If I don't pay for water supply bill, how long will my water supply service contract be terminated or water supply stopped in Vietnam?

If I don't pay for water supply bill, how long will my water supply service contract be terminated or water supply stopped in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 46 of Decree 117/2007/ND-CP, there are provisions on termination of contracts as follows:

1. Either contractual party may terminate water supply service contracts when the other party fails to strictly comply with the contractual terms or customers have no demands for water use.

2. Water supply service contracts will be restored or re-concluded after all disputes between the two parties have been settled.

Thus, the law does not specify the time limit for not paying the water supply bill in Vietnam, the water supply service contract can be terminated, this issue depends on the content of the contract that you sign with the water supplier.

How long does it take to stop water supply after failling to pay water supply bill in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 45 of Decree 117/2007/ND-CP on water supply service suspension, cessation as follows:

2. Water supply service cessation

a/ For water-using customers being households using water for daily-life activities:

Five weeks after they send notices to water-using customers on the water supply service cessation, water supply units may cease the provision of water supply services from the connection points if customers fail to pay water charges, breach the terms of water supply service contracts;

Ten weeks after the issuance of notices on water supply service cessation, if water-using customers fail to fulfill their payment obligations for objective reasons already notified in advance to water supply units, the water supply service cessation will be effected.

b/ For other water users:

Fifteen working days after the issuance of water supply service cessation notices to water-using customers, water supply units may cease the provision of water supply services from the connection points if water-using customers fail to pay water charges, breach the terms of water supply service contracts.

According to this Article, based on the above regulations in Vietnam, if you do not pay the water bill after 5 weeks from the date of they send notices to water-using customers on the water supply service cessation or 10 weeks in case you have an objective reason, the water supply services will be stopped. 

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