Vietnam: Violations of copyright and related rights and corresponding fines

09:04, 09/05/2020

Decree No. 131/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government on sanctioning administrative violations of Copyright and related rights came into force from December 15, 2013. This Decree provides administrative violations of copyright and related rights and fines corresponding to each violation, specifically as follows:

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No.	Group of violation	Violation	Fine
1	Violations of regulation on registration	Failing to return a copyright or related right registration certificate after a competent agency has issued a decision invalidating or revoking it	VND 2.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
		Declaring untruthfully papers, documents in dossier to be granted a copyright or related right registration certificate	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Using a copyright or related right registration certificate after a competent agency has issued a decision invalidating or revoking it	VND 5.000.000 - VND 8.000.000
2	Violations of regulations on operation of collective representative organizations involving Copyright and related rights	Failing to execute the report regime about collective representative operation of Copyright and related rights to competent state agencies in accordance with regulations	VND 500.000 - VND 1.000.000
		Carrying out activities outside the scope of the written entrustment contracts signed with copyright or related right holders	VND 1.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
		Carrying out activities without the written entrustment contracts signed with copyright or related right holders	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Carrying out activities outside domains already licensed by competent state agency	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
		Operating under the name of a collective representative organization of copyright and related rights	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
3	Violations of regulations on assessment of copyright and related rights	Conducting assessment of Copyright and related rights in case they should have refused assessment according to regulations	VND 2.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
3		Making untruthful assessment conclusions for self-seeking purposes	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
4	Violations of regulation on operation of consultancy and service organizations	Failing to execute the report regime about operation of consultancy and service to competent state agencies in accordance with regulations	VND 1.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
		Failing to satisfy conditions of heads of Copyright and related-right consultancy and service organizations in accordance with regulations	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Using persons who provide consultancy and services of Copyright and related rights but are not eligible in accordance with regulations	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Carrying out under the name of a consultancy and service organization activities of copyright and related-right consultancy and service	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
5	Acts of transporting, stockpiling the pirated goods	Transporting goods produced without permission of the copyright or related right holders	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
5	Acts of transporting, stockpiling the pirated goods	Stockpiling goods produced without permission of the copyright or related right holders	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
6	Acts of infringing upon the right to attach one's name to or title works	Using a work without indicating the real name or pen name of its author or its title or indicating a wrong real name or pen name of the author or a wrong title of the work on copies of the work, phonogram, video recording or broadcast program	VND 2.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
7	Acts of infringing upon the right to protect the integrity of works	Arbitrarily modifying or mutilating a work causing damage to honor and prestige of the author	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
7		Distorting a work causing damage to honor and prestige of the author	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
8	Acts of infringing upon the right to publicize works	Publishing the work without permission of the copyright holders in accordance with regulations	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
9	Acts of infringing upon the right to make derivative works	Making derivative works without permission of the copyright holders	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
10	Acts of infringing upon the right to allow performing the works to the public	Live performance of a work to the public without permission of the copyright holders in accordance with regulations	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
10		Performance through audio- or video-recorded programs or whatever technical means accessible by the public without permission of the copyright holder in accordance with regulations	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
11	Acts of infringing upon the right to rent originals or copies of cinematographic works or computer programs	Renting originals or copies of cinematographic works or computer programs without permission of the copyright holders in accordance with regulations	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
12	Acts of infringing upon the right to distribute works	Distributing the works without permission of the copyright holders	VND 10.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
13	Acts of infringing upon the right to import originals or copies of works	Importing originals or copies of works without permission of the copyright holders in accordance with regulations	VND 200.000.000 - VND 250.000.000
14	Acts of infringing upon the right to communicate works to the public	Communicating a work to the public by wire or wireless means, electronic information network or any technical means without permission of the copyright holder in accordance with regulations	VND 15.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
15	Acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce works	Reproducing the works without permission of the copyright holders	VND 15.000.000 - VND 35.000.000
16	Acts of forging signatures of authors on the works	Forging signatures of authors on the works	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
17	Acts of infringing upon the right to apply technological solutions to self-protect copyright	Internationally deleting or modifying copyright management information in electronic from attached to the original or copies of a work	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Intentionally canceling or deactivating technical and technological solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright to his/her work	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
		Producing, assembling, mutating, distributing, importing, exporting, selling or renting devices or system to deactivate technical and technological solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright to his/her work	VND 10.000.000 - VND 20.000.000
18	Acts of infringing upon the right to introduce names of performers	Failing to state the name or stating a wrong name of the performer on phonogram, video recording or broadcast	VND 2.000.000 - VND 3.000.000
18		Impersonating a performer in a performance	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
19	Acts of infringing upon the right to protect the integrity of performed images	Arbitrarily modifying or mutilating performed images causing damage to honor and prestige of the performer	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
19		Distorting performed images causing damage to honor and prestige of the performer	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
20	Acts of infringing upon the right of performers to fix live performances	Fixing live performance on phonogram or video recording without permission of the right holders of performer	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
21	Acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce performances	Act of reproduce a performance already fixed on a phonogram or video recording without permission of the right holder of performer	VND 15.000.000 - VND 35.000.000
22	Acts of infringing upon the right to broadcast or otherwise communicate unfixed performances to the public	Broadcasting or otherwise communicating an unfixed performance to the public without permission of the right holder of performer, unless such performance is intended for broadcasting	VND 20.000.000 - VND 40.000.000
23	Acts of infringing upon the right to distribute originals or copies of performances to the public	Distributing the original or copies of a performance to the public without consent of the right holder of performer	VND 10.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
24	Acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce phonograms or video recordings	Reproducing phonograms or video recordings without permission of the right holders of producers of phonograms or video recordings	VND 15.000.000 - VND 35.000.000
25	Acts of infringing upon the right to distribute originals or duplicates of phonograms or video recordings to the public	Distributing originals or duplicates of a phonogram or video recording without permission of the right holder of producers of phonograms or video recordings	VND 10.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
26	Acts of using phonograms or video recordings already published for commercial purposes	Using a phonogram or video recording already published for commercial purpose in restaurants, tourist accommodation establishments, stores, supermarkets without paying royalty or remuneration for such use to copyright owner, related-right owner in accordance with regulations	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
		Using a phonogram or video recording already published for commercial purpose to broadcast without paying royalty or remuneration for such use to copyright owner, related-right owner in accordance with regulations	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
		Using a phonogram or video recording already published for commercial purpose in domains of aviation, public traffic and other trading operations without paying royalty or remuneration for such use to owner in accordance with regulations	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
		Using a phonogram or video recording already published for commercial purpose in karaoke service, post and telecommunication service, digital environment business establishments without paying royalty or remuneration for such use to copyright owner, related-right owner in accordance with regulations	VND 15.000.000 - VND 25.000.000
27	Acts of infringing upon the right to broadcast or rebroadcast broadcasts	Acts of broadcasting or rebroadcasting a broadcast without permission of the right holder of the broadcasting organization	VND 70.000.000 - VND 100.000.000
28	Acts of infringing upon the right to distribute broadcasts to the public	Distributing copies of broadcasts without permission of the right holder of the broadcasting organization	VND 10.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
29	Acts of infringing upon the right to fix broadcasts	Fixing broadcasts without permission of the right holder of the broadcasting organization	VND 10.000.000 - VND 15.000.000
30	Acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce broadcasts	Reproducing a fixed broadcast without permission of the right holder of the broadcasting organization	VND 15.000.000 - VND 35.000.000
31	Acts of reciting phonograms, video recordings, broadcasts	Reciting phonograms or video recordings without permission of the right holders of producers of phonograms or video recordings	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
31	Acts of reciting phonograms, video recordings, broadcasts	Acts of reciting broadcasts without permission of the right holder of the broadcasting organization	VND 10.000.000 - VND 20.000.000
32	Acts of infringing upon the right to apply technological solutions to self-protect related rights	Disengaging or modifying right management information in electronic form without permission of the related right holder	VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000
		Intentionally canceling or deactivating technical solutions applied by the related right holder to protect his/ her/its related rights	VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000
		roadcasting, distributing or importing for public distribution fixed performances and copies thereof or phonograms or video recordings with canceled or modified right management information in electronic form without permission of the related right holder	VND 10.000.000 - VND 20.000.000
		Producing, assembling, mutating, distributing, importing, exporting, selling or renting devices or system that help illegally decode encrypted program-carrying satellite signals	VND 20.000.000 - VND 30.000.000
		Intentionally receiving or relaying encrypted program-carrying satellite signals without permission of the lawful distributor	VND 30.000.000 - VND 40.000.000

Nguyen Trinh

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