The Bureau of Standards Act No.14 of 2016 establishes the Vanuatu Bureau of Standards.  On the 16 August 2017 it was formally launched.  It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Industry, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business.

• Vision: The Vanuatu Bureau of Standards is the leading institution for standards which is consumer focused, collaboratively driven and facilitating the development of a national culture of Standards and Quality.
• Mission: To improve, maintain, and promote the competitiveness of Vanuatu producers & service providers, facilitate trade, business development and support consumer protection through the use of standards.

Functions:

1. To promote standardization in industry and commerce
2. To act as a depository for all standards
3. To prepare draft standards and to declare them as Vanuatu Standards
4. To make arrangements or provide facilities for the examination and testing of commodities and any material or substance from which or with which they may be manufactured, produced, processed or treated and the manner of such manufacture, production, processing or treatment.
5. To provide for the assessment of manufacturing, process or management systems and their certification.
6. To provide for the examination, testing and calibration of instruments, appliances, apparatus and weights and measures, weighing and measuring instruments in relation to their accuracy.