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

Update on the 2025 Pesticide List

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

Additions to the permitted list

According to the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, the 2025 list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam includes 17 new active ingredients, of which 6 are biological pesticide active ingredients (accounting for 37.29%), while the rest are new safe and effective active ingredients.

The number of biological pesticides registered in the list is 55, accounting for 8.15% of the total pesticides newly added to the list.

The 2025 list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam adds several types of pesticides to control pests on high-value export crops such as durian, dragon fruit, pomelo, etc.

Additionally, the list adds many types of pesticides with new, advanced application methods using unmanned aerial vehicles (Drones).

Carbosulfan and benfuracarb proposed for removal

Along with that, 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 that has been added to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention according to 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 effects on human health, livestock, ecosystems, and the environment.

Transition period and review orientation

The Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection stated that these two active ingredients will be removed from the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam after a 2-year transition period from the date the Circular takes effect.

In the coming time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue to review and remove pesticides with a high risk of affecting human health, livestock, ecosystems, and the environment from the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam.