People who intentionally cause water seepage and leaks in apartments, fined up to 130 million VND

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 3, 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 100 million VND to 130 million VND for one of the following acts:

a) Intentionally causing seepage and leaks in apartment buildings;

b) Using paint color, exterior decoration of apartments and apartment buildings not in accordance with design and architecture regulations;

c) Arbitrarily changing the function and purpose of using the common ownership part, using the common apartment building;

d) Using apartments for non-housing purposes, except for leasing for living according to the provisions of housing law;

e) Failure to manage and operate multi-story multi-apartment houses of individuals as prescribed;

e) Using individual houses for business purposes of flammable and explosive materials, business services causing environmental pollution, noise, affecting social order and safety, and residential area activities without complying with the provisions of law on business conditions.

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 intentionally cause water seepage and leaks in apartments may be fined up to 130 million VND.