On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly issues the Law No. 67/2020/QH14 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.
In accordance with this Law, the maximum fine in 10 fields of state management prescribed in the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations shall increase. Such fields include road transport; social evil prevention and control; cipher; management and protection of national borders; education; electricity; protection of consumer interests; hydraulic work; press; and real estate business.
Besides, the Law provides additional provisions on the maximum fine for several fields such as belief; external affairs; rescue and salvage; cyber security; cyberinformation security; state audit; obstructing procedural activities.
The Law also amends and supplements provisions on postponement of execution of decisions on imposition of fines and fine reduction or exemption specified in Articles 76 and 77 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations in the direction that organizations may be entitled to postponement of execution of decisions on imposition of fines and fine reduction for timely removing difficulties for enterprises/organizations encountering an economic difficulty due to a natural disaster or fire (Clauses 37 and 38 of the Law No. 67/2020/QH14).
Several titles competent to handling administrative violations also are additionally provided, including Fisheries Resources Surveillance Force (Article 43a); National Competition Committee (Article 45a); State Audit Office of Vietnam (Article 48a), etc.
This Law takes effect on January 01, 2022.