Chapter VIII

 POWER TO RECORD AND IMPOSE PENALTIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS

Article 114. Power to impose penalties of inspectorates

1. On-duty inspectors and persons assigned to carry out specialized inspections in information and communications sector shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 1,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 800,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c and dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

2. Chief inspectors of provincial Departments of Information and Communications, heads of specialized inspection teams established by provincial Departments of Information and Communications, heads of specialized inspection teams established by Vietnam Telecommunications Authority, Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information or Authority of Radio Frequency Management, Directors of Regional Radio Frequency Centers, and heads of specialized inspection teams established by Regional Radio Frequency Centers shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 100,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

dd) Impose remedial measures.

3. Heads of specialized inspection teams established to conduct inspections according to decisions issued by the Minister of Information and Communications or Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Information and Communications shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 140,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 56,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

dd) Impose remedial measures.

4. Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Directors General of Vietnam Telecommunications Authority, Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information and Authority of Radio Frequency Management shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing administrative violations;

dd) Impose remedial measures.

Article 115. Power to impose penalties of Chairpersons of People’s Committees at all levels

1. Chairpersons of communal-level People’s Committees shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 5,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 4,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures specified in Points a, b, c, and dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

2. Chairpersons of district-level People’s Committees shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 100,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses or operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

dd) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, b, c, dd, e, h, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

3. Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses or operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing administrative violations;

dd) Impose remedial measures.

Article 116. Power to impose penalties of people’s public security forces

1. On-duty soldiers of people’s police forces shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 1,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 800,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

2. Heads of police stations and leaders of the soldiers mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 3,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 2,400,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

3. Heads of communal-level police authorities and heads of police stations at checkpoints or export processing zones shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 5,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 4,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c and dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

4. Heads of district-level police authorities and heads of provincial-level police departments, including heads of police departments for investigation into corruption, economy and smuggling-related crimes, heads of police departments for investigation into social order-related crimes, heads of police departments for administrative management of social order, heads of economic security departments, internal political security departments, and cybersecurity and hi-tech crime prevention and control divisions, shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 16,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

dd) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, dd and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

5. Directors of provincial-level Public Security Departments shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 100,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violation but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

dd) Directors of provincial-level Public Security Departments shall make decision on imposition of expulsion penalty;

e) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, dd, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

6. Directors of Department of Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention and Control, Police Department for Investigation into Social Order-related Crimes, Police Department for Investigation into Corruption, Economy and Smuggling-related Crimes, Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, Police Department for Investigation into Drug-related Crimes, Internal Political Security Department, and Economic Security Department shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing administrative violations;

dd) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, dd, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

7. Director General of Immigration Department shall have the power to impose administrative penalties in Clause 6 of this Article and have the right to make decision on imposition of expulsion penalty.

Article 117. Power to impose penalties of border guard forces

1. On-duty soldiers of border guard forces shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 1,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 800,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

2. Heads of police stations and leaders of the soldiers mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 5,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 4,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

3. Heads of border-guard posts, commanders of border-guard flotillas, commanders of border-guard sub-zones, and commanders of port border guards shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 16,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, dd and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

4. Commanders of provincial-level border guard forces and commanders of border guard fleets affiliated to the Border Guard High Command shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing administrative violations;

dd) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, dd, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

Article 118. Power to impose penalties of coast guard forces

1. Coast guard officers on duty shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 3,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 1,600,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

2. Coastguard team leaders shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 10,000,000 or a fine up to VND 4,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service sector;

c) Impose a fine up to VND 10,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 4,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

3. Coastguard squad leaders and captains of coastguard stations shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 20,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 8,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c and dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

4. Commanders of coastguard platoons shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 16,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, d, dd and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

5. Commanders in chief of coastguard squadrons shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 60,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 24,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, d, dd and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

6. Commanders of Regional Coast Guards shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 100,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Points a, c, d, dd and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

7. Commanders of Coastguard Headquarters shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

d) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities used for committing administrative violations;

dd) Impose the remedial measures mentioned in Point dd Clause 7 Article 41 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

Article 119. Power to impose penalties of market surveillance forces

1. Market controllers on duty shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 1,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 800,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector.

2. Leaders of market surveillance teams shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 50,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Impose the remedial measures specified in Points a, dd, e, g, h, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

3. Directors of Provincial Market Surveillance Departments and Director of Market Surveillance Operations Department shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 100,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 40,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities which have been used for committing administrative violations but are worth less than the fine specified in Point b of this Clause;

d) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

dd) Impose the remedial measures specified in Points a, c, d, dd, e, g, h, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

4. Director General of Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance shall have the power to:

a) Issue warning;

b) Impose a fine up to VND 200,000,000 on an administrative violation in telecommunications, radio frequencies or information technology sector or a fine up to VND 80,000,000 on an administrative violation in postal service or electronic transaction sector;

c) Confiscate the exhibits and instrumentalities for committing administrative violations;

d) Suspend licenses/practicing certificates or suspend operations for fixed periods;

dd) Impose the remedial measures specified in Points a, c, d, dd, e, g, h, i and k Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations.

Article 120. Determination of power to impose penalties

1. People's Committees at all level:

a) Chairpersons of communal-level People’s Committees shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 1 Article 55 hereof;

b) Chairpersons of district-level People’s Committees shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Articles 9, 10 and 12, Clauses 1, 2 and 3 Article 34, Article 38 through 41, Clauses 1, 2 and 3 Article 55, Article 56 and Article 98 hereof;

c) Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Articles 9, 10, 12, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 53, 54, 95 and 96 hereof.

2. People’s public security forces:

a) Heads of communal-level police authorities and heads of police stations shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 2 and Point a Clause 3 Article 106 hereof;

b) Heads of district-level police authorities and head of operations division affiliated to Police Department for Investigation into Corruption, Economy and Smuggling-related Crimes, head of operations division affiliated to Police Department for Investigation into Social Order-related Crimes, head of operations division affiliated to Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, head of operations division affiliated to Economic Security Department, head of operations division affiliated to Internal Political Security Department, and head of operations division affiliated to Department of Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention and Control shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clauses 1 and 2 Article 9, Clause 4, Point b Clause 5 Article 10, Clause 1 Article 42, Point c Clause 4 Article 78, Point a Clause 2, Point a Clause 3 Article 79 and Clause 1 Article 80, Point a Clause 2 Article 82, Clauses 2 and 3 Article 99, Points g, m and n Clause 3 Article 102, Clause 3 Article 104, Clause 2 and Point a Clause 3 Article 106 hereof;

c) Directors of provincial-level Public Security Departments shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Article 9, Clause 4, Point b Clause 5 Article 10, Article 14, Article 21, Clauses 1, 3 and 4 Article 42, Article 77, Point c Clause 4 Article 78, Point b Clause 4 Article 79, Article 80, Article 81, Point a Clause 2 Article 82, Clauses 2 and 3 Article 99, Clause 3 Article 100, Article 101, Points g, m and n Clause 3 Article 102, Clause 3 Article 104, Clause 2 and Point a Clause 3 Article 106 hereof;

d) Directors of Department of Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention and Control, Police Department for Investigation into Social Order-related Crimes, Police Department for Investigation into Corruption, Economy and Smuggling-related Crimes, Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, Police Department for Investigation into Drug-related Crimes, Internal Political Security Department, and Economic Security Department shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Article 9, Clause 4, Point b Clause 5 Article 10, Article 14, Article 19, Article 42, Point c Clause 4 Article 78, Point a Clause 2, Point a Clause 3, Point b Clause 4 Article 79, Article 80, Article 81, Point a Clause 2 Article 82, Clauses 4 and 5 Article 95, Clauses 2 and 3 Article 99, Clause 3 Article 100, Article 101, Points g, m and n Clause 3 Article 102, Clause 3, Point c Clause 6 Article 104, Clause 2 and Point a Clause 3 Article 106 hereof;

dd) Director General of Immigration Department shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Point b Clause 9 Article 14, Point b Clause 4 Article 19, Point b Clause 4 Article 77, and Clause 3 Article 80 hereof.

3. Border guard forces:

a) Soldiers of border guard forces, heads of police stations and leaders of those soldiers shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 1 Article 57 and Clause 1 Article 58 hereof;

b) Heads of border-guard posts, commanders of border-guard flotillas, commanders of border-guard sub-zones, and commanders of port border guards shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Article 9, Article 57 and Clauses 1, 2, and Points a, b, c, d, dd Clause 3, Points a, b, c, d, dd, e, g Clause 4 Article 58 hereof;

c) Commanders of provincial-level border guard forces and commanders of border guard fleets affiliated to the Border Guard High Command shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Articles 9, 19, 57 and 58 hereof.

4. Coast guard forces:

a) Coast guard officers on duty shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 2 Article 58 and Clause 1 Article 71 hereof;

b) Coastguard team leaders shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 2, Point a and b Clause 3 Article 58, Clause 1 Article 71 hereof;

c) Coastguard squad leaders and captains of coastguard stations shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 1 Article 9; Clause 2, Points a, b, c and d Clause 3 Article 58, Clause 1 Article 71 hereof;

d) Commanders of coastguard platoons shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clause 1 Article 9, Clause 2, Points a, b, c, d and dd Clause 3 Article 58, Clause 1 Article 71 hereof;

dd) Commanders in chief of coastguard squadrons shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Clauses 1 and 2 Article 9, Clause 2 Article 42, Clause 2, Points a, b, c, d, dd and e Clause 3 Article 58, Clause 1 Article 71 hereof;

e) Commanders of Regional Coast Guards and Commanders of Coastguard Headquarters shall have the power to impose penalties for the administrative violations in Articles 8, 9, and 19, Clause 2, Point a Clause 3 and Clause 6 Article 42, Clauses 2 and 3 Article 58, Clause 1 Article 71 hereof.

5. Customs authorities shall have the power to impose penalties and remedial measures according to Article 41 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations for the administrative violations in Articles 9 and 10, Article 51, Clauses 2 and 3 Article 64, Articles 67 and 68, Clauses 2, 3 and 5 Article 69, Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 Article 70, Articles 76 and 93 hereof.

6. Financial inspectorates and tax authorities shall have the power to impose penalties and remedial measures according to Article 44 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations for the administrative violations in Articles 9, 34, 56,76, 92 and 112 hereof.

7. Market surveillance forces shall have the power to impose penalties and remedial measures according to Article 45 of the Law on penalties for administrative violations for the administrative violations in Clause 3 and 4 Article 7, Clause 2 and 3 Article 8, Article 9 and 20, Clause 2 and 5 Article 25, Article 33 and 51, Clause 1, Point a and b Clause 4, Point b and c Clause 5, Point d Clause 6 Article 55, Articles 56, 68, 69, 70 and 76, Clause 2, Point b Clause 3 Article 77, Clause 2 Article 92, Article 93 hereof.

Article 121. Power to record administrative violations

The persons mentioned in Articles 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 119 hereof, officials, public employees and persons of people’s army force or people’s police force who are on duty or performing their assigned duties and powers in postal services, telecommunications, radio frequencies, information technology and electronic transactions shall have the power to record administrative violations as prescribed.