As ENTIRETY has previously informed, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), announced the standard QCVN101:2016/BTTT for lithium batteries for portable devices (mobile batteries, tablet PC’s and notebooks). Lithium batteries will be subject to a MIC DoC requirement after October 1st, 2016. The standard is equivalent to IEC 61960 and IEC 62133 standards. it is important to note that DoC acceptance letter has to be presented by April 1st, 2017 and certified products before that date are exempted until the expiration of their certificates. The test reports must be according to the following standards: QVCN101:2016/BTTT, IEC 61960 or IEC 62133, and conducted by producers or laboratories recognized by the ISO/IEC 17025 certificate. MIC will publish the test laboratories authorized to test the standard QCVN101:2016/BTTT.