What are penalties for no beverage container in a tourist transport car in Vietnam?
What are penalties for no beverage container in a tourist transport car in Vietnam? What are penalties for a tourist destination when having no food and beverage services with standard tourist services in Vietnam?
I registered for a tour but there was no beverage container on the vehicle, and when I arrived at the tourist destination, the food and beverage service there did not meet the standards as advertised. If I want to report the above situation, will the tourism business and the tourist destination be penalized, and how much will the penalty be?
What are penalties for no beverage container in a tourist transport car in Vietnam?
Based on Clause 3, Article 17 of Decree No. 45/2019/ND-CP on violations against regulations on transport of tourists by roads, the penalties are as follows:
3. A fine of from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following violations:
a) No beverage container in a tourist transport car;
b) No first aid kid or preventive medicine bag in a tourist transport car;
c) No window curtain in a tourist car for the transport of 9 persons or more;
d) No garbage can in a tourist car for the transport of 9 persons or more;
dd) No microphone in a tourist transport car for the transport of 24 persons or more (except for a special-purpose motor vehicle of the caravan type);
e) No seat suited for senior citizens, disabled people as prescribed in a tourist transport car for the transport of 24 persons or more (except for a special-purpose motor vehicle of the caravan type).
Therefore, tourist transport cars without beverage containers will be fined from 3,000,000 VND to 5,000,000 VND.
What are penalties for no beverage container in a tourist transport car in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
What are penalties for a tourist destination when having no food and beverage services with standard tourist services in Vietnam?
According to Clause 4, Article 16 of Decree No. 45/2019/ND-CP on violations against regulations on management of tourist attractions, tourist areas, the penalties are as follows:
4. A fine of from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following violations:
a) No traffic connection and communications as prescribed;
b) No electrical system as prescribed;
c) No clean water supply system as prescribed;
d) No food and beverage services or food and beverage facilities with standard tourist services as prescribed;
dd) No shopping services or shopping facilities with standard tourist services as prescribed;
e) No tourist accommodation establishment system as prescribed;
g) Failure to meet the standards of toilets as prescribed;
h) Inadequacy of waste collection equipment meeting environment hygiene conditions as prescribed;
i) No collection and treatment of waste produced out of tourism activities as prescribed;
k) No fire safety measures as prescribed;
l) Untruthful declaration in the application for recognition of the tourist attraction or tourist area.
Additionally, in Point a, Clause 6 of Article 16 of Decree No. 45/2019/ND-CP regarding additional penalty forms, the following is stipulated:
6. Additional penalties:
a) Suspension of decision on recognition of tourist attractions or tourist areas for 1 to 6 months imposed for violations specified in Points a, b, c, d, dd, e, and g Clause 4 of this Article;
Therefore, a tourist destination providing food and beverage services that do not meet the standards to serve tourists will be fined from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND. Furthermore, the right to use the decision to recognize a tourist destination or tourist area will be revoked from 01 month to 06 months for violations.
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