Vietnam Article Numbering and Barcoding Organization (EAN-VN) was established as a specialized standards committee within STAMEQ in March 1995, joined EAN-international in May 1995 (the given country code is 893);

Up to June 1998, EAN-VN has had nearly 430 members;

More than 400 manufacturer numbers and nearly 1 00 standard short 8-digit numbers (EAN-VN8) have been given by EAN-VN to businesses;

7 TCVNs on article numbering and barcoding have been developed;