Vietnam: Selling explosives, flammable, explosive, ignitable liquids or gasses shall be fined up to VND 30 million

According to Article 78 of Decree No. 98/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for administrative violations against regulations on market management, supermarket and shopping mall business are as follows:

1. A fine ranging from VND 5.000.000 to VND 10.000.000 shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:

- Naming a business entity as a supermarket or shopping mall or other words of equivalent meaning in a foreign language without meeting standards as prescribed;

- Maintaining internal regulations on operation of supermarket, shopping mall or market internal regulations that do not contain adequate required information or are not approved by competent authorities;

- Failing to publicly post the market internal regulations or operation internal regulations at the supermarket or shopping mall as prescribed;

- Failing to implement or improperly implementing competent authorities’ regulations on provision and dissemination of economic information, policies and laws;

- Failing to submit periodical reports or ad hoc reports on operation of the market, supermarket or shopping mall at the request of competent authorities.

2. A fine ranging from VND 10.000.000 to VND 20.000.000 shall be imposed for committing one of the following violations:

- Failing to hang the supermarket or shopping mall signboard as prescribed;

- Hanging a supermarket or shopping mall signboard whose contents and form are inconsistent with regulations;

- Doing supermarket or shopping mall business without obtaining the certificate of business registration for commercial activities as prescribed;

- Selling, in the supermarket or shopping mall, goods whose packages do not display their names and the name of that supermarket or shopping mall;

- Selling, in the supermarket or shopping mall, goods which are sold with warranty but whose packages do not indicate information on warranty period and location as prescribed;

- Failing to enter into contracts with traders for leasing and use of premises and other services at the market.

3. A fine ranging from VND 20.000.000 to VND 30.000.000 shall be imposed for selling, in the market, supermarket or shopping mall, goods containing radioactive substances or devices generating ionizing radiation in excess of permissible limits,, veterinary drugs, pesticides, goods containing toxic substances included in the list of restricted goods and toxic chemicals included in the list of goods which are conditionally sold and are prohibited from being traded in markets, supermarkets and shopping malls.

View more details at the Decree No. 98/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 15, 2020.

Le Vy

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