What is the penalty for destroying, deliberating damaging the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate in Vietnam?

What is the penalty for failure to return the ID card or citizen identity card to the competent authority upon renunciation, loss of the Vietnamese nationality or cancellation of the decision to grant the Vietnamese nationality? 

Based on Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP stipulating a warning or a fine ranging from 300.000 VND to 500.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failure to present the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate at the request of a competent person;

b) Failure to comply with regulations of law on issuance, replacement, reissuance of the citizen identity card;

c) Failure to return the ID card or citizen identity card to the competent authority upon renunciation, loss of the Vietnamese nationality or cancellation of the decision to grant the Vietnamese nationality; failure to return the ID card or citizen identity card to the authority that executes the detention order, sentences including imprisonment, compulsory education in a reform school, correctional institution or rehabilitation center.

According to this Article, the above violations may be subject to administrative fines from 300,000 to 500,000 VND.

What is the penalty for destroying, deliberating damaging the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What is the penalty for destroying, deliberating damaging the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate in Vietnam?

In addition, Clause 2 of Article 10 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP stipulates a fine ranging from 1.000.000 VND to 2.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Appropriating, using another person's ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate;

b) Erasing, chancing or otherwise falsifying the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate;

c) Destroying, deliberating damaging the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate;

Furthermore, Clause 5 of Article 10 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP stipulates additional penalty as follows:

5. Additional penalty:

Confiscation of the exhibits and means of administrative violations for the violations specified Points b and c Clause 2, Point a Clause 3, points a, b, c and d Clause 4 of this Article.

Therefore, according to the regulations, the act of destroying, deliberating damaging the ID card or citizen identity card or ID number certificate as stipulated will be fined from 1 million to 2 million VND. Additionally, this behavior may also be subject to the additional penalty of confiscation of exhibits and means of administrative violations.

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