The Government issued Decree No. 81/2026/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in the field of railway traffic. Among them, noteworthy are the regulations on penalties for railway business violations.
For acts of violating regulations on railway transport business, Article 36 of the Decree details the penalty level.
A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and VND 5,000 shall be imposed on enterprises directly engaged in railway transport business that commit one of the following violations:
Transporting bodies and remains against regulations;
Transporting live animals not in accordance with regulations;
Failure to list, announce, or publicize transportation prices at railway stations and publicly announce them in the mass media or on the website of railway transport business enterprises before the time of application;
Not notifying passengers of the remaining seats for trains selling tickets by electronic system as prescribed.
A fine of between VND 5,000 and VND 10,000 shall be imposed on railway transport businesses that do not implement ticket price reductions or implement ticket price reductions not in accordance with regulations.
A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed on railway transport businesses that commit one of the following violations:
Failure to perform special transport and social security tasks as required by the head of a competent state management agency as prescribed;
Failure to properly implement regulations on transporting oversized and overweight goods;
Failure to properly implement regulations on loading, unloading, and transporting dangerous goods;
Not ensuring the minimum living conditions of passengers in case transportation is interrupted due to traffic accidents or natural disasters, enemy attacks;
Failure to comply with regulations on loading and reinforcing goods on carriages;
Not arranging enough staff to work on ships according to regulations;
Do not develop operating procedures for positions of staff working on ships as prescribed.
In addition to being subject to penalties, the organization performing the violation is also subject to the following remedial measures:
Performing the acts specified in points a and b, clause 1 of this Article, forcing the body, remains, and live animals to be brought down to the train at the nearest station for handling according to regulations;
Performing the acts specified in point a, clause 3 of this Article, is forced to perform special transport and social security tasks at the request of the head of the competent state management agency as prescribed.
This Decree takes effect from May 15, 2026.
