Vietnam: Administrative penalties for violations against regulation on land border checkpoint management

According to Article 7 of the Decree No. 96/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for violations against regulation on land border checkpoint management are specified as follows:

1. A warning or a fine ranging from VND 300,000 to VND 500,000 shall be imposed for temporarily residing, staying or traveling within a land border checkpoint area against regulations.

2. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 2,000,000 shall be imposed for any one of the following violations:

- Operating a vehicle within a land border checkpoint area without any document about the vehicle or using a document about the vehicle inconsistently with law or with the purpose of traveling at the land border checkpoint;

- Operating a land cross-border means of transport without a badge attached to it or expired documents or with expired documents with respect to one of the documents prescribed by the Agreement on Road Transport signed between Vietnam and countries sharing the same border and Vietnam’s law;

- Failure to pick up or drop off persons, transport or handle goods in a land border checkpoint area at designated places or entering a prohibited area.

3. A fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to be subject to or obstruct the inspection, supervision or management by a specialized agency at the border checkpoint.

4. A fine ranging from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000, 000 shall be imposed for any one of the following violations:

- Providing services or conducting commercial activities within a border checkpoint without a license issued by the competent authority or inconsistently with the license;

- Obstructing legal activities carried out in the border checkpoint area;

- Threatening security and order or inciting, persuading or assisting other persons to threaten security and order in the land border checkpoint;

- Failure to comply with the decision to restrict or cross-border movements through the land border checkpoint issued by a competent person.

5. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed on:

- an international tour operator that lets foreign visitors use vehicles against regulations; or

- a foreign visitor that is allowed to use a vehicle in Vietnam but operates it outside permitted areas or beyond permitted period.

6. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for dumping, discharging or throwing waste, dirt, chemicals, bricks, rocks or other objects to the National Gate or other works within the National Gate area.

View more details at the Decree No. 96/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 10, 2020.

Le Vy

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