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FROM AUGUST 25, HOUSEHOLDS FAILING TO CLASSIFY DOMESTIC SOLID WASTES SHALL BE FINED UP TO VND 1 MILLION

On July 07, 2022, the Government issues the Decree No. 45/2022/ND-CP providing penalties for administrative violations against regulations on environmental protection.

According to the Decree, a fine of between VND 500,000 and VND 1,000,000 shall be imposed on households and individuals who fail to classify domestic solid waste as prescribed; or fail to use packaging for containing domestic solid waste as prescribed. Noticeably, owners of investment projects, owners or management boards of urban areas, apartment buildings and office buildings committing violations shall be imposed penalties as follows:

Firstly, a fine of between VND 200,000,000 and VND 250,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to arrange equipment, means and locations for conducting at-source classification, collection and storage of domestic solid waste as prescribed;

Secondly, a fine of between VND 250,000,000 and VND 300,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to organize the collection of waste from households and individuals as prescribed; failing to arrange suitable domestic solid waste collection points within the premises of the investment projects as prescribed.

Besides, the Government also provides additional regulations on imposing the fine of between VND 200,000,000 and VND 250,000,000 on investors in construction of urban areas or concentrated residential areas that commit the following violations against regulations on environmental protection: Failing to have separate rainwater and wastewater drainage networks; Failing to have sanitation facilities meeting the environmental protection requirements in public places; Failing to ensure the green space, water surface, and open space as prescribed by the regulations in urban areas or concentrated residential areas, etc.

This Decree takes effect from August 25, 2022.

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