Minister of Public Security Lương Tam Quang presented the draft revised Law on Handling of Administrative Violations to the National Assembly, proposing to raise the maximum administrative fine to VND 1.5 billion for individuals and VND 3 billion for organizations. The draft sets the 1.5 billion VND ceiling for individuals in fields including supplementary pension fund management, credit rating services, product standards and quality, electronic identification and authentication, environmental protection and food safety. However, these are maximum caps rather than fixed penalties: the fine for each violation is set separately based on its nature, severity and consequences, so not every breach in these fields would incur the maximum. The proposal is still a draft and is not yet in effect.
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