Vietnam: Sanctioning of administrative violations against provisions on resolving radiation and nuclear accidents

According to Decree No. 107/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, sanctioning of administrative violations against provisions on resolving radiation and nuclear accidents is prescribed as follows:

1. A fine of between VND 4,000,000 and 8,000,000 for one of the following acts:

- Failing to formulate, organize implementation of plan to response radiation accidents at grassroots;

- Failing to notify competent state agencies about locations happening accidents and concerned information within 24 hours, since detecting radiation accidents;

- Failing to provide information and documents, failing to cooperate with agencies and organizations in remedying and investigating causes of the radiation accident;

- Failing to comply with or complying insufficiently and untimely with the order of urgent mobilization of the competent state agencies in terms of personnel, supplies, and vehicles for overcoming the radiation accident;

- Obstructing or failing to comply with guidance when agencies, organizations overcome the radiation accident;

- Failing to determine causes of the radiation accident according to regulations.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and 40,000,000 for one of the following acts:

- Failing to notify competent state agencies about locations happening accidents and concerned information within 24 hours, since detecting nuclear accidents;

- Failing to provide information and documents, failing to cooperate with agencies and organizations in remedying and investigating causes of the nuclear accident;

- Failing to comply with or complying insufficiently and untimely with the order of urgent mobilization of the competent state agencies in terms of personnel, supplies, and vehicles for overcoming the nuclear accident;

- Obstructing or failing to comply with guidance when agencies, organizations overcome the nuclear accident;

- Failing to determine causes of the nuclear accident according to regulations.

3. A fine of between VND 50,000,000 and 100,000,000, for the act of letting radiation accidents happen, except for violation sanctioned according to other provisions in this Decree.

4. A fine of between VND 500,000,000 and 1,000,000,000, for the act of letting nuclear accidents happen, in case of violation not to the extent of being examined for criminal liability.

View more details at Decree No. 107/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 15, 2013.

Ty Na

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