This is a notable provision mentioned in Decree 167/2013/ND-CP on the regulation of administrative sanctions in the fields of security, order, social safety; prevention and control of social evils; fire prevention and fighting; and combating domestic violence.
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To be specific, according to Clause 1 Article 56 of Decree 167/2013/ND-CP, the act of not allowing family members to use common property for legitimate purposes is considered an act of economic violence and will be fined from VND 500,000 to VND 1,000,000.
According to the regulations of Article 17 of the Marriage and Family Law 2014: "Husband and wife are equal, and have the same rights and obligations in all aspects of family life, in the exercise of the rights and obligations of citizens as stipulated in the Constitution, this Law, and other related laws."
Additionally, Clause 1 Article 33 of the Marriage and Family Law 2014 states: “Common property of husband and wife includes property created by husband and wife, income from labor, production, business activities, yields, profits arising from separate property, and other legal incomes during the marriage period, except for the cases specified in Clause 1 Article 40 of this Law; property that husband and wife jointly inherit or are jointly given as a gift, and other properties that husband and wife agree are common property.”
Thus, according to the above regulations, the income of the husband during the marriage period is the common property of husband and wife, and the husband has the right to use this property equally as the wife. Therefore, if the wife deliberately does not give money for the husband to spend for legitimate purposes during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, she may be fined according to Clause 1 Article 56 of Decree 167/2013/ND-CP as mentioned above.
In fact, wives often have the mentality of wanting to manage all of their husband's finances to avoid wasteful spending... this may be reasonable for some families, but not all families can apply this. Moreover, money is the effort and intelligence of an individual, therefore they must have the right to manage the money they earn, which is also an independent right of each person.
Therefore, for a joyful and warm Tet holiday, husbands and wives should have a spending plan and a reasonable discussion and exchange with each other to avoid unnecessary conflicts that could harm family harmony.
Toan Trung
