Vietnam: Offenses against regulations on labeling of imports shall be fined up to VND 80 million

Specifically, according to Article 21 of the Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, fines for offenses against regulations on labeling of imports are specified as follows:

- A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for transiting goods without a license issued by a competent authority though a license is compulsory, except for the case specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

- A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following offenses:

+ Transiting goods without a license though a license is compulsory;

+ Merchanting trade of goods on the list of goods banned or suspended from export or import or goods which have not yet been allowed to be sold or used in Vietnam without a license as prescribed.

- A fine ranging from VND 60,000,000 to VND 80,000,000 shall be imposed for merchanting trade of goods on the list of goods banned or suspended from merchanting trade.

In addition to being imposed a fine, offenders may also have the exhibit to be confiscated.

Concurrently,  the violator is compelled to:

- remove from the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or re-export the exhibit at the checkpoint of import during the effective period of the decision on penalty imposition;

- remove from the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or re-export the exhibits which are goods or items detrimental to human, animal and plant health and the environment at the checkpoint of import during the effective period of the decision on penalty imposition;
- destroy the exhibits which are incident materials; cultural products banned from dissemination or sale or subject to the decision to terminate dissemination or sale; publications banned from dissemination or sale in Vietnam;

- pay an amount equal to the value of the exhibits that have been sold, concealed and disguised or destroyed against the law.

View more details at the Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 10, 2020.

Le Vy

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