Which pesticide active ingredients are about to be banned in Vietnam?

Update of the List of Plant Protection Products for 2025

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Circular No. 75/2025 on the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam and the list of pesticides prohibited from use in Vietnam.

Additions to the permitted substances list

According to the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, 17 new active ingredients have been added to the list of plant protection products permitted for use in Vietnam in 2025, including 6 biological active ingredients (accounting for 37.29%), with the remainder being new safe and effective active ingredients.

The number of biological pesticides registered into the list was 55 types, accounting for 8.15% of the total pesticides newly added to the list.

The list of permitted plant protection products in Vietnam for 2025 includes additional pesticides to control pests on several high-value export crops such as durian, dragon fruit, pomelo, etc.

In addition, the list adds many types of pesticides with a new, advanced application method using drones.

Carbosulfan and benfuracarb proposed for phase-out

In addition, two pesticide active ingredients, carbosulfan and benfuracarb, have been proposed for removal from the list of permitted substances in Vietnam.

Carbosulfan is an active ingredient added to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention under Notification No. 61 of the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade; benfuracarb is an active ingredient with a high risk of adverse impacts on human health, livestock, ecosystems, and the environment.

Transition period and review orientation

The Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection stated that after a two-year transition period from the effective date of the Circular, these two active ingredients will be removed from the list of plant protection products permitted for use in Vietnam.

In the coming time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment will continue to review and eliminate high-risk pesticides that affect human health, livestock, ecosystems, and the environment from the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam.