Summary of Fines for Administrative Violations related to Marriage and Family from September 01, 2020 in Vietnam

Types o Violation

Violation Acts

Penalties

Underage Marriage, Arranging Underage Marriage

Arranging marriages for persons who are under the age of marriage.

From VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000

Maintaining a marital relationship with someone under the age of marriage despite having a legally effective court judgment or decision.

VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000

Violations of Regulations on Marriage, Divorce, Monogamy

Being married but marrying another person, or being unmarried but marrying someone known to be married.

VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000

Being married but cohabiting with another person

Marrying or cohabiting as husband and wife with a person who used to be one's foster child, father-in-law with daughter-in-law, mother-in-law with son-in-law, stepfather with stepchild, stepmother with stepchild

Marrying or cohabiting as husband and wife with a person who used to be one's foster child, father-in-law with daughter-in-law, mother-in-law with son-in-law, stepfather with stepchild, stepmother with stepchild

Marrying or cohabiting as husband and wife with persons related by direct bloodline or within three generations

From VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000

Marrying or cohabiting as husband and wife with an adoptive parent or child

Forcing or deceiving someone into marriage, forcing or deceiving someone into divorce

Exploiting marriage for purposes of exit, entry, residence, naturalization in Vietnam or foreign countries; benefiting from state incentives or for other purposes not aimed at forming a family

Exploiting divorce to evade property obligations, violating population policies, or for other purposes not aimed at ending the marriage

Violations of Guardianship Regulations

Evading or not fulfilling guardianship duties after registering for guardianship

From VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000

Exploiting guardianship duties for profit

From VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000

Exploiting guardianship duties to sexually abuse or exploit labor from the ward

Violations of Adoption Regulations

Providing false information to register for adoption

From VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000

Discrimination between biological and adopted children

Failing to report on the development of the adopted child within the country

Tampering or altering documents issued by authorities to register for adoption

Exploiting child adoption to violate population policies

VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000

Exploiting the adoption of children of war invalids, revolution contributors, or ethnic minorities to benefit from state policies

Bribing, coercing, threatening, or committing other illegal acts to obtain consent for child adoption

From VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000

Exploiting the adoption process to profit

Exploiting child adoption to exploit the labor of the adopted child

Violations Regarding Foreign Adoption Offices in Vietnam

Tampering or altering documents issued by authorities in the dossier for obtaining, renewing, or amending operating licenses of foreign adoption offices

From VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000

Failing to notify authorities in writing about termination of operations

From VND 3,000,000 to VND 7,000,000

Failing to comply with reporting policies or providing false reports; not maintaining, managing, or using prescribed records and forms

Changing the head of the office without permission from the authorities

From VND 7,000,000 to VND 10,000,000

Illegally introducing children for adoption

From VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000

Leasing or lending operation licenses of foreign adoption offices

Using operation licenses of other foreign adoption offices

Operating without meeting the legal requirements for foreign-related adoptions

From VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000