A fine ranging from 5 to 6 million VND shall be imposed for trading the infected animals in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 8 of the Decree No. 90/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 6,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Transport or trade the infected animals or products of animals infected with the declared animal diseases in the high-risk zones or buffer zones;

- Sell meat of animals, sub-products and other products of animals subject to compulsory slaughter, which are not yet treated to meet veterinary hygiene standards;

- Raise or sell animals infected with dangerous infectious diseases after having received the competent authorities’ request for compulsory slaughter or destruction;

- Fail to destroy or slaughter the infected animals, animals suspected of infection and dead animals according to guidance of veterinary authority.

Concurrently, a fine ranging from VND 8,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for transporting animals susceptible to the animal disease which is occurring in the country sharing a common border with Vietnam and their products into the high-risk zones or buffer zones in the territory of Vietnam. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for transporting animals infected with the animal disease which is occurring in the country sharing a common border with Vietnam and their products into the high-risk zones or buffer zones in the territory of Vietnam. Besides, enforced destruction of animals and animal products if any of the above-mentioned violations is committed.

View more details at the Decree No. 90/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 15, 2017.

Ty Na

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