What are the fines for violations against regulations on advertising for healthcare services in Vietnam?

What are the fines for violations against regulations on advertising for healthcare services in Vietnam?

Is there any fine for H private hospital for advertising brokerage to donate, procure human organs?

Pursuant to Article 56 of the Decree 38/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating violations against regulations on advertising for healthcare services in Vietnam as follows:

1. Imposing the fine ranging from 15,000,000 dong to 20,000,000 dong for the act of showing advertisements for medical examination and treatment services which lack information about the scope of professional activities stated in licenses for medical examination and treatment services.

2. Imposing the fine ranging from 20,000,000 dong to 30,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Advertising the diagnosis and selection of embryo or fetus sex;

b) Advertising and brokering donation, or procuring human organs for commercial purposes.

3. Imposing the fine ranging from 30,000,000 dong to 40,000,000 dong for the act of showing advertisements for medical examination and treatment services when not yet obtaining licenses or practicing certificates for medical examination and treatment services.

4. Other supplementary penalties:

a) Imposing the penalty in the form of deprivation of the rights to use licenses for medical examination and treatment services for a period of between 01 month and 03 months for the violations specified in clause 1 of this Article;

a) Imposing the penalty in the form of deprivation of the rights to use licenses for medical examination and treatment services for a period of between 03 month and 06 months for the violations specified in clause 2 of this Article;

5. Remedies:

Compelling the removal, demolition and deletion or erasure of advertisements or the recall of print products or magazines containing advertisements with respect to the acts specified in clause 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 20,000,000 dong to 30,000,000 dong shall be imposed on healthcare services in Vietnam for advertising and brokering donation, or procuring human organs for commercial purposes. In addition, their licenses for medical examination and treatment services shall be revoked. Print products or magazines containing advertisements shall be removed or recalled.

In case of H private hospital, it shall be fined from 20,000,000 dong to 30,000,000 dong shall be imposed on healthcare services in Vietnam for advertising and brokering donation, or procuring human organs for commercial purposes. Its license for medical examination and treatment services shall be revoked for 6 months. Print products or magazines containing advertisements shall be removed or recalled.

What are the fines for violations against regulations on advertising for pesticides or beneficial organisms used for crop protection in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 57 of the Decree 38/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating violations against regulations on advertising for pesticides or beneficial organisms used for crop protection in Vietnam as follows:

1. Imposing the fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 10,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Showing advertisements for pesticides that are not consistent with the content stated in the certificate of registration of pesticide;

b) Showing advertisements for beneficial organisms used for crop protection which do not conform to the plant quarantine permit.

2. Imposing the fine ranging from 10,000,000 dong to 20,000,000 dong for one of the following violations:

a) Showing advertisements for pesticides that are not in the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam.

b) Advertising pesticides or beneficial organisms used for crop protection purposes without one of the following information: Product name; name and address of the business or person responsible for marketing the product; functions, uses, effects and usage or storage warnings.

3. Imposing the fine of between 25,000,000 dong and 40,000,000 dong for the act of advertising pesticides prohibited for use in Vietnam.

4. Remedies:

a) Compelling ratification of false information in case of commission of the violations specified in clause 1 of this Article;

b) Compelling the removal, demolition and deletion or erasure of advertisements or the recall of print products or magazines containing advertisements in case of commission of the acts specified in clause 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from 5,000,000 dong to 40,000,000 dong shall be imposed for violations against regulations on advertising for pesticides or beneficial organisms used for crop protection in Vietnam. In addition, the violator shall face remedies.

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