Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
1. This Decree prescribes administrative violations, sanctioning forms and levels, remedial measures, the authority to make minutes of administrative violations and authority to sanction administrative violations in planning and investment.
2. Acts of administrative violation in planning and investment specified in this Decree include the following acts:
a) Violations of regulations in domain of investment with state capital;
b) Violations of regulations in domain of domestic investment, foreign investment and Vietnam’s investment abroad;
c) Violations of regulations in domain of bidding management;
d) Violations of regulations in domain of business registration in respect to enterprises, business households, cooperatives, and cooperatives’ unions;
3. Other administrative violations in planning and investment not specified in this Decree shall comply with provisions in other Government’s Decrees on sanctioning administrative violations in the relevant state management domains.
Article 2. Objects sanctioned on administrative violations
The objects of application of this Decree include Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals committing acts of administrative violation in planning and investment.
Article 3. Forms of sanction and remedies
1. For each administrative violation, the infringing organizations and individuals must suffer one of following main sanctions:
a) Caution;
b) Fine.
2) Depending on the nature and seriousness of violation, the infringing organizations or individuals may also be subject to one or many remedies specified in Articles of Chapter 2 of this Decree.
Article 4. Fine levels in planning and investment
The fine levels specified in Chapter 2 of this Decree are fine levels applied to organizations.
For a same administrative violation, the fine level imposed on individuals and households shall be equal to ½ (a half) of the fine level imposed on organizations