Failure to pay apartment maintenance fees will be fined up to 30 million VND

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 1, Article 62, Decree 339/2026/ND-CP stipulates penalties for administrative violations in the fields of construction, management of technical infrastructure works, management, housing development, and real estate business (effective from August 26, 2026), stipulating fines from 20 million VND to 30 million VND for the act of not paying maintenance fees for the common ownership part of the apartment building as prescribed.

Point a, Clause 4, Article 62, Decree 339/2026/ND-CP stipulates remedial measures as follows:

a) Forced to fully pay the maintenance costs for the common ownership part of the apartment building according to the regulations for the acts specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Clause 4, Article 5 of Decree 339/2026/ND-CP stipulates:

a) The penalty level for administrative violations specified in this Decree is the penalty level applied to organizations, except for the cases specified in point b of this clause. For the same administrative violation, the penalty level applied to individuals is equal to half of the penalty level applied to organizations;

b) The fine level for administrative violations specified in Clause 1, Article 10; Clause 1, Article 13; Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 54; Clause 1, Clause 2, Article 57; Clause 1, Article 58; Clause 1, Article 61; Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 62; Point a, Point b, Point d Clause 2, Article 64; Clause 1, Article 73; Clause 1, Article 74 of this Decree is the penalty level applied to individuals.

Thus, from August 26, 2026, people who do not pay maintenance fees for the common ownership part of the apartment building will be fined up to 30 million VND and are forced to pay the full maintenance fees for the common ownership part of the apartment building as prescribed.