Decree 367/2026/ND-CP sanctioning administrative violations in the field of press

DECREE

Providing for sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of press

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations No. 15/2012/QH13, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 54/2014/QH13, Law No. 18/2017/QH14, Law No. 67/2020/QH14, Law No. 09/2022/QH15, Law No. 11/2022/QH15, Law No. 56/2024/QH15, Law No. 88/2025/QH15, Law No. 116/2025/QH15 and Law No. 120/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on the Press No. 126/2025/QH15;

At the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism;

The Government promulgates this Decree providing for sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of press.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

1. This Decree provides for administrative violations; completed administrative violations and ongoing administrative violations; sanctions, sanctioning levels and remedial measures; entities subject to sanctions; competence to make minutes of administrative violations and competence to sanction administrative violations; and enforcement of forms of sanctions and remedial measures in the field of press.

2. Administrative violations related to the press sector not provided for in this Decree shall comply with the provisions on sanctioning of administrative violations in the relevant state management fields.

Article 2. Entities subject to sanctions

1. Entities subject to sanctions include Vietnamese individuals and organizations; foreign individuals and organizations, except for foreign organizations specified in Clause 4 of this Article (hereinafter collectively referred to as individuals and organizations), that commit administrative violations prescribed in this Decree.

2. Organizations subject to sanctions under Clause 1 of this Article include:

a) Press agencies, resident offices and representative offices established in accordance with the law on press;

b) Enterprises and cooperatives established in accordance with the law on enterprises and the law on cooperatives;

c) Public non-business units;

d) Foreign organizations not falling under the cases specified in Clause 4 of this Article that engage in press activities in Vietnam;

dd) Other organizations established in accordance with law.

3. Business households and households committing violations prescribed in this Decree shall be subject to the same sanctions applicable to individuals.

4. The following entities are not subject to this Decree:

a) Foreign representative missions and foreign organizations in Vietnam that are entitled to privileges and immunities in accordance with Ordinance No. 25-L/CTN on privileges and immunities for diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations in Vietnam;

b) Foreign non-governmental organizations registered their operations in Vietnam in accordance with Vietnamese law.

Article 3. Forms of sanctions and remedial measures

1. The principal forms of sanctions include:

a) Caution;

b) Fine.

2. The additional forms of sanctions include:

a) Confiscation of material evidences and means used for commission of administrative violations;

b) Suspension of operations for a period of 06 to 12 months;

c) Deprivation of the right to use, for a period of 01 to 12 months, the following licenses: press operation licenses (printed press operation license; electronic press operation license; radio operation license; television operation license; license for publishing additional press publications; supplement publishing license; license for opening specialised page of electronic press; license for producing domestic radio programme channels; license for producing domestic television programme channels; license for editing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services); license for providing pay radio and television services; certificate of registration for direct reception of foreign television signals from satellites; and operation license of establishments distributing imported press products.

3. Remedial measures:

In addition to the remedial measures prescribed at Points d, dd, e, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations No. 15/2012/QH13, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 67/2020/QH14 and Law No. 88/2025/QH15 (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations), this Decree prescribes the following remedial measures applicable to administrative violations specified in Chapter II:

a) Forcible return of press operation licenses; licenses for providing pay radio and television services; certificates of registration for direct reception of foreign television signals from satellites; operation licenses of establishments distributing imported press products; and press cards to the competent issuing agencies;

b) Forcible revocation of domain names;

c) Forcible compliance with the conditions for establishing resident offices or representative offices, or the conditions for appointing resident correspondent;

d) Forcible public apology through mass media;

dd) Forcible return of unlawfully seized means and documents;

e) Forcible removal of untruthful information and violating information; news and articles in electronic press, radio and television containing inaccurate content or content that violates the stated principles and purposes; introductory and promotional content and links to websites containing content that violates the law; press conference materials; on-demand content and value-added content; radio and television applications on the Internet; radio and television programmes and programme channels; and electronic press, radio and television products;

g) Forcible republication or rebroadcasting of corrections and apologies;

h) Forcible full publication or broadcast of the conclusions of competent state agencies;

i) Forcible compliance with the press deposit regime; reporting and providing explanations at the request of competent state agencies; and making notifications or reports as prescribed;

k) Forcible deposit of press products at the correct location and in the prescribed quantity;

l) Forcible provision of accurate published or broadcast content;

m) Forcible issuance of corrections and apologies;

n) Forcible retention of entire programmes or the intact archiving of content;

o) Forcible provision of signals or data access rights.

Article 4. Regulations on the statute of limitations for the sanctioning of administrative violations

1. The statute of limitations for the sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of press is 02 years.

2. The time for calculating the statute of limitations for the sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of press is prescribed as follows:

a) For completed administrative violations specified at Points a, b, c and d Clause 3 of this Article, the statute of limitations shall be calculated from the time the violations cease;

b) For ongoing administrative violations specified at Point dd Clause 3 of this Article, the statute of limitations shall be calculated from the time a person competent to perform official duties detects the violations.

3. Completed administrative violations and ongoing administrative violations in the field of press are prescribed as follows:

a) The time of termination of the violation involving the publication or broadcast of information content in the press, newsletters or special issues shall be the time when such information content is published or broadcast in the press, newsletters or special issues;

b) The time of termination of the violation involving the export or import of printed press products shall be the time when the printed press products are brought out of or into the territory of Vietnam;

c) The time of termination of the violation involving failure to comply with the contents stated in a license for publishing newsletters or special issues, or publishing newsletters or special issues without a license, shall be the time of completion of the publication of the newsletters or special issues;

d) The time of termination of the violation involving failure to comply with the reporting regime in press activities or activities of providing radio and television services shall be the time when the report is required to be submitted as prescribed;

dd) Administrative violations in the field of press that do not fall under the cases specified at Points a, b, c and d of this Clause shall be considered ongoing administrative violations if, at the time the competent agency or person detects and handles the violations, such violations are still occurring and directly infringing upon state management order.

Article 5. Regulations on fines and the competence to impose fines on organizations and individuals

1. The maximum fine for each administrative violation in the field of press is VND 500,000,000 for an organization and VND 250,000,000 for an individual.

2. The fines prescribed in Chapter II of this Decree shall apply to administrative violations committed by organizations, except for the cases specified in Article 12 of this Decree, which shall apply to individuals. For the same administrative violation, the fine imposed on an individual shall be equal to 1/2 of the fine imposed on an organization.

3. The competence to impose fines of the post holders competent to impose sanctions as prescribed in Chapter III of this Decree shall be the competence to impose fines applicable to administrative violations committed by organizations; the competence to impose fines for administrative violations committed by individuals shall be equal to 1/2 of the competence to impose fines for organizations.

Article 6. Sanctioning of repeated administrative violations

Organizations and individuals that commit repeated administrative violations shall be sanctioned for each violation, except for the violations specified at Point b and Point c Clause 2 Article 12; Clause 1, Point e Clause 4 and Point d Clause 5 Article 14 of this Decree, for which a single sanction shall be imposed and the aggravating circumstance shall be applied.

Article 7. Enforcement of forms of sanctioning of administrative violations and remedial measures

1. The enforcement of forms of sanctioning of administrative violations and remedial measures prescribed in this Decree shall be carried out in accordance with the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and documents detailing its implementation.

2. In case the remedial measure of forcible return of licenses or documents that have been altered or erased to falsify their contents is applied, the following shall apply:

a) The person competent to issue a decision on sanctioning of administrative violations and the organizations and individuals committing administrative violations shall be responsible for implementing the remedial measure of forcible return of licenses or documents that have been altered or erased to falsify their contents in accordance with Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 85 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations;

b) The violating organizations and individuals shall be responsible for submitting, either directly or by post, the licenses or documents that have been altered or erased to falsify their contents to the competent agency that granted such licenses or documents, and sending the receipt or documents proving the submission of the licenses or documents to the person competent to issue the decision on enforcement of the remedial measure;

c) The person competent to issue the decision on enforcement of the remedial measure as prescribed in this Clause must notify in writing the agency or person competent to grant such licenses or documents.

3. In case the remedial measure of forcible refund of illicit profits obtained from committing violations is applied, the following shall apply:

a) Illicit profits are monetary benefits obtained by organizations and individuals after committing administrative violations in the field of press and shall be remitted to the state budget. In case a violation is committed jointly by multiple organizations or individuals, all illicit profits obtained for their benefit by the jointly violating organizations or individuals shall be refunded;

b) Illicit profits obtained from committing administrative violations as prescribed in this Decree means money, property, valuable papers and objects, or other property obtained from administrative violations committed by an individual or organization, and shall be determined as follows:

Illicit profits obtained in the form of money means the amount of money obtained by an organization or individual from an administrative violation and shall be calculated as the amount of money obtained from the transfer or consumption of violating goods or the provision of violating services, after deducting the direct costs constituting such goods or services, based on dossiers and documents proving the lawfulness and validity of such costs provided by the violating individual or organization; in case of the transfer or consumption of prohibited goods, counterfeit goods or smuggled goods, or the provision of conditional business services, illicit profits obtained in the form of money shall be the entire amount of money obtained by the individual or organization from the transfer or consumption of such goods or the provision of such services.

Illicit profits obtained in the form of valuable papers means all valuable papers obtained by the violating organization or individual from an administrative violation. In case valuable papers have been transferred, illicit profits shall be determined as the actual amount of money obtained at the time of transfer; in case valuable papers have been dispersed or destroyed, illicit profits shall be determined according to the book value of the organization issuing such valuable papers at the time of their dispersal or destruction.

Illicit profits in the form of property, valuable objects or other property obtained by the violating organization or individual from an administrative violation shall mean other property as prescribed in the Civil Code.

In case property, valuable objects or other property that are not prohibited goods, counterfeit goods or smuggled goods have been transferred, consumed or destroyed, illicit profits shall be determined as the amount of money equivalent to the market value of property of the same type, or according to the book value of the property (if there is no market value), or as the monetary value of the property stated in the export declaration or import declaration (in case of exported or imported goods) of the violating organization or individual, after deducting the direct costs constituting the goods, based on dossiers and documents proving the lawfulness and validity of such costs.

In case property, valuable objects or other property are prohibited goods, counterfeit goods or smuggled goods that have been transferred or consumed, illicit profits shall be determined as the total amount of money received by the organization or individual from such transfer.

c) For violations subject to the remedial measure of forcible re-export of material evidences of administrative violations being imported printed press, if the imported printed press has been registered in the list of imported printed press with the competent agency within 10 days from the date of receipt of the sanctioning decision, it shall be permitted to be imported.

If, upon expiry of the above-mentioned time limit, the list of imported printed press has not yet been registered with the competent agency, the remedial measure of forcible re-export as stated in the decision on sanctioning of administrative violations shall be applied.

If the remedial measure of forcible re-export cannot be applied, the remedial measure of forcible destruction shall be applied.

4. In case the remedial measure of forcible revocation of a domain name is applied, the person competent to issue the decision on sanctioning of administrative violations or the decision on enforcement of the remedial measure shall send a written notice to the Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam Internet Network Information Center), the domain name registrar and the New gTLD Registry in Vietnam for coordination in implementation.

Article 8. Application of measures to deter administrative violations and secure the handling thereof

1. The application of measures to deter administrative violations and secure the handling thereof shall comply with the Part Four of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and this Decree.

2. The temporary seizure of Vietnam national domain names “.vn” and international domain names allocated to organizations and individuals in Vietnam shall be carried out in accordance with Clause 1 Article 125 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations for sanctioning of administrative violations involving one of the following violations:

a) Publish or broadcast images of maps of Vietnam that do not fully show or incorrectly show national sovereignty as prescribed at Point c Clause 3 Article 14 of this Decree;

b) Publish, broadcast or provide distorted or fabricated information that causes confusion among the People; is contrary to the interests of the country and the People; affects the great national unity bloc; undermines historical traditions; denies revolutionary achievements; insults the nation or national heroes; promotes outdated customs, superstition or superstitious practices; promotes obscene acts or a depraved lifestyle; is contrary to Vietnamese fine customs and traditions; infringes upon the freedom of belief and religion; or propagates or incites violence or crimes, as prescribed at Points a and b Clause 3, Point a Clause 4, Point c Clause 5, Point b Clause 6, Points a, b and c Clause 8, and Points a and b Clause 9 Article 14 of this Decree;

c) Publish, broadcast or provide untruthful, distorted or defamatory information that infringes upon the prestige of organizations or the honor and dignity of individuals, as prescribed at Point a Clause 2, Points a and b Clause 5, and Point a Clause 6 Article 14 of this Decree;

d) Introduce, promote or place links to websites containing content that violates the law, as prescribed at Point dd Clause 4 Article 14 of this Decree;

dd) Advertise, propagate or trade in prohibited goods or services, as prescribed at Point d Clause 4 Article 24 of this Decree.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam Internet Network Information Center), domain name registrars and New gTLD Registries in Vietnam shall be responsible for coordinating with agencies and persons competent to temporarily seize material evidences and means used for administrative violations, and for temporarily seizing Vietnam national domain names “.vn” and international domain names allocated to organizations and individuals in Vietnam in accordance with law.

4. The duration of temporary seizure of domain names shall comply with Clause 8 Article 125 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations. The temporary seizure of domain names prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article must be terminated immediately after the circumstances serving as grounds for the sanctioning decision have been verified, the violations no longer pose a danger to society, or the sanctioning decision has been enforced in accordance with Clause 2 Article 125 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations. Upon expiry of the period of temporary seizure of domain names specified in the document enforcing the decision on application of preventive measures and measures to ensure the handling of administrative violations, the temporary seizure of domain names shall be deemed terminated.

Article 9. Handling of administrative violations in the electronic environment

The handling of administrative violations in the field of press in the electronic environment shall comply with the provisions of the Decree No. 118/2021/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of and measures for implementation of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 68/2025/ND-CP and Decree No. 190/2025/ND-CP.

Article 10. Transfer of case files involving acts showing signs of violations of the criminal law

1. For administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 8 and 9 Article 14 and Clause 7 Article 23 of this Decree, the person competent to handle the case shall transfer the violation case file to the competent criminal procedure-conducting agency for consideration of criminal prosecution in accordance with Clauses 1, 2 and 4 Article 62 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

2. For administrative violations prescribed in Clause 4 Article 12; Clauses 3 and 4 Article 13; Point c Clause 3, Points a and c Clause 5, and Point b Clause 6 Article 14; Clauses 4, 5 and 6 Article 17; Clauses 4, 5 and 6 Article 21; Clause 3 Article 22; Point b Clause 6 Article 23; and Clause 5 Article 25 of this Decree, when considering acts showing signs of violations of the criminal law, the person competent to handle the case shall transfer the violation case file to the competent criminal procedure-conducting agency for consideration of criminal prosecution in accordance with Clauses 1, 2 and 4 Article 62 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

3. In case the criminal procedure-conducting agency does not prosecute the penal liability in the cases prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, it shall transfer the violation case file to the person competent to impose administrative penalties in accordance with Clause 3 Article 62 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations for sanctioning of administrative violations in accordance with this Decree.

Chapter II

ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS, SANCTIONING FORMS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES

Article 11. Violations of regulations on press operation licenses

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of changing the contents specified in Clause 3 Article 18 of the Press Law No. 126/2025/QH15 stated in the press operation license without notifying the state management agency in charge of the press in writing.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of changing the contents specified in Clause 4 Article 18 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15 stated in the press operation license without obtaining written approval from the state management agency in charge of the press.

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Alter or erase the contents of the press operation license to falsify such contents;

b) Fail to comply with the contents stated in the press operation license, except for the violations prescribed at Point e Clause 4 and Point d Clause 5 Article 14 of this Decree.

4. A fine of between VND 60,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts committed without a license:

a) Publish additional press publications or supplements;

b) Open specialized pages of electronic press;

c) Produce domestic radio programme channels or domestic television programme channels;

d) Edit foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services.

5. A fine of between VND 300,000,000 and VND 400,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of engaging in printed press operation, electronic press operation, radio operation or television operation without a press operation license as prescribed.

6. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of the press operation license to the competent licensing agency for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible revocation of the domain name the act of using a domain name other than the one stated in the press operation license, as prescribed at Point b Clause 3 of this Article;

c) Forcible revocation of the domain name for violations of electronic press operation prescribed at Point b Clause 4 and Clause 5 of this Article;

d) Forcible destruction of press publications and supplements for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 4 of this Article; and printed newspapers and printed magazines for the violation prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article.

Article 12. Violations of regulations on press activities and use of press cards

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Grant or authorize subordinates to grant the head of scientific journal’s letters of introduction for press activities;

b) Use an expired letter of introduction;

c) Use a letter of introduction for purposes, working contents or working areas other than those specified therein.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to retrieve press cards, or retrieve press cards but fail to submit them to competent state agencies, or fail to give written notification by the head of the press agency or the head of the agency where the press card holder works, in the following cases: Persons who have been granted press cards but have been reassigned to other duties and are no longer eligible for press cards; persons who have been granted press cards but have retired; persons whose labor contracts have expired but have not entered into new labor contracts or do not continue working at press agencies as prescribed;

b) Assign or authorize subordinates to assign journalists or correspondents to engage in press activities that are inconsistent with the principles and purposes stated in the press operation license of the head of the press agency;

c) Request or authorize subordinates to request agencies, organizations or individuals to provide information that is inconsistent with the principles and purposes stated in the press operation license of the head of the press agency;

d) Use an expired or invalid press card;

dd) Fail to return press cards by press card holders as prescribed.

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Impersonate a journalist or correspondent;

b) Abuse the status of a journalist or correspondent to interfere with or obstruct the lawful activities of organizations or individuals;

c) Alter or erase the contents of a press card to falsify such contents.

4. A fine of between VND 30,000,000 and VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Abuse the status of a journalist or correspondent for personal gain, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination;

b) Journalists or correspondents engaging in press activities beyond the scope of the contents concerning the principles and purposes of the press agency where they work, as stated in its press operation license, for personal gain or other purposes, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

5. Additional sanctions:

Confiscation of material evidences used in the administrative violations for the violations prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article.

6. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of press cards to the competent press card-issuing agency for the violations prescribed at Points d and dd Clause 2 and Point c Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of the illicit profits obtained from committing the violations prescribed at Point a Clause 3, Point b Clause 4, in case of arising illicit profits and Point a Clause 4 of this Article.

Article 13. Acts of unlawfully obstructing press activities

1. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of unlawfully obstructing the professional activities of journalists or correspondents.

2. A fine of between VND 30,000,000 and VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of unlawfully seizing means and documents used for press activities of journalists or correspondents.

3. A fine of between VND 50,000,000 and VND 70,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination:

a) Insult the reputation, honor or dignity of journalists or correspondents while they are performing their professional activities;

b) Destroy or intentionally damage means and documents used for press activities of journalists or correspondents.

4. A fine of between VND 70,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of making statements or taking actions that threaten or intimidate journalists or correspondents with regard to their lives, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

5. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible public apology through mass media for the violations prescribed in Clause 2, Point a Clause 3 and Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Forcible return of means and documents unlawfully seized for the violation prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 14. Violations of regulations on publishing and broadcasting information content in the press, newsletters and special issues

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to clearly state the origin of information sources when publishing or broadcasting in the press information obtained from agencies, organizations or competent persons that are obliged to provide information to the press as prescribed.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Publish or broadcast untruthful information causing minor adverse effects;

b) Use illustrations or headlines for news and articles that are inconsistent with the information content, thereby causing readers to misunderstand such content;

c) Publish or broadcast responses without fully reflecting their contents or not publish or broadcast them at the prescribed time.

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Publish or broadcast news, articles or images that are inconsistent with Vietnamese customs and traditions;

b) Publish or broadcast information that promotes backward customs, superstition or superstitious practices;

c) Inaccurately depict national sovereignty when publishing or broadcasting images of maps of Vietnam, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination;

d) Publish or broadcast information that adversely affects the normal physical and mental development of children;

dd) Fail to publish or broadcast responses from relevant agencies, organizations or individuals to press works as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 36 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15;

e) Publish or broadcast information or programmes for children without ensuring the prescribed content ratio, timing and duration in the press;

g) Fail to provide warnings on content unsuitable for children in the press, or fail to provide such warnings as prescribed;

h) Disclose an individual's private life secrets without that individual's consent;

i) Publish or broadcast information that infringes upon the confidentiality or security of an individual's correspondence;

k) Publish or broadcast the full name, address or handwriting of a whistleblower, or other information that reveals the identity of the whistleblower, except where the whistleblower makes another request or in the case prescribed at Point dd Clause 5 of this Article.

4. A fine of between VND 40,000,000 and VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Describe in detail criminal acts in news, articles or images;

b) Attribute criminal offences to individuals before a court's judgment of conviction has taken legal effect;

c) Publish or broadcast information on mysterious matters that cause public confusion and adversely affect social order, safety and public health;

d) Publish or broadcast information on the relatives and relationships of individuals involved in criminal cases or negative incidents when there are no grounds to prove that such relatives and relationships are related to the criminal cases or negative incidents, or when no conclusion has been reached by a competent state agency, except where otherwise prescribed by law;

dd) Introduce, promote or provide links to websites containing content that violates the law;

e) Fail to comply with the principles and purposes stated in the press operation license, causing minor adverse effects.

5. A fine of between VND 60,000,000 and VND 80,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Publish or broadcast information containing content that distorts facts, slanders or insults the reputation of an organization or the honor or dignity of an individual, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination;

b) Publish or broadcast untruthful information causing serious adverse effects;

c) Publish or broadcast information that describes in detail acts of sexual misconduct or propagates a depraved lifestyle, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination;

d) Fail to comply with the principles and purposes stated in the press operation license, causing serious adverse effects;

dd) Publish or broadcast the full name, address or handwriting of a whistleblower, or other information that reveals the identity of the whistleblower, causing harm to the whistleblower's health or mental well-being, insulting the whistleblower's honor or dignity, or resulting in the whistleblower being threatened, retaliated against, isolated or discriminated against, or suffering property damage, except where the whistleblower makes another request.

6. A fine of between VND 80,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Publish or broadcast untruthful information causing particularly serious adverse effects;

b) Publish or broadcast news, articles or images that incite violence, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

7. A fine of between VND 100,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of publishing, broadcasting, introducing or promoting works, documents or information content contained in works or documents whose distribution has been suspended, which have been recalled, confiscated, banned from circulation, removed or destroyed, or information content for which the press agency has issued a correction, except for the case prescribed in Clause 8 of this Article.

8. A fine of between VND 300,000,000 and VND 400,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts that are not subject to penal liability examination:

a) Publish or broadcast information that is inconsistent with the interests of the country and the people;

b) Publish or broadcast information that distorts facts or is fabricated, causing confusion among the people;

c) Publish or broadcast information containing the content prescribed at Point c Clause 2 Article 8 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15;

d) Publish or broadcast information that negatively affects Vietnam's position, reputation or image, or harms foreign relations and international cooperation between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and other countries and partners.

9. A fine of between VND 400,000,000 and VND 500,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts that are not subject to penal liability examination:

a) Publish or broadcast information containing content that affects the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, except for the case prescribed at Point c Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Publish or broadcast information containing the content prescribed at Point a Clause 2 and Clause 4 Article 8 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15.

10. Additional sanctions:

a) Deprivation of the right to use the press operation license for a period of 01 to 05 months for the violations prescribed at Point d Clause 5, Clause 6 and Clause 7 of this Article;

b) Deprivation of the right to use the press operation license for a period of 06 to 10 months for the violations prescribed in Clauses 8 and 9 of this Article.

11. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible correction of untruthful or misleading information for the violations prescribed at Points a and b Clause 2; Point c Clause 3; Points a and b Clause 5; and Point a Clause 6 of this Article;

b) Forcible public apology through mass media for the violations prescribed in Clause 2; Points a, b, c, d, h and i Clause 3; Points a, b, c and d Clause 4; Points a and c Clause 5; and Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Article;

c) Forcible removal of untruthful information and violating information published or broadcast in electronic press, radio or television for the violations prescribed in Clause 2; Points a, b, c, d, h, i and k Clause 3; Points a, b, c and d Clause 4; Points a, b, c and dd Clause 5; and Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Article;

d) Forcible removal of news and articles published in electronic press, radio or television containing content that is inconsistent with the principles and purposes stated in the press operation license for the violations prescribed at Point e Clause 4 and Point d Clause 5 of this Article;

dd) Forcible removal of introductory and promotional content and links to websites containing violating content for the violation prescribed at Point dd Clause 4 of this Article;

e) Forcible destruction of press products of printed newspapers, printed magazines, newsletters and special issues for the violations prescribed at Point c Clause 3 and in Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Article.

Article 15. Violations of regulations on providing information to the press and the use of information by press agencies

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Obstruct the provision of information to the press;

b) Fail to provide information to the press as prescribed;

c) Fail to comply with regulations on the time limit for notifying, or the time limit for publishing, broadcasting or responding to, agencies, organizations or individuals who give opinions, make recommendations, offer criticism, lodge complaints or denunciations, or make requests.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Inaccurately or untruthfully reflect the content of an interviewee's answers;

b) Fail to comply with an interviewee's request to review the content of their answers before publishing or broadcasting such interview answers in the press;

c) Use statements made at conferences, seminars, meetings, exchanges or talks to produce interview articles without the consent of the speakers;

d) Provide untruthful or false information to the press.

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible correction of untruthful information for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible public apology through mass media for the violations prescribed at Points a and c Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Forcible removal of news and articles published in electronic press, radio or television containing violating content for the violation prescribed at Point c Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 16. Violations of regulations on corrections in the press

1. A caution shall be imposed for the act of making corrections and apologies that fail to comply with regulations on font style and font size.

2. A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to notify relevant agencies, organizations or individuals of the correction or apology;

b) Publish or broadcast correction or apology information without displaying the heading “Correction and Apology Information” or the title of the press work, the name of the column, the issue number, the date, month and year of the original publication or broadcast, or the date, month and year of publication on the press agency's online content channel for which the correction is required.

3. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to remove untruthful information;

b) Fail to retain information content on the server for inspection and examination purposes as prescribed;

c) Fail to notify press agencies and general information websites with agreements on the use of its news and articles to republish the correction or apology;

d) Fail to immediately provide a written response to agencies, organizations or individuals, or fail to publish the response in the nearest issue, in the case of printed magazines published at intervals of more than 30 days;

dd) Fail to establish a separate section on the homepage of an electronic newspaper or electronic magazine for making corrections and apologies;

e) Publish or broadcast correction and apology information without fully presenting the false, distorted, defamatory information or information insulting the reputation of agencies or organizations or the honor and dignity of individuals that was published or broadcast in the press work, and the content of the information subject to correction;

g) Make corrections and apologies at a time other than that prescribed;

h) Make corrections and apologies at a location other than that prescribed.

4. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to make corrections and apologies as prescribed;

b) Fail to publish or broadcast the conclusions of competent state agencies regarding false, distorted, defamatory information or information insulting the reputation of agencies or organizations or the honor and dignity of individuals that was published or broadcast in the press;

c) Fail to immediately remove violating information upon receipt of a request from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in cases press agencies have information published in electronic press, on the press agency's online content channel, or on the national digital press platform as prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Article 8 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15, and information specified in Clauses 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Article 8 of Law No. 126/2025/QH15 that causes serious impacts.

5. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible removal of untruthful information for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible removal of violating information for the violation prescribed at Point c Clause 4 of this Article;

c) Forcible republication or rebroadcasting of the correction and apology content for the violation prescribed at Point e Clause 3 of this Article;

d) Forcible making of corrections and apologies for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 4 of this Article;

dd) Forcible publication or broadcast of the entire conclusions of competent state agencies for the violation prescribed at Point b Clause 4 of this Article.

Article 17. Violations of regulations on press conferences

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference with contents inconsistent with those notified to the state management agency in charge of press.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference without prior written notification or notifying the press conference at a time other than that prescribed.

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference after having been suspended by a competent state agency in accordance with Law No. 126/2025/QH15.

4. A fine of between VND 40,000,000 and VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference with contents that distort or insult the honor or reputation of agencies or organizations or the honor or dignity of individuals, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

5. A fine of between VND 80,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference with contents that incite violence, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

6. A fine of between VND 150,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for holding a press conference with contents that affect national interests, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

7. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible public apology through mass media for the violations prescribed in Clauses 4, 5 and 6 of this Article;

b) Forcible destruction or removal of press conference materials for the violations prescribed in Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Article.

Article 18. Violations of regulations on information required to be recorded or displayed on press products

1. A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to fully display the prescribed information on the front page or front cover, in the case of printed press, or on the homepage or pages, in the case of electronic press;

b) Fail to fully display the prescribed information at the bottom of the last page or on the back cover, in the case of printed press, or on the homepage, in the case of electronic press;

c) Fail to record or display the phrase “magazine” in the case of magazines.

2. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for failing to display the full or correct logo or theme music in radio or television broadcasting.

Article 19. Violations of regulations on the distribution of press products and journalistic information products

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Obstruct the distribution, transmission or online broadcasting of lawful press products or journalistic information products;

b) Distribute imported press products unlawfully.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Distribute press products or journalistic information products that are not permitted for circulation or are subject to a decision on recall or confiscation;

b) Fail to recall printed press publications or journalistic information products when a recall decision has been issued.

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible recall and destruction of press products or journalistic information products for the violations prescribed at Point b Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits obtained from committing the violations prescribed at Point b Clause 1 and Point a Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 20. Violations of regulations on press deposits and submission of press publications

1. A caution shall be imposed for any of the following acts of depositing press products:

a) Deposit at an incorrect location;

b) Deposit at an incorrect time;

c) Deposit in an incorrect quantity.

2. A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for failing to clearly display the digital signature of the head of the press agency as prescribed.

3. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to make press deposits as prescribed;

b) Fail to retain entire programmes that have been transmitted or broadcast, or retain them for a period other than that prescribed, in the case of radio and television; fail to archive the published or broadcast information content intact, or retain it for a period other than that prescribed, in the case of electronic press and press activities in cyberspace;

c) Fail to provide transmitted or broadcast signals, in the case of radio and television, or data access rights, in the case of electronic press, at the request of the agency in charge of electronic press deposits;

d) Fail to ensure consistency and accuracy between the press works published or broadcast and the press works provided to the agency in charge of electronic press deposits.

4. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible deposit of press products at the correct location and in the prescribed quantity for the violation prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Forcible compliance with the press deposit regime for the violation prescribed at Point a Clause 3 of this Article;

c) Forcible retention of entire programmes or the intact archiving of content for the violation prescribed at Point b Clause 3 of this Article;

d) Forcible provision of signals or data access rights for the violation prescribed at Point c Clause 3 of this Article;

dd) Forcible provision of accurate published or broadcast content for the violation prescribed at Point d Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 21. Violations of regulations on the export and import of press publications

1. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for importing printed press publications without registering the list of imported press publications with a competent state agency before importation.

2. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Import printed press publications without going through a press agency or a business establishment providing services for the distribution of imported press publications that has been granted a license as prescribed;

b) Alter or erase the contents of the operation license of a business establishment providing services for the distribution of imported press publications.

3. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of importing or exporting press publications containing:

a) Content that promotes backward customs, superstition or superstitious practices; information on mysterious or supernatural matters that causes public confusion and adversely affects social order and safety or community health;

b) Content that is inconsistent with Vietnamese customs and traditions;

c) Information that affects the normal physical and mental development of children;

d) Content that infringes upon the confidentiality or security of an individual's correspondence.

4. A fine of between VND 40,000,000 and VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of importing or exporting press publications containing the following content, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination:

a) Obscene or pornographic content;

b) Untruthful or distorted information, or information insulting the reputation of organizations or the honor or dignity of individuals.

5. A fine of between VND 80,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for importing or exporting press publications containing content that incites violence, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

6. A fine of between VND 150,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for exporting or importing press publications containing content that violates the law on press and affects national interests, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

7. Additional sanctions:

Deprivation of the right to use the operation license of a business establishment providing services for the distribution of imported press publications for a period of 06 to 12 months for the act of importing press publications prescribed in Clause 6 of this Article.

8. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible re-export of printed press publications or their destruction in case re-export is not possible for the violations prescribed in Clause 1 and Point a Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible return of the operation license of the business establishment providing services for the distribution of imported press publications for the violation prescribed at Point b Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Forcible destruction of printed press products for the violations prescribed in Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Article;

d) Forcible refund of illicit profits obtained from committing the violations prescribed in Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Article;

dd) Forcible removal of electronic press, radio and television products for the violations prescribed in Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Article.

Article 22. Violations of regulations on the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites other than as part of radio and television services

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for failing to comply with the contents specified in the certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Enter into an agreement or conclude a contract for the provision of television signals directly from satellites without registering as the focal point for establishing a system of equipment for receiving foreign television signals directly from satellites;

b) Receive foreign television signals directly from satellites without a certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites;

c) Provide foreign television signals directly from satellites to entities that have not been granted a certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites;

d) Lease or lend a certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites;

dd) Alter or erase the contents of a certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites.

3. A fine of between VND 150,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for providing foreign television signals directly from satellites containing content that affects national interests, which is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

4. Additional sanctions:

a) Confiscation of material evidences for the administrative violations prescribed at Point b Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Deprivation of the right to use the certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites for a period of 01 to 03 months for the violation prescribed at Point d Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Deprivation of the right to use the certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites for a period of 06 to 12 months for the violation prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.

5. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of the certificate of registration for the reception of foreign television signals directly from satellites to the competent issuing agency for the violation prescribed at Point dd Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits for the violations prescribed at Points a, b, c and d Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 23. Violations of regulations on management and provision of radio and television services

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to install the name or logo of the radio or television service on programme channels in accordance with regulations;

b) Fail to fully display information on service prices or service package prices together with basic information and technical specifications of the service or service package;

c) Fail to comply with regulations on the announcement or display of the quality of radio and television services;

d) Fail to comply with regulations on the self-inspection and monitoring of the quality of radio and television services;

dd) Change the contents stated in the license for providing pay radio and television services without notifying the state agency in writing as prescribed, except for the case prescribed at Point dd Clause 2 of this Article.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Install the name or logo of the service on programme channels serving political tasks and essential information and propaganda;

b) Fail to fully archive information on content provided on the service as required, or on value-added content or advertising content, as prescribed.

c) Fail to comply with the provisions stated in the certificate of registration of the list of programme channels on pay radio and television services or fail to comply with the list of programme channels for which changes have been reported;

d) Obstruct or delay the agreement on signal reception points or signals of programme channels serving political tasks and essential information and propaganda for enterprises or key multimedia press agencies holding radio operation licenses or television operation licenses to provide radio and television services;

dd) Change the transmission and reception centre or type of service stated in the license for providing pay radio and television services without carrying out the procedures for obtaining a license as prescribed;

e) Fail to register standard-form contracts with a competent state agency or use contracts that do not conform to the registered standard-form contracts;

g) Fail to display information on service prices or service package prices together with basic information and technical specifications of the service or service package;

h) Fail to announce or display the quality of radio and television services in accordance with regulations;

i) Fail to comply with regulations on the self-inspection and monitoring of the quality of radio and television services;

k) Fail to install the name or logo of the radio or television service on programme channels in accordance with regulations;

l) Fail to provide information on the status of reception of programme channels serving national or local political tasks and essential information and propaganda at the request of the specialized state management agency in charge of radio and television as prescribed;

m) Use an expired license for providing pay radio and television services.

3. A fine of between VND 30,000,000 and VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to comply with the provisions stated in the license for providing pay radio and television services;

b) Provide a number of foreign programme channels on each type of pay radio and television service exceeding 30% of the total number of programme channels;

c) Fail to provide programme channels serving national political tasks and essential information and propaganda to all paid television subscribers as prescribed;

d) Fail to provide programme channels serving local political tasks and essential information and propaganda to all television subscribers in the locality where the enterprise provides services, as prescribed;

dd) Provide services with a quality lower than the published service quality level;

e) Pre-install applications or carry out installation on users' terminal devices, or enter into agreements with users for users to access radio and television services in contravention of regulations;

g) Provide programme channels on pay radio and television services without a certificate of registration of the list of programme channels on pay radio and television services or fail to report changes to the list of programme channels as prescribed;

h) Provide on-demand content, value-added content or advertising that has not been edited or translated as prescribed;

i) Provide programme channels or programme content on pay radio and television services without a lawful copyright agreement with the content-owning entity;

k) Arrange on-demand content relating to sports programmes, entertainment programmes or films into a continuous sequence of content for broadcasting on the service in contravention of regulations;

l) Provide interactive and commenting features for on-demand content relating to sports programmes, entertainment programmes or films without ensuring that interactive and commenting content is controlled in compliance with regulations;

m) Fail to separate pay radio and television services from other types of services into separate categories in accordance with the principle that their contents must not be intermingled, in case a provider of pay radio and television services on the Internet provides or integrates other services on the same website or application;

n) Fail to prevent or remove content violating law within 24 hours from the time of receipt of a request from a competent agency;

o) Fail to comply with requests of competent agencies to prevent the dissemination of on-demand content that has not been edited or classified as prescribed, or radio and television content that violates law on press, cinematography, advertising, intellectual property, cybersecurity and other relevant laws.

4. A fine of between VND 50,000,000 and VND 70,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to transmit programme channels provided by content providers intact to radio and television service subscribers;

b) Sell, transfer, lease or lend licenses for providing radio and television services in any form;

c) Provide foreign programme channels on free-to-air radio and television services;

d) Provide on-demand service packages or value-added services on free-to-air radio and television services.

5. A fine of between VND 70,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Provide domestic programme channels on radio and television services without a license for the production of domestic programme channels as prescribed;

b) Provide programmes on radio and television services containing information that is not permitted to be published in the press, content that is not permitted to be disseminated, prohibited content, or content subject to a decision on revocation or confiscation;

c) Provide programmes or programme channels to radio and television service providers without the permission of the content owner or without proper authorization granted by the agency or organization owning the content.

6. A fine of between VND 150,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Provide pay radio and television services without a license;

b) Provide programmes on pay radio and television services containing content that affects national interests but is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

7. A fine of between VND 400,000,000 and VND 500,000,000 shall be imposed for providing programmes on pay radio and television services containing content with especially serious impact on national interests or the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, without being examined for penal liability.

8. Additional sanctions:

a) Deprivation of the right to use the license for providing pay radio and television services for a period of 06 to 12 months for violations specified at Point b Clause 6 and Clause 7 of this Article;

b) Confiscation of material evidences and means of administrative violations for violations specified at Point a Clause 6 of this Article.

9. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of the license for providing pay radio and television services to the competent issuing agency for violations specified at Point m Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible removal of on-demand content and value-added content for violations specified at Points h, k and l Clause 3 and Point d Clause 4 of this Article;

c) Forcible removal of radio and television applications on the Internet for violations specified at Point e Clause 3 of this Article;

d) Forcible removal of programme channels and programmes containing violating content for violations specified at Points g and i Clause 3; Points c and d Clause 4; Clause 5; Point b Clause 6; and Clause 7 of this Article;

dd) Forcible refund of illicit profits obtained from committing administrative violations for violations specified in Clauses 6 and 7 of this Article.

Article 24. Violations of regulations on the provision of foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to comply with the regulations stated in the certificate of registration for the provision of foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services;

b) Fail to comply with the regulations stated in the license for editing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Provide foreign programme channels when the certificate of registration for the provision of foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services has expired;

b) Edit or translate foreign programme channels when the license for editing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services has expired, or fail to carry out procedures for amendment or supplementation of the license for editing foreign programme channels as prescribed.

3. A fine of between VND 30,000,000 and VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Provide foreign programme channels in Vietnam for which content copyright fees are charged without going through an authorized agent in Vietnam to carry out registration for the provision of radio programme channels and television programme channels and fulfill financial obligations to the State of Vietnam;

b) Edit, translate and manage content, or issue content warnings for foreign programme channels on radio and television services, in contravention of regulations;

c) Edit or translate content that violates laws.

4. A fine of between VND 50,000,000 and VND 70,000,000 shall be imposed for providing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services in Vietnam in violation of any of the following conditions:

a) Contain unhealthy content that is inconsistent with Vietnamese culture or violates the law of Vietnam on press;

b) Fail to meet requirements on ownership or use rights to content copyrights when provided on pay radio and television services in Vietnam;

c) Fail to have a press agency holding a license for editing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services carry out editing and assume responsibility for the content of the programme channels as prescribed;

d) Contain advertising content pre-installed from abroad, except in the case specified in Clause 3 Article 58 of Decree No. 87/2026/NĐ-CP prescribing sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of culture and advertising.

5. A fine of between VND 70,000,000 and VND 90,000,000 shall be imposed for providing foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services in Vietnam without being granted a certificate of registration for the provision of foreign programme channels on pay radio and television services as prescribed.

6. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible removal of content for violations specified at Point a Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Forcible removal of programme channels for violations specified at Point c Clause 4 and Clause 5 of this Article.

Article 25. Violations of regulations on association in press activities

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for a violation in which an associated channel fails to clearly display the name and logo of the press agency and information on the contract for association in the production of content channels in cyberspace.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Associate in the production of press publications, special issues or supplements in respect of printed press; specialized pages in respect of electronic press; content channels on digital platforms; or associate in the production of radio and television programmes outside the permitted areas;

b) Associate in the production of part or all of programme or programme channel with a partner that is neither a legal entity established in accordance with the law of Vietnam nor an individual holding business registration appropriate to the area of association as prescribed by law.

3. A fine of between VND 30,000,000 and VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Associate in the production of entertainment radio programmes, entertainment television programmes, television game shows and reality television programmes based on copyrighted foreign programme formats or scripts that have not been localized into Vietnamese and are inconsistent with Vietnamese customs and traditions;

b) Carry out association in programme production exceeding 30% of the total duration of the first broadcast of programmes on programme channels serving political tasks and essential information and propaganda as prescribed by the State, and general news and current affairs channels.

4. A fine of between VND 70,000,000 and VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Carry out association in respect of content relating to political current affairs, national defence, security or foreign affairs;

b) Fail to carry out association through an association contract with the association partner.

5. A fine of between VND 150,000,000 and VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for associating in the production of programmes, radio channels, television channels, printed press products or electronic press products containing content that affects national interests but is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

6. Additional sanctions:

a) Confiscation of material evidences of administrative violations for violations specified in Clauses 4 and 5 of this Article;

b) Suspension of association activities for a period of 06 to 12 months for violations specified in Clauses 4 and 5 of this Article.

7. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible removal of radio programmes and television programmes for violations specified at Point a Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible removal of radio programme channels, television programme channels and electronic press for violations specified in Clause 5 of this Article;

c) Forcible recall or destruction of printed newspapers and printed magazines for violations specified at Point b Clause 4 and Clause 5 of this Article.

Article 26. Violations of regulations on reporting regimes in press activities and the provision of radio and television services

1. A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Make reports or provide explanations that fail to comply with the required contents or deadlines, or contain inaccurate information, at the request of competent state agencies;

b) Fail to notify the competent state agency in writing within the prescribed time limit, or fail to notify such agency in writing, for the purpose of having the license revoked before ceasing the provision of an additional type of press, publication of press publications or supplements, operation of specialized pages of electronic press, or production of radio channels or television channels;

c) Fail to report to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in writing within the prescribed time limit, or fail to make such report, upon no longer having the need to conduct press activities, except in cases where the press agency has its license revoked.

2. A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Fail to comply with the periodic reporting regime as prescribed;

b) Fail to notify the competent state agency in writing of any change in the location of the representative office of a Vietnamese press agency or the head of the representative office of a Vietnamese press agency;

c) Fail to notify the competent state agency in writing of the establishment, suspension or termination of operations of a representative office of a Vietnamese press agency; fail to notify the competent state agency in writing of the appointment, replacement or suspension of activities of a resident correspondent of a Vietnamese press agency;

d) Fail to notify the state management agency in charge of press upon opening online content channels of the press agency.

3. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for failing to make reports or provide explanations at the request of competent state agencies.

4. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible submission of notifications or reports as prescribed for violations specified in Clause 2 of this Article;

b) Forcible submission of reports and provision of explanations at the request of competent state agencies for violations specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 27. Violations of regulations on conditions for establishing resident offices and representative offices, and appointing resident correspondents of Vietnamese press agencies

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for violations of regulations on conditions for appointing resident correspondents of Vietnamese press agencies.

2. A fine of between VND 20,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

a) Violate regulations on conditions for establishing resident offices;

b) Violate regulations on conditions for establishing representative offices.

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible satisfaction of the conditions for appointing resident correspondents for violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Forcible satisfaction of the conditions for establishing resident offices or representative offices for violations specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 28. Violations of regulations on press activities of foreign press agencies in Vietnam

A fine of between VND 15,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following acts of violation:

1. Conduct press activities without a license granted by a competent state agency.

2. Establish a resident office in Vietnam without the written consent of a competent state agency.

Article 29. Violations of regulations on licenses for publishing newsletters and special issues

1. A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for failing to comply with the contents stated in the license for publishing newsletters or special issues.

2. A fine of between VND 15,000,000 and VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for publishing newsletters or special issues without a license.

3. Remedial measures:

Forcible destruction of newsletters or special issues for violations specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

Chapter III

COMPETENCE TO MAKE MINUTES OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AND SANCTION ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS

Article 30. Competence of heads of agencies performing state management tasks by specialized sector or field and a number of other title holders

1. Inspectors of the Government Inspectorate and provincial inspectorates shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 50,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000.

2. Heads of inspection teams of provincial inspectorates shall have the competence, during the inspection period, to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

3. Heads of inspection teams established by the Director of the Authority of Press and heads of inspection teams established by the Director of the Authority of Electronic Information and Digital Transformation shall have the competence, during the inspection period, to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

4. Directors of Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Directors of Departments of Culture and Sports, Directors of Departments of Industry and Trade, and Chief Inspectors of provinces shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 400,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

5. The Director of the Authority of Press and the Director of the Authority of Electronic Information and Digital Transformation shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

6. The heads of inspection teams established by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and heads of inspection teams established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall have the competence to impose sanctions as prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article during the inspection period.

7. The heads of inspection teams of the Government Inspectorate shall have the competence to impose sanctions as prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article during the inspection period.

Article 31. Competence of the Border Guard

1. Border guard soldiers while performing official duties shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 25,000,000.

2. Station chiefs or Team commanders of those prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 50,000,000;

c) Apply the remedial measure prescribed at Point dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

3. Heads of task force teams for counter-narcotics and crime suppression under task force regiments for counter-narcotics and crime suppression shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 75,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 150,000,000;

d) Apply the remedial measure prescribed at Point dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

4. Chiefs of Border Guard stations, Captains of Border Guard squadrons, and Commanders of Border Guard Command Committees at seaports shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 150,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 300,000,000;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Points a, d and dd Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

5. Heads of task force regiments for counter-narcotics and crime suppression under the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention under the Border Guard High Command shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Points a, d and dd Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

6. Commanders of Border Guard Command Committees, Chiefs of Border Guard fleets, and the Director General of the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention under the Border Guard High Command shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Points a, d and dd Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 32. Competence of the Vietnam Coast Guard

1. Coast Guard officers while performing official duties shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 25,000,000.

2. Heads of Coast Guard professional teams shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 50,000,000.

3. Heads of professional operation squads of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Heads of Coast Guard stations shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 100,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 200,000,000;

d) Apply the remedial measure prescribed at Point dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

4. Captains of Coast Guard squadrons shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 150,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 300,000,000;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Point dd and Point i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measure prescribed at Point a Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

5. Chiefs of coast guard fleets; Heads of reconnaissance teams, and Heads of drug-related crime prevention and combat task force regiments under the Vietnam Coast Guard shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Point dd and Point i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measure prescribed at Point a Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

6. Coast Guard regional commanders and the Director General of the Professional and Legal Department under the Vietnam Coast Guard shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 400,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

7. The Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 33. Competence of the Vietnam Customs

1. Customs officers while performing official duties shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 25,000,000.

2. Heads of Border-gate/Outside-border-gate Customs Teams, Heads of Post-Clearance Audit and Inspection Teams, Heads of Clearance Teams, Heads of Customs Control Teams under Regional Customs Branches, Heads of Anti-Smuggling Control Teams under Anti-Smuggling Investigation Branches, and Heads of Regional Post-Clearance Inspection Teams under Post-Clearance Inspection Branches shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 150,000,000;

c) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points d, dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

3. Heads of Anti-Smuggling Investigation Branches, Heads of Post-Clearance Inspection Branches, and Heads of Regional Customs Branches shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points d, dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

4. The Director General of the Department of Vietnam Customs shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points d, dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 34. Competence of the Market Surveillance Force

1. Market surveillance officers while performing official duties shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 50,000,000.

2. Heads of Market Surveillance Teams under Market Surveillance Sub-Departments under provincial-level Departments of Industry and Trade shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 150,000,000;

c) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

3. Heads of Market Surveillance Sub-Departments and Heads of Market Surveillance Professional Divisions under the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

4. The Director General of the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures prescribed at Point a and Point e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 35. Competence of the People's Public Security Forces

1. People's Public Security officers while performing official duties shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 50,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000.

2. Heads of company-level mobile police units shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 100,000,000;

c) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 200,000,000;

d) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd and e Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

3. Chiefs of police stations, heads of battalion-level mobile police units, heads of waterway police teams, heads of stations, and team leaders shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 150,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate administrative violation material evidences or means of a value not exceeding VND 300,000,000;

dd) Apply the remedial measures prescribed at Points dd and e Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

4. Chiefs of commune-level police stations shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

5. Heads of border-gate police offices of international airports; heads of professional divisions of the Department of Homeland Security, including: Head of the Division for Security of Other Religions, Head of the Ethnic Minority Security Division, Head of Anti-Subversion Division, Head of Counter-Terrorism Division, Head of the Social Security Division; heads of professional divisions of the Internal Political Security Department, including: Head of the Division for Internal Protection of Central-level Party Agencies and State Authorities, Head of the Press and Publication Security Division, Head of the Culture, Sports, and Social Affairs Security Division, Head of the Division for State Management of State Secrets Protection; Heads of professional divisions under the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crimes, including: Head of the Division for Prevention and Control of Crimes using Cyberspace to undermine Economic Management Order, Head of the Division for Prevention and Control of Crimes using Cyberspace to undermine Social Order, Head of the Cyberinformation Security Division, Head of the Division for Cyberinformation Surveillance and Prevention of Activities using Cyberspace to undermine National Security; Heads of regiment-level Mobile Police units; Heads of Divisions under provincial-level Police Departments, including Heads of the Homeland Security Divisions, Heads of the Internal Political Security Divisions, Heads of the Police Divisions for Administrative Management of Social Order, Heads of the Police Divisions for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, Heads of the Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Divisions, Heads of the Economic Security Divisions, Chiefs of the Offices of the provincial-level Investigation Police Agencies shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 400,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

6. Director of the Internal Political Security Department, Director of the Economic Security Department, Chief of the Office of the Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, Director of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, Director of the Police Department of Social Order-related Crime Investigation; Director of Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crimes; Director of the Department of Homeland Security shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 36. Competence of the Chairpersons of the People's Committees

1. Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

d) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points dd, h and i Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the remedial measures specified at Points a, d and e Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

2. The Chairperson of the provincial-level People's Committee shall have the competence to:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 500,000,000;

c) Deprive of the right to use licenses for a definite term or suspend operation for a definite time;

d) Confiscate material evidences or means used for commission of administrative violations;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3 Article 3 of this Decree.

Article 37. Determination of competence to sanction administrative violations

1. Directors of provincial-level Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Directors of Departments of Culture and Sports; Chief Inspectors of provinces; Inspectors of the Government Inspectorate and provincial inspectorates; Heads of inspection teams of the Government Inspectorate; Heads of inspection teams of provincial inspectorates; and heads of inspection teams established by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree.

2. The Director of the Authority of Press and heads of inspection teams established by the Director of the Authority of Press shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree, except for administrative violations specified in Article 23; Point a Clause 1, Point a Clause 2, Point a Clause 3 and Clause 4 Article 24 of this Decree.

3. The Director of the Authority of Electronic Information and Digital Transformation and heads of inspection teams established by the Director of the Authority of Electronic Information and Digital Transformation shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Article 22; Article 23; Article 24 and Article 26 of this Decree.

4. Heads of inspection teams established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall have the competence to impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Article 28 of this Decree.

5. Persons with sanctioning competence within the Border Guard force shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified at Points b and c Clause 1, Point d Clause 2, Clauses 3 and 4 Article 12; Article 13; Point a Clause 1 and Point a Clause 2 Article 19 of this Decree.

6. Persons with sanctioning competence within the Coast Guard force shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified at Points b and c Clause 1, Point d Clause 2, Clauses 3 and 4 Article 12; Point a Clause 1 and Point a Clause 2 Article 19 of this Decree.

7. Persons with sanctioning competence within the Customs force shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified at Point b Clause 1 Article 19 and Article 21 of this Decree.

8. Persons with sanctioning competence within the Market Surveillance force and Directors of Departments of Industry and Trade shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified at Point b Clause 1 and Point a Clause 2 Article 19; Point b Clause 2, Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6 Article 21; and Point b Clause 1 and Point g Clause 2 Article 23 of this Decree.

9. Persons with sanctioning competence within the People's Public Security force shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree.

10. Sanctioning competence of chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels

a) Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified at Point d Clause 2 Article 12; Points a and b Clause 1 Article 15; Article 17; Point b Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 19; Clause 1, Point b and Point dd Clause 2 Article 22 of this Decree;

b) Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees shall impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree.

Article 38. Competence to make written records of administrative violations

1. Persons with sanctioning competence for administrative violations as prescribed in Articles 30 through 36 of this Decree shall have the competence to make minutes of administrative violations for acts under their assigned sanctioning competence under Article 37 of this Decree.

2. Civil servants and public employees, and persons belonging to the People's Army and the People's Public Security forces who are performing their assigned official duties or tasks in the field of press shall have the competence to make minutes of administrative violations as prescribed.

3. Airplane commanders, shipmasters or trainmasters performing their assigned duties within their respective functions and powers in the field of press shall have the competence to make minutes of administrative violations for violations occurring on airplanes, seagoing ships and inland waterway vessels.

4. Members of inspection teams and examination teams shall have the competence to make minutes of administrative violations for violations detected during inspections or examinations within the contents and scope of inspections or examinations in the field of press.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 39. Effect

1. This Decree takes effect on September 26, 2026.

2. From the effective date of this Decree, the general provisions on sanctioning of administrative violations in press activities in Chapter I; the provisions on administrative violations in press activities, forms of sanction and remedial measures in Chapter II, except for Article 20; and the provisions on the competence to impose sanctions for administrative violations specified in Chapter II, except for Article 20, as assigned under Article 40a of Decree No. 119/2020/ND-CP prescribing administrative penalties for violations in press activities, publishing activities and printing of products other than publications, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 14/2022/ND-CP, shall cease to be effective.

Article 40. Transitional provisions

1. For administrative violations in the field of press that occurred and ended before the effective date of this Decree but are only detected or are under consideration or settlement thereafter, the Government's Decree on administrative sanctions and relevant legal documents in force at the time of committing the violations shall apply.

2. For administrative violations in the field of press that occurred before the effective date of this Decree but are still ongoing when this Decree takes effect, this Decree shall apply.

3. For decisions on sanctioning of administrative violations that were issued or fully enforced before the effective date of this Decree, where the sanctioned individuals or organizations still file complaints, the provisions of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, the Government's Decree on administrative sanctions and relevant legal documents in force at the time of issuance of the decision on sanctioning of administrative violations shall apply.

Article 41. Responsibility for implementation

1. The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall be responsible for guiding and organizing the implementation of this Decree.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, and relevant organizations and individuals shall be responsible for implementing this Decree./.