Vietnam: Failure to notify of the adjustment to the gas selling prices shall be fined up to VND 20 million

Specifically, according to Article 50 of Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for violations against regulations on gas supply are specified as follows:

1. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Failure to notify gas purchasers of the adjustment to the gas selling prices;

- Failure to provide customers with safety instructions for gas use or providing customers with safety instructions for gas use without including the phone number of the gas supply station and gas supply station manager therein in accordance with regulations;

2. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Failure to provide or hire an organize to provide training in safety techniques to employees at the gas supply station as prescribed;

- Employing the manager or staff who has not been trained in safety techniques as prescribed to work at the gas supply station;

- Failure to develop a safety management program, a risk assessment report and an emergency response plan as prescribed.

3. A fine ranging from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Selling gas to a customer that does not have a gas purchase contract or has a gas purchase contract but fails to comply with regulations on safe use of gas;

- Failure to inspect the satisfaction of safety conditions, measuring means or equipment, tightness of locking valves and safety valves, gas-fueled auxiliary equipment, contact couplings and pipelines used for supplying gas to customers as prescribed.

4. A fine ranging from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Supplying LPG to LPG purchasers without using pipelines or specialized vehicles fully satisfying the conditions for receipt of LPG in accordance with regulations;

- Supplying LNG or CNG to LNG or CNG purchasers without using pipelines as prescribed.

View more details at Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP that was issued on August 26, 2020 by Vietnam’s Government.

Le Vy

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