Vietnam: Responsibility for provision of information, documents, reports or explanations during the inspection process

According to Decree No. 86/2011/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the responsibility for provision of information, documents, reports or explanations during the inspection process is prescribed as follows:

- During inspection, heads and members of inspection teams, civil servants assigned to perform specialized inspection or inspection decision issuers may request inspected subjects to provide information, documents, report in writing or explain matters related to inspection contents.

- Inspected subjects are obliged to provide in a timely, full and accurate manner information and documents at the request of heads and members of inspection teams, civil servants assigned to perform specialized inspection or inspection decision issuers and shall be held responsible before law for the accuracy and truthfulness of provided information and documents.

- In case information or documents already provided by inspected subjects are inadequate, heads and members of inspection teams, civil servants assigned to perform specialized inspection or inspection decision issuers may request inspected subjects to provide additional information and documents.

- Heads and members of inspection teams, civil servants assigned to perform specialized inspection or inspection decision issuers shall preserve, exploit and use provided information and documents for proper purposes.

- In case inspected subjects fail to provide information and documents, provide inadequate or inaccurate information and documents or intentionally delay the provision of information and documents related to inspection contents, heads and members of inspection teams, civil servants assigned to perform specialized inspection or inspection decision issuers shall, depending on the nature and seriousness of violations, apply handling measures according to their competence or propose heads of competent state agencies to apply measures for handling such inspected subjects.

View details at Decree No. 86/2011/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 15, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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