Fine up to 200 million VND for printing publications which have been suspended from release in Vietnam

Fine up to 200 million VND for printing publications which have been suspended from release in Vietnam (illustrative image)

According to Article 28 of Decree 119/2020/ND-CP, a summary of fines for Violations in printing publications in Vietnam is regulated. To be specific:

- A fine from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 for the action below:

+ Updating inadequate information on the receipt of prepress, printing, and postpress into the "logbook of receipt of prepress, printing and postpress" according to the prescribed form;

+ Keeping inadequate dossier of printing publications.                  

- A fine from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 for the action below:

+ Printing the publication without a printing contract signed between the publisher and the printing establishment for each publication title;

+ Failure to make the “logbook of receipt of prepress, printing and postpress";

+ Failure to notify in writing the licensing agency of printing publications when there is any replacement of the head of the printing establishment.

- A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 for the action below:

+ Printing the publication that does not correspond to the manuscript content approved by the general director (director) of the publisher, for each publication title; or the manuscript content of the non-commercial document that obtains the license for publishing, for each publication title;

+ Going through the prepress or postpress process without a printing license issued by the competent authority;

+ Failure to keep the dossier of acceptance of printing publication for each publication title;

+ Printing the publication but the manuscript for printing is not fully approved according to the regulations applicable to each publication title;

+ Printing fewer than 1,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing license and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

+ Using a printing license that has not been renewed under regulations to go through the prepress, printing, postpress process.

- A fine from VND 30,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 for the action below:

+ Printing the publication but the printing establishment fails to maintain the facilities in proper condition after being granted the printing license;

+ Printing fewer than 1,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing decision and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

+ Printing from 1,000 to fewer than 2,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing license and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

- A fine from VND 50,000,000 to VND 70,000,000 for the action below:

+ Printing from 1,000 to fewer than 2,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing decision and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

+ Doing printing outsourcing for foreign organizations and individuals without a license for doing printing outsourcing of publications for each publication title.

- A fine from VND 70,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 for the action below:

+ Using photocopiers and printing devices to duplicate publications which have been suspended from release, recalled, confiscated, banned from circulation, destroyed or illegally imported;

+ Printing fewer than 1,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing decision and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

+ Printing the publication without a license to print publications.

- A fine from VND 140,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 for the action below:

+ Printing from 1,000 to fewer than 2,000 copies of the finished product or of the semi-finished product without a publishing decision and without an accepted manuscript for each publication title;

+ Printing publications which have been suspended from release, recalled, confiscated, banned from circulation, or destroyed with quantity of fewer than 500 copies or finished products or semi-finished products, for each publication title.

More details can be found in Decree 119/2020/ND-CP, which takes effect in Vietnam from December 1, 2020.

Le Vy

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