill of lading must be consistent with the booking product name;

6. The description and shipping marks cannot be displayed as “As per attached list” or “See Attachment” or “As per attached”;

7. The data that needs to be declared for import shall not be placed in the mark;

8. The cargo description of each item cannot exceed 1050 characters; the total number of cargo description characters of all items in the bill of lading cannot exceed 4000 characters;

9. All goods transshipped and transshipped through Cai Mep Port, Cat Lai Port & SP ITC must provide at least 6-digit HS CODE  and show it on the bill of lading; if multiple goods are mixed and involve different HS CODE,  please Send cargo information separately according to HS CODE ;

10. All goods transported by truck and barge at the import end must provide at least 4-digit HS CODE and show it on the bill of lading; if multiple goods are mixed and different HS CODE is involved, please send the cargo information separately according to the HS CODE;

11. Second-hand cars over 5 years old are not accepted;

12. For scraps, garbage and various similar goods imported into Vietnam, the following information must be displayed in the prescribed format on the bill of lading:

–Consignee information (if the consignee is To order, the following information needs to be displayed in the notifier): the consignee’s tax identification number import license number deposit certificate number #customer complete company name #address #company other information (such as a telephone or fax number). The information should be linked with “#” without spaces, and the tax identification number, import license number and deposit certificate number should not have special symbols. The import license number is issued by the local pollution control department in the format xxx/GXN-BTNMT; the deposit certificate number is issued by the bank or the environmental protection fund.

13. If the customer needs to display the forwarding terms on the bill of lading, POD and FND must be consistent;

14. The customs at the port of destination does not accept the following goods for transshipment to Cambodia via Vietnam:

– Personal Effects / Household Good

– Waste and Scrap- Autos / Motor vehicles / Cars

– Used Goods (excluding Used Auto)

–Timber/Log

– Timber / log from Cambodia- Weapons

– Fireworks

15. The following goods are not accepted for transshipment to a third country via Vietnam:

Used/second hand/waste/scrap items