A fine of VND 300,000 for leaving dog defecate in public places in Vietnam

According to Article 7 of the Decree No. 167/2013/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, violation of regulations on keeping general sanitation and corresponding fines to each violation are stipulated as follows:

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

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

+ 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;

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

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

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

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

- Moreover, according to Clause 2 Article 7 of the Decree No. 167/2013/NĐ-CP, there are 04 cases of violation of regulations on keeping general sanitation that shall be imposed a fine of between VND 1,000,000 and 2,000,000:

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

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

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

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

More details at the Decree No. 167/2013/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, effective from December 28, 2013.

Le Thanh

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