How are parents punished for preventing children from getting married?

Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 1, Article 62 of Decree 109/2026/ND-CP Regulating penalties for administrative violations in the field of judicial support; judicial administration; marriage and family; civil judgment enforcement; recovery, bankruptcy of enterprises, cooperatives (effective from May 18, 2026) stipulates as follows:

A fine of between VND 5,000,000,000 and VND 10,000,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts:

a) Having a wife or husband but marrying another person, not having a wife or not having a husband but marrying someone you clearly know is having a husband or wife;

b) Having a wife or husband and living together as husband and wife with another person;

c) Not having a wife or not having a husband but living as husband and wife with a person whom they clearly know is having a husband or is having a wife;

d) Marriage or cohabitation as husband and wife between a person who was once an adoptive father or mother with an adopted child, father-in-law with a daughter-in-law, mother-in-law with a son-in-law, stepfather with a wife's child, stepmother with a husband's child;

e) Obstructing marriage, demanding wealth in marriage or obstructing divorce.

Thus, from May 18, 2026, parents who obstruct their children from getting married will be fined up to 10,000,000 VND.