Vietnam: The head of the state management agency shall be responsible for handling administrative and economic violations

According to Decree No. 33/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, within 15 days after receiving the inspection conclusion, the head of the state management agency of the same level with the inspection conclusion issuing agency shall:

- Request agencies, organizations and individuals under his/her management to suspend or terminate violations, recover money, land use rights and other assets which are illegally appropriated or used or lost due to law violations;

- Within his/her competence, carry out administrative violation sanctioning procedures; decide to recover money, land use rights and other assets which are illegally appropriated or used or lost due to law violations; take measures to remedy law violations in state management fields; and apply other managerial measures in accordance with law;

- Propose competent persons to sanction administrative violations; propose competent agencies, organizations and individuals to apply remedial measures to law violations in state management fields.

 The competence, order and procedures for sanctioning administrative violations, recovering money, land use rights and other assets and taking remedies for law violations in state management fields must comply with the law on sanctioning of administrative violations and relevant laws.

Note: Within 2 days after the date of their issuance, documents handling administrative and economic violations prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall be sent to the inspected subject, related agencies, organizations and individuals and the inspection conclusion issuing agency.

View details at Decree No. 33/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 15, 2015.

Le Hai

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