In February 2025, many new policies will take effect, notably those related to hydrology; insurance business; amending regulations on forest rangers and specialized forest protection forces...
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Administrative violations in the field of hydrometeorology are fined up to 100 million VND
The Government issued Decree No. 155/2024/ND-CP dated December 10, 2024, stipulating administrative sanctions for violations in the field of hydrometeorology. This Decree stipulates administrative violations, forms of sanctions, levels of sanctions, remedial measures for administrative violations, authority to sanction and authority to draw up records of administrative violations in the field of hydrometeorology.
According to the Decree, for each administrative violation in the field of hydrometeorology, the violating organization or individual must be subject to a fine. The maximum fine for an administrative violation in the field of hydrometeorology is 50 million VND for an individual and 100 million VND for an organization.
Additional penalties include: Suspension of the license to operate in hydrometeorological forecasting and warning from 1 month to 12 months; confiscation of exhibits and means used to commit the violation.
In addition to the main and additional penalties, depending on the nature and severity of the violation, the administrative violator shall be subject to the remedial measures prescribed in Points a, e and i, Clause 1, Article 28 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the following remedial measures: Forced cancellation of results, products, data, bulletins and publications obtained as a result of the violation; forced addition or installation of hydrometeorological monitoring stations and measuring devices; forced organization to conduct hydrometeorological monitoring... The Decree takes effect from February 1, 2025.
Administrative violations in insurance business are fined up to 200 million VND
The Government issued Decree No. 174/2024/ND-CP regulating administrative sanctions for violations in the field of insurance business, effective from February 15, 2025.
This Decree stipulates administrative violations, completed administrative violations and ongoing administrative violations; forms of sanctions, levels of sanctions, and remedial measures for each administrative violation; subjects subject to sanctions; sanctioning authority, specific fine levels for each position, and authority to draw up records of administrative violations in the field of insurance business.
For each administrative violation in the field of insurance business, the organization or individual shall be subject to the main form of sanction which is a fine. The level of fine for an organization is twice the level of fine for an individual for the same violation. The maximum fine for an individual committing an administrative violation in the field of insurance business is 100 million VND, and for an organization is 200 million VND. In addition, there is an additional form of sanction which is temporary suspension of operations.
Amending regulations on Forest Rangers and Specialized Forest Protection Forces
The Government has just issued Decree 159/2024/ND-CP dated December 18, 2024 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 01/2019/ND-CP dated January 1, 2019 of the Government on Forest Rangers and Specialized Forest Protection Forces. Decree 159/2024/ND-CP amends and supplements a number of regulations on the tasks and powers of Forest Rangers; Central Forest Rangers; Provincial Forest Rangers; District Forest Rangers; Forest Ranger civil servants; Forest Ranger Organizations of special-use forests, protection forests...
The Special-use Forest Ranger Division and the Protective Forest Ranger Division are administrative organizations under the Forestry Department for special-use forests and protective forests managed by the Central Government; under the Provincial Forest Ranger Sub-Department for special-use forests and protective forests managed by localities. The Special-use Forest Ranger Division and the Protective Forest Ranger Division have a supporting unit, the Forest Ranger Station...
This Decree comes into force from February 2, 2025.
New regulations on organization and operation of People's Public Security Inspectorate
The Government issued Decree 164/2024/ND-CP dated December 25, 2024 regulating the organization and operation of the People's Public Security Inspectorate. The Decree takes effect from February 10, 2025.
Regarding the functions of the People's Public Security Inspectorate, Decree 164/2024/ND-CP clearly states: Within the scope of its tasks and powers, the People's Public Security Inspectorate assists the Chief of Public Security at the same level in performing state management of inspection work, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity; conducting inspections, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity according to the provisions of law.
Decree 164/2024/ND-CP specifically stipulates the inspection contents: Inspection of the implementation of policies, laws, assigned tasks and powers of the subjects specified in Clause 1, Article 4 of this Decree; Inspection of law compliance by agencies, organizations and individuals under the state management scope of national security protection, ensuring social order and safety of the Ministry of Public Security according to the provisions of law.
Based on the inspection results report, appraisal results report and explanatory documents, comments (if any), the person making the inspection decision directs the completion of the draft inspection conclusion, reports and asks for opinions from the Chief of Police at the same level on the draft inspection conclusion.
No later than 30 days from the date of receiving instructions from the Chief of Police at the same level, the person making the inspection decision must complete and issue the inspection conclusion.
The disclosure of inspection conclusions shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 79 of the Law on Inspection. For inspection conclusions containing state secrets, the person issuing the inspection decision shall make copies thereof in accordance with the provisions and disclose the contents that do not contain state secrets.
Abolish some regulations on prohibited, restricted and conditional business goods and services
The Government issued Decree No. 173/2024/ND-CP partially abolishing Decree No. 59/2006/ND-CP dated June 12, 2006 detailing the Law on Commerce on goods and services prohibited from trading, restricted from trading and conditional trading, and abolishing Decree No. 43/2009/ND-CP dated May 7, 2009 amending and supplementing the List of goods and services prohibited from trading of Decree No. 59/2006/ND-CP.
In Decree No. 43/2009/ND-CP, the Government added serial number 19 (cigarettes, cigars and other types of smuggled finished tobacco products) to Section A of Appendix I in the List of prohibited goods and services (issued with Decree No. 59/2006/ND-CP dated June 12, 2006 of the Government).
Decree No. 173/2024/ND-CP has completely abolished Decree No. 43/2009/ND-CP amending and supplementing the List of prohibited goods and services of Decree No. 59/2006/ND-CP. In addition, Decree No. 173/2024/ND-CP also partially abolishes Decree No. 59/2006/ND-CP as follows:
Abolish points b and c, Clause 1, Article 4 and Article 6 (Conditions for trading in restricted goods and services), Article 7 (Conditions for trading in conditional goods and services), Article 8 (Inspection of business conditions); abolish points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 18 in Section A on Goods and the entire Section B on Services of Appendix I of the List of prohibited goods and services; abolish Appendix II of the List of restricted goods and services and Appendix III of the List of conditional goods and services. Decree No. 173/2024/ND-CP takes effect from February 15, 2025.
Support agricultural production damaged by natural disasters and plant pests
The Government issued Decree No. 9/2025/ND-CP dated January 10, 2025, stipulating policies to support agricultural production to restore production in areas damaged by natural disasters and plant pests. This Decree stipulates policies to support plant varieties, livestock, aquaculture, forestry, salt production or part of the initial production costs to restore agricultural production in areas damaged by natural disasters and plant pests.
Supported subjects are individuals, households, farm owners, cooperative groups, cooperatives, cooperative unions, agencies and units of the people's armed forces (excluding enterprises of the armed forces) engaged in cultivation, forestry, animal husbandry, aquaculture, salt production (hereinafter referred to as production establishments) suffering damage due to natural disasters and plant pests.
The Decree stipulates the responsibility of beneficiaries of the state budget to provide full information and data on damage caused by natural disasters and plant pests at the request of competent authorities; and to be responsible before the law for the accuracy and truthfulness of information and data on damage. Decree No. 9/2025/ND-CP takes effect from February 25, 2025; replacing Decree No. 02/2017/ND-CP dated January 9, 2017 of the Government on mechanisms and policies to support agricultural production to restore production in areas damaged by natural disasters and diseases.
Damage caused by natural disasters occurring from September 1, 2024 that has not received support according to the provisions of Decree No. 02/2017/ND-CP shall be implemented according to the provisions of Decree No. 9/2025/ND-CP.
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