What are rights and obligations of bottled LPG retail stores in Vietnam?

What are rights and obligations of bottled LPG retail stores in Vietnam? - image from internet

Pursuant to Article 32 of the Decree 87/2018/ND-CP (effective from 01/08/2018) stipulating rights and obligations of bottled LPG retail stores in Vietnam:

Every store selling bottled LPG shall:

1. not purchase or sell bottled LPG and LPG bottles with unknown origin and not eligible to be put on the market or not consistent with those agreed in the signed contract.

2. select and put on nameplate and logo of the trader entering into the bottled LPG sales contract.

3. only sell bottled LPG of traders having a Certificate of Eligibility that remains unexpired under the signed contract within its validity period; not sell mini-sized bottled LPG that fails to meet the safety regulation.

4. not seize LPG bottles of other LPG traders not entering into the signed contract.

5. quote the selling price and apply such fixed price in sales; be responsible for the volume, quality and price of LPG bottles sold to customers.

6. make invoices and documents in accordance with regulations issued by the Ministry of Finance.

7. comply with regulations on safety, fire preventing and fire extinguishing prescribed in this Decree and relevant law provisions.

8. ensure LPG bottles sold to customers must remain unopened and their quality, volume and labels are consistent with those registered.

9. check the tightness of valves, couplings and flexible hoses after installing or replacing LPG bottles in the presence of customers and sign the delivery minutes.

10. only replace or provide customers with dedicated LPG auxiliary equipments that is consistent with safety regulation or flexible hoses that are protective against rodent invasion.

11. provide guiding documents and directly give instructions about essential information on safe use of LPG, preventative methods, steps to deal with leaking LPG; procedures for using gas cooker, bottles and accessories to customers purchased their gas cookers and LPG bottles. notify customers the following information:

a) Information about the LPG bottles such as their origin, sealing specification, label, volume and testing period;

b) Stop using LPG bottles and immediately inform the LPG store for timely settlement when discovering such LPG bottles are no safe for use or could cause fire or explosion (the LPG smell is spread out due to the non-tightness of LPG valves or accessories).

c) Inform the store for recollecting when no longer requiring LPG bottles or using LPG bottles of other traders

12. make a following-up book or develop a electronic data system applying information technology to manage the LPG bottles sold. Such following-up book or electronic data system must specify the following information on the bottles: the owner, bottle type, series number, testing expiry, import date and place, name and address of the customer and delivery date.

13. ensure the store's owner and employees have completed a training course in safe techniques, fire preventing and fire extinguishing as regulated.

14. comply with all regulations on safety, fire preventing and fire extinguishing, management of measurement and quality in gas business prescribed in this Decree and relevant law provisions.

Above are rights and obligations of bottled LPG retail stores in Vietnam. Please refer to the Decree 87/2018/ND-CP for more details.

Best regards!