Decree 389/2026/ND-CP sanctioning of administrative violations in lottery business

DECREE

On sanctioning of administrative violations in lottery business

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

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of Local Administration No. 72/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations No. 15/2012/QH13, amended and supplemented under 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 Anti-Money Laundering Law No. 14/2022/QH15, amended and supplemented under Law No. 23/2026/QH16;

Pursuant to the Counter-Terrorism Law No. 28/2013/QH13, amended and supplemented under Law No. 14/2022/QH15;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance;

The Government hereby promulgates the Decree on sanctioning of administrative violations in lottery business.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

1. This Decree prescribes administrative violations; completed administrative violations and in-progress administrative violations; sanctions and enforcement of sanctions; remedial measures; competence to make written records of administrative violations and competence to sanction administrative violations in lottery business.

2. Acts of administrative violations in other sectors related to lottery business other than those specified in this Decree, but prescribed in other documents shall be sanctioned according to the provisions of such documents.

Article 2. Subjects of application

1. Vietnamese and foreign individuals and organizations that commit administrative violations in the field of lottery business specified in this Decree.

2. Organizations subject to administrative sanctions in the field of lottery business under this Decree, including:

a) Lottery businesses;

b) Institutional lottery agents;

c) Related organizations.

3. Persons competent to sanction administrative violations, persons competent to make written records of administrative violations, and other related individuals and organizations.

Article 3. Sanctions and remedial measures, fine levels, enforcement of the sanction of suspension of lottery business operations for a definite term, and sanctioning of administrative violations in the electronic environment

1. Principal sanctions:

a) Caution;

b) Fine.

2. Additional sanctions:

a) Suspension of lottery business operations for a definite term;

b) Confiscation of material evidences of administrative violations or means used for commission of administrative violations (below collectively referred to as material evidences and means of administrative violations);

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of the certificate of eligibility for lottery business that has been altered or erased so as to distort its contents to the agency that issued such certificate;

b) Forcible conduct of lottery business within the prescribed area;

c) Forcible cancellation or correction of lottery results that are distorted or inconsistent with the written confirmation of the Lottery Supervision Council;

d) Forcible destruction of lottery tickets that have been scraped, altered, or erased for participation in prize draws and collection of prizes;

dd) Forcible supplementation or correction of incompletely or inaccurately reported data;

e) Forcible destruction of documents that have been altered, erased, or forged;

g) Forcible provision of lottery drawing equipment that meets the requirements prescribed by law;

h) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations;

i) Forcible compliance with the law on anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism, and combat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

4. Fine levels to be imposed on individuals and organizations:

a) The fines imposed for administrative violations under this Decree apply to organizations, except those prescribed in Clauses 4 and 5 Article 8, Clause 1 Article 11, Clause 1 Article 13, and Clauses 1 and 2 Article 18 of this Decree, which apply to individuals;

b) A fine to be imposed on an individual shall be 1/2 of that imposed on an organization for the same violation;

c) The maximum fine to be imposed on an individual or organization that commits an administrative violation in the field of lottery business is VND 100,000,000 or VND 200,000,000, respectively.

5. Enforcement of the sanction of suspension of lottery business operations for a definite period: When imposing the additional sanction of suspension of lottery business operations for a definite period prescribed at Point b Clause 6 Article 8, Clause 2 Article 14, Clause 4 Article 18, Point a Clause 3 Article 19, and Clause 4 Article 21 of this Decree, the competent agency or person shall identify the area where the violation occurred as the basis for imposing the sanction of suspension of lottery business operations. Suspension of lottery business operations shall apply to the area where the violation occurred. Where a lottery enterprise operates in different areas, only its lottery business operations in the area where the violation occurred shall be suspended.

6. The handling of administrative violations in the field of lottery business in the electronic environment shall comply with Article 18a of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and Articles 28a and 28b of the Government’s Decree No. 118/2021/ND-CP dated December 23, 2021, detailing a number of articles of, and measures to implement, the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, as amended and supplemented under the Government’s Decree No. 68/2025/ND-CP dated March 18, 2025, the Government’s Decree No. 190/2025/ND-CP dated July 01, 2025, and any amending and supplementing documents (if any).

Article 4. Statute of limitations for handling administrative violations in lottery business

1. The statute of limitations for handling of administrative violations in the field of lottery business shall comply with Article 6 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and any amending and supplementing documents (if any).

2. The time when administrative violations stop, which is used to determine the statute of limitations for handling a number of violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree, is prescribed as follows:

a) For acts of altering, erasing, or forging documents in an application dossier for a certificate of eligibility for lottery business; altering or erasing a certificate of eligibility for lottery business so as to distort its contents; or altering, erasing, or forging documents in the application dossier to act as a lottery agent, as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 6; Clause 1 Article 7, and Clause 1 Article 13 of this Decree, if the date of alteration, erasure, or forgery of documents in the application dossier for a certificate of eligibility for lottery business, or the date of alteration or erasure of the certificate of eligibility for lottery business, or alteration, erasure, or forgery of documents in the application dossier to act as a lottery agent cannot be determined, the time when the violation stops shall be the date on which documents in the application dossier for a certificate of eligibility for lottery business or documents in the application dossier to act as a lottery agent are discovered to have been altered or erased so as to distort their contents;

b) For acts of failing to issue regulations detailing the procedures for recalling unsold lottery tickets, failing to develop and publicly announce lottery drawing rules, or failing to issue regulations on the management and use of computerized lottery business server data, as prescribed at Point a Clause 1,Article 12, Point c Clause 1 Article 16; and Clause 1 Article 21 of this Decree, the time the violation stops shall be the date on which the regulations detailing the procedures for recalling unsold lottery tickets are issued, the lottery drawing rules are publicly announced, or the regulations on the management and use of computerized lottery business server data are issued;

c) For violations of the reporting requirements prescribed in Article 23 of this Decree, the time when the violation stops shall be the date on which the report is submitted.

Article 5. Transfer of violation case dossiers showing signs of crime for penal liability examination

1. Upon detecting a violation prescribed in Clause 1 Article 6, Clauses 1 and 3 Article 7, Clause 1 Article 13, Clause 1 Article 14, Clause 3 Article 16, Clause 1 Article 18, or Point b Clause 3 Article 24 of this Decree, if the violation is deemed to show signs of a crime, the competent person handling the case shall immediately transfer the case dossier to the criminal procedure-conducting agency for penal liability examination in accordance with Article 62 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

2. In cases where the criminal procedure-conducting agency does not examine it for penal liability, the dossier on the violation case shall be transferred to the person competent to impose administrative sanctions under Clause 3 Article 62 and Article 63 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations for administrative sanctioning in accordance with this Decree.

Chapter II

VIOLATIONS, SANCTIONS, AND REMEDIAL MEASURES IN THE FIELD OF LOTTERY BUSINESS

Section 1

VIOLATIONS AGAINST REGULATIONS ON ISSUANCE AND USE OF CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR LOTTERY BUSINESS

Article 6. Violations of regulations on application dossiers for certificates of eligibility for lottery business

1. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of altering, erasing, or forging documents in an application dossier for a certificate of eligibility for lottery business where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible destruction of documents that have been altered, erased, or forged, for administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 7. Violations against regulations on issuance, management and use of certificates of eligibility for lottery business

1. A fine from VND 80,000,000 to VND 120,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of erasing or altering a certificate of eligibility for lottery business so as to distort its contents where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. A fine from VND 120,000,000 to VND 160,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of leasing, lending or transferring certificates of eligibility for lottery business.

3. A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting lottery business without a certificate of eligibility for lottery business issued by the competent state agency, where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

4. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible return of the certificate of eligibility for lottery business that has been altered or erased so as to distort its contents to the agency that issued such certificate, for administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in this Article.

Section 2

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING THE PRINTING, ISSUANCE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOTTERY TICKETS

Article 8. Violations against regulations on the printing and issuance of lottery tickets

1. A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000, shall be imposed for the following violations:

a) Printing lottery tickets without sufficient information as prescribed by law;

b) Entering into contracts for printing lottery tickets with a printing establishment that fails to satisfy the conditions for printing lottery tickets.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000, shall be imposed for the following violations:

a) Issuing lottery tickets with denominations inconsistent with the provisions of law;

b) Issuing lottery tickets in quantities exceeding the limits prescribed by law;

c) Issuing lottery tickets contrary to the lottery drawing schedule prescribed by law;

d) Issuing computerized lottery tickets at times inconsistent with the provisions of law.

3. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of printing insufficient quantities of lottery tickets for each type of lottery ticket code and the prize structure announced for issuance.

4. A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of scraping, altering, or erasing lottery tickets in any form for participation in prize draws and collection of prizes.

5. A fine from VND 80,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of counterfeiting lottery tickets in any form for participation in prize draws and collection of prizes.

6. Additional sanctions:

a) Confiscation of all lottery tickets involved in the administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 2, 4, and 5 of this Article;

b) Suspension of lottery business operations from 1 month to 2 months, for administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.

7. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible destruction of lottery tickets that have been scraped, altered, or erased in any form for participation in prize draws and collection of prizes as prescribed in Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article.

Article 9. Violations against regulations on distribution of lottery tickets

1. A caution shall be imposed for the act of selling lottery tickets at a price other than the denomination printed on the lottery ticket.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of selling lottery tickets to individuals who are ineligible to participate in lottery prize draws as prescribed by law.

3. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of distributing lottery tickets by a method other than the permitted distribution method.

4. Remedial measures:

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 10. Violations against regulations on areas for lottery business

1. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting lottery business outside the prescribed area.

2. Additional sanctions:

Confiscation of all lottery tickets sold outside the prescribed area.

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible conduct of lottery business within the area prescribed by law, for administrative violations prescribed in this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in this Article.

Article 11. Violations against regulations on participation in lottery prize draws

1. A caution or a fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed in accordance with the law on handling of administrative violations on individuals who are ineligible to participate in lottery prize draws but purchase lottery tickets to participate in such draws.

2. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of using state capital and assets to purchase lottery tickets.

3. Remedial measures:

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in this Article.

Article 12. Violations against regulations on recall, retention, and destruction of unsold lottery tickets

1. A caution shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failing to issue regulations detailing the procedures for recalling unsold lottery tickets;

b) Authorizing another lottery enterprise to recall unsold lottery tickets without written authorization.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Destroying recalled unsold lottery tickets, lottery ticket stubs, or retained portions of lotto tickets before the prescribed retention period has expired;

b) Failing to establish a Lottery Ticket Destruction Council or establishing such a Council with fewer members than prescribed by law;

c) Failing to prepare a written record after destroying unsold lottery tickets.

Article 13. Violations against regulations on lottery agents

1. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of altering, erasing, or forging documents in an application dossier act as a lottery agent where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Entering into agency contracts with individuals or organizations that fail to satisfy the conditions for acting as lottery agents prescribed by law;

b) Failing to maintain the minimum ratio of security for lottery agents’ payment obligations prescribed by law;

c) Allowing lottery agents to remain indebted beyond the prescribed term or the deadline for payment of lottery ticket sales proceeds as prescribed by law.

3. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible destruction of documents that have been altered, erased, or forged, for administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

c) Forcible compliance with legal regulations, for violations prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

Section 3

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING PRODUCT TYPES, RULES FOR PARTICIPATION IN PRIZE DRAWS, AND PRIZE STRUCTURES

Article 14. Violations against regulations on product types

1. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting business in prohibited product types where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. Additional sanctions

Suspension of lottery business operations from 1 month to 2 months, for administrative violations prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

3. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 15. Violations against regulations on prize payout ratios, prize structures, and rules for participation in prize draws

1. A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Establishing a prize payout ratio for each issuance exceeding the maximum ratio prescribed for each type of lottery;

b) Establishing a prize structure for each type of lottery inconsistent with the provisions of law.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to establish rules for participation in prize draws or disclose such rules to customers in accordance with law.

3. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the administrative violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Section 4

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF LOTTERY DRAWS AND LOTTERY MACHINES

Article 16. Violations against regulations on organization of lottery draws

1. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Organizing lottery draws contrary to the lottery drawing schedule;

b) Organizing lottery draws at a location other than the prescribed location;

c) Failing to develop and publicly announce lottery drawing rules.

2. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Selecting persons to conduct lottery draws who fail to satisfy the conditions prescribed by law;

b) Failing to have the number of persons conducting lottery draws prescribed by law;

c) Conducting lottery draws at times inconsistent with the provisions of law;

d) Conducting lottery draws inconsistent with the prescribed procedures.

3. A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for distorting lottery results where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

4. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible cancellation or correction of distorted lottery results, for administrative violations prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 17. Violations concerning lottery machines

1. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failing to sufficiently equip lottery machines prescribed by law;

b) Using bingo cages that fail to meet the management requirements prescribed by law;

c) Using lottery drawing balls that fail to meet the management requirements prescribed by law;

d) Using electronic scales or devices for checking the dimensions of lottery drawing balls that fail to meet the management requirements prescribed by law;

dd) Positioning camera systems and monitors in locations that do not allow supervision of the entire lottery drawing process as prescribed;

e) Failing to retain camera footage for the prescribed minimum period.

2. Remedial measures

Forcible equipment of lottery machines that meet the prescribed requirements, for the violations specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Section 5

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING INFORMATION AND SALES PROMOTION

Article 18. Violations against regulations on use of lottery results and information on lottery results

1. A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of using a lottery enterprise’s lottery results to organize prize draw programs in contravention of law where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination.

2. A fine from VND 80,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of providing information predicting lottery results in advance.

3. A fine from VND 180,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of reporting lottery results that are distorted or inconsistent with the written confirmation of the Lottery Supervision Council.

4. Additional sanctions

Suspension of lottery business operations from 1 month to 3 months, for administrative violations prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.

5. Remedial measures:

a) Forcible cancellation or correction of results that are distorted or inconsistent with the written confirmation of the Lottery Supervision Council, for administrative violations prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article;

b) Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in this Article.

Article 19. Violations against regulations on sales promotion in the field of lottery business

1. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting sales promotion in lottery business activities.

2. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 80,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of taking advantage of chance-based sales promotion to conduct illegal lottery business for profit by collecting money from customers.

3. Additional sanctions:

a) Suspension of lottery business operations from 1 month to 2 months, for administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article;

b) Confiscation of all means and material evidence used for sales promotion prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

4. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

Section 6

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING PRIZE PAYMENTS, RETENTION OF WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS, AND CONDITIONS FOR COMPUTERIZED LOTTERY BUSINESS

Article 20. Violations against regulations on prize payment

1. A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of paying prizes for lottery tickets that fail to satisfy all conditions for prize payment prescribed by law.

2. A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Deliberately delaying prize payments to winning customers;

b) Destroying winning lottery tickets for which prizes have been paid before the prescribed retention period expired.

3. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of breaching the confidentiality of winning customers’ prize payment information.

4. A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of authorizing agents to pay prizes exceeding the prize value permitted for such authorization.

5. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the administrative violations specified in Clauses 1 and 4 of this Article.

Article 21. Violations of regulations on business conditions for computerized lottery systems

1. A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 80,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting computerized lottery business without issuing regulations on the management and use of server data or retaining computerized lottery business data for the prescribed period.

2. A fine from VND 80,000,000 to VND 120,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting computerized lottery business without satisfying all conditions for server equipment and lottery ticket sales terminals prescribed by law.

3. A fine from VND 120,000,000 to VND 160,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of conducting computerized lottery business without satisfying all software conditions prescribed by law.

4. Additional sanctions:

Suspension of lottery business operations from 1 month to 3 months, for administrative violations prescribed this Article.

5. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in this Article.

Section 7

VIOLATIONS CONCERNING AGENCY COMMISSIONS, SETTING ASIDE OF PRIZE PAYMENT RESERVE FUNDS AND FUNDS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, USE OF FUNDS, AND REPORTING REGIMES

Article 22. Administrative violations concerning agency commissions, setting aside of Prize Payment Risk Reserve Fund and funds prescribed by law, and use of funds

1. A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of paying commissions to lottery agents at rates higher than those prescribed by law.

2. A fine from VND 100,000,000 to VND 140,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of setting aside of or using the Prize Payment Risk Reserve Fund or other funds in contravention of law.

3. Remedial measures

Forcible refund of illicit profits earned through the commission of administrative violations specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 23. Administrative violations concerning reporting regimes in the field of lottery business

1. A caution shall be imposed on a lottery enterprise committing any of the following violations:

a) Failing to submit reports or submitting insufficient reports to the competent state agency as prescribed by law;

b) Failing to submit reports to the competent state management agency within the time limit as prescribed by law.

2. A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of providing inadequate or inaccurate information or data to competent state agencies.

3. Remedial measures

Forcible supplementation or correction of reported data by the lottery enterprise, for administrative violations prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

Section 8

VIOLATIONS ON PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF MONEY LAUNDERING, FINANCING OF TERRORISM AND FINANCING OF PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN THE FIELD OF LOTTERY BUSINESS

Article 24. Violations against regulations on prevention and combat of money laundering; terrorist financing; financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in lottery business

1. Lottery enterprises committing violations of regulations on customer identification and the collection, updating, and verification of customer identification information; or on responsibilities for developing internal regulations and reporting, providing, and retaining information and dossiers shall be sanctioned as follows:

a) A fine from VND 40,000,000 to VND 80,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to identify customers, update information, conduct verification, or update the blacklist; or identifying customers or updating or verifying customer information in contravention of the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of weapons of mass destruction;

b) A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 120,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to monitor certain special transactions as prescribed by the law on anti-money laundering;

c) A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 120,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to comply with regulations on the retention and confidentiality of information, dossiers, documents, and reports on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

d) A fine from VND 80,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to apply or improperly applying internal regulations on internal control and internal audit as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; failing to apply internal regulations on the assignment of personnel or units, or failing to register the assignment of personnel or units responsible for prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; or failing to apply or improperly applying internal regulations on training, professional development, and recruitment as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

dd) A fine from VND 100,000,000 to VND 120,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to issue or improperly issuing internal regulations on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

e) A fine from VND 120,000,000 to VND 180,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to assess the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; failing to update risk assessment results annually; failing to submit reports on risk assessment results and updates or submitting such reports after the prescribed deadline; or failing to disseminate risk assessment results and updates throughout the reporting entity’s system as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorism, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

g) A fine from VND 120,000,000 to VND 180,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to develop regulations on customer classification; failing to classify customers by risk level; or failing to develop and issue risk management procedures for money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

h) A fine from VND 120,000,000 to VND 180,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to issue policies and procedures for identifying and assessing money laundering risk levels before providing new products or services, or existing products or services using innovative technology, as prescribed by the law on anti-money laundering;

i) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of violating regulations on responsibilities relating to foreign politically exposed persons as prescribed by the law on anti-money laundering.

2. Lottery enterprises committing violations against regulations on the provision of information on anti-money laundering, reporting of large-value transactions, and reporting of suspicious transactions shall be sanctioned as follows:

a) A fine from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to comply with regulations on reporting large-value transactions and suspicious transactions as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;

b) A fine from VND 100,000,000 to VND 180,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to report or provide information, dossiers, documents, or reports for the prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction at the request of the competent state agency as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorism, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

3. Lottery enterprises committing prohibited acts in the prevention and combat of money laundering and terrorist financing shall be sanctioned as follows:

a) A fine from VND 130,000,000 to VND 150,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of establishing or maintaining anonymous accounts or accounts under fictitious names; or unlawfully providing services involving the receipt of cash, checks, or other monetary instruments and the making of payments to beneficiaries;

b) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of organizing, participating in, or facilitating money laundering; obstructing the provision of information for the prevention and combat of money laundering and terrorist financing where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination; failing to report terrorist financing where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination; or directly or indirectly providing money, assets, financial resources, economic resources, financial services, or other services to organizations or individuals involved in terrorism or terrorist financing where the violation is not serious enough for penal liability examination;

c) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to apply transaction postponement measures or failing to report to a competent state agency as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; or failing to freeze funds or accounts, seal assets, or temporarily seize assets as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

4. Lottery enterprises committing violations against regulations on prevention and combat of terrorist financing and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction shall be sanctioned as follows:

a) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to report to counter-terrorism forces upon detecting signs or acts of terrorist financing as prescribed by the law on counter-terrorism;

b) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to report suspicious transactions involving terrorist financing; or failing to apply provisional measures or report the application of provisional measures where a customer or a customer’s transaction is suspected of being related to terrorist financing or the customer is included in the Counter-terrorism Blacklist;

c) A fine from VND 160,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of failing to notify a competent agency upon detecting acts of proliferation and financing of proliferation activities or other violations of the law on prevention and combat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as prescribed by the law on prevention and combat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

5. Remedial measures

Forcible compliance with legal regulations, for violations prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.

Chapter III

COMPETENCE TO MAKE WRITTEN RECORDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS; COMPETENCE TO SANCTION ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS; PRINCIPLES OF DETERMINATION AND DIVISION OF COMPETENCE TO SANCTION ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN LOTTERY BUSINESS

Article 25. Competence of Directors of provincial-level Departments of Finance, heads of inspection teams established by the Ministry of Finance, heads of organizations under the Ministry of Finance assigned to perform inspection duties within the scope of state management of lottery business

1. Directors of provincial-level Departments of Finance may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 160,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

2. Heads of inspection teams established by the Ministry of Finance may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

3. Heads of organizations under the Ministry of Finance assigned to perform inspection duties within the scope of state management of lottery business may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

Article 26. Competence of chairpersons of People’s Committees

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

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 100,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

2. Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

Article 27. Competence of the Public Security Force

1. People’s Public Security officers on duty may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 20,000,000;

c) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding 2 times the fine prescribed at Point b of this Clause.

2. Chiefs of commune-level public security offices may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 100,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

3. The Head of the Financial and Investment Security Division under the Economic Security Department; the Head of the Division for Guidance and Management of Business Lines Subject to Security and Order Conditions and Seals under the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order; the Head of the Division for Prevention and Combat of Crimes Using Cyberspace to Infringe upon Social Order under the Police Department for Investigation of Corruption, Economic and Smuggling Crimes; heads of provincial-level public security divisions, including heads of Police Divisions for Administrative Management of Social Order, heads of the Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Combat Divisions, heads of Economic Security Divisions, heads of Police Divisions for Investigation of Corruption, Economic, and Environmental Smuggling Crimes; and the Chief of Office of the Police Investigation Agency of provincial-level Public Security Departments may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 160,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

4. Directors of provincial-level Police Departments may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

5. The Director of the Economic Security Department, the Director of the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention Department, the Director of the Police Department for Investigation of Corruption, Economic and Smuggling Crimes; and the Chief of Office of the Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security may:

a) Impose caution;

b) Impose fines of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Suspend lottery business operations for a definite period;

d) Confiscate material evidences and means of administrative violations;

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

Article 28. Competence to make records of administrative violations in the field of lottery business

1. Civil servants, public employees, and members of the People’s Public Security Forces performing public duties, tasks, inspections, or examinations concerning lottery business activities are competent to make records of administrative violations prescribed in this Decree.

2. Persons holding the positions prescribed in Articles 25, 26, and 27 of this Decree are competent to make records of administrative violations within the scope of state management of the sectors and fields under their management while performing public duties, inspections, or examinations.

3. Where a violation exceeds the administrative sanctioning competence of the person making the record or falls within the sanctioning competence of another position holder, the person making the record of the administrative violation shall transfer the case dossier to the person competent to impose administrative sanctions in accordance with the law on handling of administrative violations.

Article 29. Principles for or determining and delimiting competence to impose administrative sanctions and apply remedial measures in the field of lottery business

1. The principles for determining and delimiting competence to impose administrative sanctions and apply remedial measures shall comply with Article 52 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and amending and supplementing documents (if any).

2. The person holding the position prescribed in Clause 1 Article 25 of this Decree has the power, within their competence, to impose administrative sanctions for violations prescribed in Articles 6 and 7; Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Article 8; Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17; Clauses 1, 2, 4, and 5 Article 18; and Articles 20, 22, and 23 of this Decree.

3. Persons holding the positions prescribed in Clause 1 Article 26 and Article 27 of this Decree has the power, within their competence, to impose administrative sanctions for violations prescribed in Articles 6 and 7; Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Article 8; Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17; Clauses 1, 2, 4, and 5 Article 18; and Articles 20, 22, and 24 of this Decree.

4. The person holding the position prescribed in Clause 2 Article 25 of this Decree has the power, within their competence, to impose administrative sanctions for violations prescribed in this Decree.

5. The person holding the position prescribed in Clause 2 Article 26 of this Decree has the power, within their competence, to impose administrative sanctions for violations prescribed in Articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, and 24 of this Decree.

6. The person holding the position prescribed in Clause 3 Article 25 of this Decree has the power, within their competence, to impose administrative sanctions for violations prescribed in this Decree.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 30. Effect

1. This Decree takes effect from November 30, 2026.

2. The Government repeals the provisions on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of lottery business in:

a) The Government’s Decree No. 98/2013/ND-CP dated August 28, 2013, on sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of insurance business and lottery business;

b) Clause 1 Article 1 of the Government's Decree No. 48/2018/ND-CP dated March 21, 2018, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 98/2013/ND-CP dated August 28, 2013, on sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of insurance business and lottery business;

c) Clauses 1 and 2 Article 2 of the Government’s Decree No. 80/2019/ND-CP dated November 01, 2019, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 73/2016/ND-CP of July 01, 2016, detailing the Law on Insurance Business and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Insurance Business; and the Government’s Decree No. 98/2013/ND-CP of August 28, 2013, on sanctioning of administrative violations in insurance business and lottery business;

d) Article 3 of the Government's Decree No. 102/2021/ND-CP dated November 16, 2021, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decrees on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of taxes and invoices; customs; insurance business and lottery business; management and use of public property; thrift practice and waste combat; national reserve; state treasury; accounting, independent audit.

Article 31. Transitional provisions

Where an administrative sanctioning decision was issued before this Decree takes effect and the sanctioned individual or organization continues to pursue a complaint after the effective date of this Decree, the complaint shall be resolved under the Government’s Decree No. 98/2013/ND-CP dated August 28, 2013, on sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of insurance business and lottery business, as applicable at the time the administrative violation was committed.

Article 32. Implementation organization

1. The Minister of Finance shall guide and organize the implementation of this Decree.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall implement this Decree.