On November 27, with the majority of delegates participating in the vote in favor, the Hanoi People's Council passed the Resolution "Regulating the level of fines for some administrative violations in the field of fire prevention and fighting in Hanoi" as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 33 of the Capital Law.
According to the Resolution, the penalty level will be increased by groups for 69 acts specified in Decree 106/2025/ND-CP, specifically:
Group 1: Increase the penalty level by 1.5 times (average) compared to the provisions of Decree 106/2025/ND-CP for 30 common violations, not of a particularly serious nature, the remediation of these violations can be carried out in a short time, typically as organizations and individuals have implemented a number of regulations on fire prevention and fighting but not fully, not regularly maintaining fire prevention and fighting safety conditions for facilities and works.
These violations need to increase the penalty level to strengthen prevention, education, raise awareness, consciousness, and responsibility in fire prevention and fighting, limit recidivism, accept to pay fines but still violate..., typically: Not organizing propaganda, establishing a grassroots fire prevention and fighting team, not organizing fire prevention and fighting training, not maintaining fire prevention and fighting equipment...
Group 2: Increase the penalty to the maximum level (VND 50 million for individuals, VND 100 million for organizations) in the field of fire prevention and fighting as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 23 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations 2012 and Point c, Clause 1, Article 24 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, Clause 1, Article 4 of Decree No. 106/2025/ND-CP for 39 violations of "intentional" nature, serious violations, violations that are direct causes of fire and explosion, when a fire or explosion is likely to cause serious consequences for people and property, it is necessary to increase the penalty level to strengthen general deterrence and prevention, forcing investors and head of establishments to organize remedial measures, typically: violations of using fire sources, heat sources, using electrical equipment, transporting, transporting dangerous goods, transporting fire, fire extinguishments, fire extinguishments, fire-prone equipment, fire-proofing equipment, fire prevention and fighting equipment, fire prevention and fighting equipment, fire prevention and fighting equipment, fire prevention and fire prevention equipment, fire prevention and fighting equipment, fire prevention and fighting equipment, fire prevention and fighting...
For the group of acts of raising the penalty level to the maximum level, it is divided into groups due to implementation according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 23 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations 2012 and Point c, Clause 1, Article 24 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, Clause 1, Article 4 of Decree No. 106/2025/ND-CP: "The maximum fine in the field of fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue for individuals is up to VND 50,000,000. For organizations with the same violation, the fine is twice the fine for individuals".
- Increase the maximum penalty twice: 34 violations.
- Increase the maximum penalty for 1.6 times 4 violations (due to the fine in Decree 106 stipulated from 20 million to 30 million VND, cannot be increased further due to the provisions of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations limiting the fine in the field of fire prevention and fighting to 50 million VND).
- Increase the maximum penalty for 1.2 times 1 violation (due to the fine in Decree 106 stipulated from 30 million to 40 million VND, cannot be increased further due to the provisions of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations limiting the fine in the field of fire prevention and fighting to 50 million VND).
