How much is the penalty for burning garbage in residential areas in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree 167/2013/ND-CP regulating the handling of violations against acts of general hygiene preservation as follows:

1. A caution or a fine of between VND 100,000 and 300,000 shall be imposed for one of the acts as follows:

a) Failing to comply with regulations on sweeping garbage and clearing sewer obstruction around houses, agencies, enterprises and barracks causing the general unsanitation;

b) Pouring water or leaving water run out to the collective area, roadway, pavement, railway station, bus station, on means of transportation or other places to cause loss of general sanitation;

c) Urinating or defecating in the streets, on the common walkways in public areas and residential areas;

d) Leaving cattle, poultry or other animals defecate in public places;

dd) Collecting and transporting garbage and waste by rudimentary vehicles in cities and towns with scattering or without sanitation assurance;

e) Raising cattle and poultry and animal causing loss of general sanitation in residential areas;

2. A fine of between VND 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 shall be imposed for one the acts as follows:

a) Pouring or throwing waster, dirt or other substances to smear houses, offices, workplaces and business and production place of others;

b) Arbitrarily burning garbage, waste, toxic substance or hazardous substances in residential or public areas;

c) Disposing garbage and waste or anything into the manhole and public water drainage system, on pavement and roadway;

d) Disposing garbage or waste and animal body or anythingelse causing pollution at public places or places with fountain, drinking water well, ponds, lakes where people use water for living activities.

Thus, for the act of arbitrarily burning garbage in residential areas, it is possible to be fined from VND 1,000,000 to VND 2,000,000 in Vietnam, and at the same time to overcome the pollution caused by the burning of garbage.

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