Using apartments for business fined up to 130 million VND

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Point d, 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, real estate business (effective from August 26, 2026), stipulating fines from 100 million VND to 130 million VND for one of the following acts: Using apartments for non-housing purposes, except for leasing for living according to the provisions of the law on housing.

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

e) Forcing the use of apartments for residential purposes for the acts specified in Point d, Clause 3 of this Article.

Clause 4, Article 5, 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 using apartments for business will be fined up to 130 million VND and forced to use apartments for residential purposes.