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Vietnam: Failure to comply with technical design when constructing borehole shall be fined up to VND 30 million

Tuyết Hoan

12:10, 06/11/2017

The Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 33/2017/NĐ-CP on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on water and mineral resources.

According to Decree No. 33/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Failure to comply with approved procedures and technical design when constructing borehole;

- Failure to comply with technical procedure for borehole filling and sealing as regulated;

- Using wastewater, dirty water, or water contaminated with oil, toxic chemicals or additives containing pollutants as drilling fluids or to mix with drilling fluids to pour into boreholes;

- Failure to obtain a drilling license to conduct the filling and sealing of a borehole which is constructed for extracting groundwater and has casing diameter larger than 60 mm or a depth of 30 m or more;

- Failure to comply with the drilling scale specified in the groundwater drilling license;

- Providing exploration and/or exploitation drilling services to entities failing to obtain water exploration, extraction and use licenses as regulated.

View more details at Decree No. 33/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 20, 2017.

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