Primary forms of administrative sanctions in Vietnam

Clauses 1 and 2, Article 21 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 provide for the forms of administrative sanctions in Vietnam as follows:

1. Forms of administrative sanctions in Vietnam include:

a) Warning;

b) Fines;

c) Stripping off the right to use permits, professional practice certificates in a definite term; or suspension of operation in a definite term;

d) Confiscating material evidences, means of administrative violation used to commit administrative violations (hereinafter called material evidences, means of administrative violation);

e) Expulsion;

2. Sanctioning forms specified in point a and point b, Clause 1 of this Article shall be defined and applied as principal sanctioning forms.

Sanctioning forms specified in the points c, d and e, Clause 1 of this Article may be specified as additional sanctioning forms or principal sanctioning forms.

=> According to the above provisions, the following forms of administrative sanctions can be applied as primary forms of administrative sanctions in Vietnam:

- Warning;

- Fine;

- Stripping off the right to use permits, professional practice certificates in a definite term; or suspension of operation in a definite term;

- Confiscating material evidences, means of administrative violation used to commit administrative violations (hereinafter called material evidences, means of administrative violation);

- Expulsion;

Respectfully!