TO FINE UP TO VND 20 MILLION FOR THE ACT OF CONCEALING THE COVID-19 INFECTED CASES
The Government issues the Decree No. 117/2020/ND-CP on sanctioning of administrative violations in health sector on September 28, 2020.
Accordingly, a person who provides inaccurate information on the infectious disease according to the content provided by a competent health agency shall be fined from VND 10 million to VND 15 million, and forced to correct untruthful information on mass media in the area previously reported for 03 consecutive days as prescribed by law.
Noticeably, a person who conceals, fails to report or fails to report in time the current state; deliberately gives false information or deliberately spreads agents of group A infectious diseases of himself/herself or of other people shall be fined from VND 10 million to VND 20 million.
Besides, a person suffering from group-A infectious diseases who refuses or avoids to take medical isolation and enforcement of medical isolation decided by competent state agencies shall also be fined up to VND 20 million.
In addition, a fine of up to VND 20 million and VND 5 million shall be imposed for the act of threatening to transmit HIV to another person, and displaying more than one pack, one carton or box of one cigarette brand at a cigarette retail agent or store, respectively. An under-18 person drinking liquor or beer, or smoke cigarettes shall be fined up to VND 500,000, etc.
This Decree takes effect on November 15, 2020.
