Foreign Submarines Entering Vietnam without Flying the Vietnamese Flag: Fines up to 10 Million Dong

23:10, 11/07/2024

This is the content stipulated in Article 7 of Decree 162/2013/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in the sea areas, islands, and continental shelf of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This content has been recently amended by Decree 23/2017/ND-CP issued on March 13, 2017.

fine from 5,000,000 VND to 10,000,000 VND for foreign submarines and underwater vehicles not flying a national flag when operating in the internal waters and territorial sea of Vietnam, except where permitted by the Government of Vietnam or according to an agreement between the Government of Vietnam and the government of the country in which the vessel is registered.

Additionally, penalties for violations of the regulations regarding flying the Vietnamese National Flag and the national flag are as follows:

- A fine from 2,000,000 VND to 4,000,000 VND for the act of not flying the Vietnamese National Flag or flying the Vietnamese National Flag in a non-conformable manner on Vietnamese vessels.- A fine from 5,000,000 VND to 10,000,000 VND for the violation: foreign vessels not flying a national flag or the Vietnamese National Flag, or flying them in a non-conformable manner when operating in the internal waters of Vietnam.

More details can be found in Decree 23/2017/ND-CP effective from May 1, 2017.

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