Decree No. 186/2026/ND-CP

DECREE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF DECREE NO. 99/2013/ND-CP DATED 29 AUGUST 2013 OF THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY DECREE NO. 126/2021/ND-CP DATED 30 DECEMBER 2021 AND DECREE NO. 46/2024/ND-CP DATED 04 MAY 2024 OF THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the Law on Organisation of the Government No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Organisation of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations No. 15/2012/QH13, as amended and supplemented by the Law on Customs No. 54/2014/QH13, the Law on Fisheries No. 18/2017/QH14, Law No. 67/2020/QH14, Law No. 09/2022/QH15, the Law on Inspection No. 11/2022/QH15, Law No. 56/2024/QH15 and Law No. 88/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Intellectual Property No. 50/2005/QH11, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 36/2009/QH12, Law No. 42/2019/QH14, Law No. 07/2022/QH15, the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation No. 93/2025/QH15 and Law No. 131/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Information Technology No. 67/2006/QH11, as amended and supplemented by the Law on Planning No. 21/2017/QH14, the Law on Electronic Transactions No. 20/2023/QH15, the Law on Telecommunications No. 24/2023/QH15, the Law on Digital Technology Industry No. 71/2025/QH15 and the Law on Inspection No. 84/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Competition No. 23/2018/QH14;

Pursuant to the Law on Enterprises No. 59/2020/QH14, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 03/2022/QH15 and Law No. 76/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Inspection No. 84/2025/QH15;

At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology;

The Government promulgates a Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 99/2013/ND-CP dated 29 August 2013 of the Government providing for penalties for administrative violations in the field of industrial property, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 126/2021/ND-CP dated 30 December 2021 and Decree No. 46/2024/ND-CP dated 04 May 2024 of the Government.

Article 1. Amending and supplementing Point a, Clause 3, Article 3

“a) Compelling the removal of infringing elements from goods and business means; compelling the return of domain names; compelling the revocation of domain names; blocking access to domain names infringing industrial property rights; compelling the change of enterprise names and business household names; removing infringing elements from enterprise names and business household names;”.

Article 2. Amending and supplementing Point c, Clause 18, Article 14

“c) Compelling the change of enterprise names and business household names, removing infringing elements from enterprise names and business household names, for the violations specified at Point a, Clause 13 and Clause 15 of this Article; compelling the return of domain names; blocking access to domain names infringing industrial property rights, for the violation specified at Point a, Clause 16 of this Article;”.

Article 3. Amending and supplementing Article 15

“Article 15. Division of competence to impose penalties

1. The Director of the Intellectual Property Office, the Head of a specialised industrial property inspection team established by the Director of the Intellectual Property Office, and the Head of a specialised industrial property inspection team established by the Minister of Science and Technology, within the inspection period and the scope of assigned duties, have the competence to penalise violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree.

2. Market Management, and the Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Industry and Trade, within the inspection period and the scope of assigned duties, have the competence to penalise the following violations:

a) Violations specified in Articles 12 and 13 of this Decree in the production, trading, offering, transport, storage and display of goods and the provision of commercial services in the domestic market;

b) Violations specified in Articles 6, 9, 11 and 14 of this Decree in the trading, offering, transport, storage and display of goods and the provision of commercial services in the domestic market. Where, in handling a violation specified at Point b of this Clause, the establishment producing that type of goods is identified, Market Management and the Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Industry and Trade have the competence to continue handling the violation at the production establishment.

3. Customs, and the Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Finance, within the inspection period and the scope of assigned duties, have the competence to penalise violations specified in Articles 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Decree in the import of goods, transit, and the transport of goods within the customs operating area.

4. The Police, and the Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Public Security, within the inspection period and the scope of assigned duties, have the competence to penalise violations specified in Clause 1, Article 5, Point e, Clause 1 and Clause 4, Article 7, Clause 4, Article 8, and Articles 9, 12 and 13 of this Decree.

5. The Chairperson of the provincial or commune People's Committee has the competence to penalise violations in the field of industrial property occurring in the locality under the principles for determining and dividing competence to impose administrative penalties prescribed in Articles 37a and 52 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.

6. The Director of the Department of Science and Technology has the competence to penalise violations specified in Chapter II of this Decree occurring in the locality under the principles for determining and dividing competence to impose administrative penalties prescribed in Articles 37a and 52 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.”.

Article 4. Adding Article 15a after Article 15

“Article 15a. Competence to impose penalties of titleholders under the Ministry of Science and Technology

1. The Head of a specialised industrial property inspection team established by the Director of the Intellectual Property Office has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

2. The Director of the Intellectual Property Office has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

3. The Head of a specialised industrial property inspection team established by the Minister of Science and Technology has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.”.

Article 5. Repealing Articles 16 and 17

Article 6. Amending and supplementing Article 18

“Article 18. Competence to impose penalties of Market Management

1. A market inspector on duty has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 25,000,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause.

2. The Team Leader of a Market Management Team under the Market Management Sub-Department under the Department of Industry and Trade has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 75,000,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause;

d) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

3. The Head of a Market Management Sub-Department, and the Head of a Market Management Professional Division under the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development, have the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 125,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

4. The Director of the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

5. The Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Industry and Trade has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.”.

Article 7. Amending and supplementing Article 19

“Article 19. Competence to impose penalties of Customs

1. A Customs official on duty has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 12,500,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause.

2. The Team Leader of a border gate/outside-border-gate Customs Team, the Team Leader of the Review and Post-Clearance Audit Team, the Team Leader of the Customs Clearance Team, and the Team Leader of the Customs Control Team under a Regional Customs Sub-Department; the Team Leader of the Anti-Smuggling Control Team under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Sub-Department; and the Team Leader of the Regional Post-Clearance Audit Team under the Post-Clearance Audit Sub-Department have the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 75,000,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause;

d) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

3. The Head of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Sub-Department, the Head of the Post-Clearance Audit Sub-Department, and the Head of a Regional Customs Sub-Department have the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 125,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

4. The Director of the Customs Department has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

5. The Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Finance has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, c, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.”.

Article 8. Amending and supplementing Article 20

“Article 20. Competence to impose penalties of the People's Public Security

1. A People's Public Security soldier on duty has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 25,000,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause.

2. The Chief of a Police Post, the Head of a Station, and the Team Leader have the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 75,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation of a value not exceeding 02 times the fine specified at Point b of this Clause;

dd) Apply the remedial measure specified at Point d, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

3. The Head of the commune-level Police has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 125,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points b, d, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

4. The Head of a professional division under the Department of Economic Security, the Head of a professional division under the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, and the Heads of divisions of the provincial Police, including: the Head of the Division for Investigating Crimes of Corruption, Economy, Smuggling and Environment, the Head of the Economic Security Division, the Head of the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Division, the Head of the Administrative Police Division for Social Order, and the Chief of the Office of the Police Investigation Agency of the provincial Police:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points b, d, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

5. The Director of the provincial Police has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points b, d, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

6. The Director of the Department of Police Investigation of Crimes of Corruption, Economy and Smuggling, the Director of the Department of Economic Security, the Director of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, the Director of the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order, and the Chief of the Office of the Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security have the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points b, d, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

7. The Head of a specialised inspection team established by the Minister of Public Security has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points b, d, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.”.

Article 9. Amending and supplementing Article 21

“Article 21. Competence to impose penalties of Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels and Directors of Departments of Science and Technology

1. The Chairperson of the commune-level People's Committee has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 125,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, d, dd, g and h, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

2. The Director of the Department of Science and Technology has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 200,000,000;

c) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

d) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified at Points a, b, d, dd, g, h and i, Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.

3. The Chairperson of the provincial People's Committee has the right to:

a) Issue a warning;

b) Impose a fine of up to VND 250,000,000;

c) Confiscate exhibits and means of administrative violation;

d) Revoke the right to use a licence or practising certificate for a fixed term, or suspend for a fixed term the business of violating goods or services;

dd) Apply the remedial measures specified in Clause 3, Article 3 of this Decree.”.

Article 10. Amending and supplementing Article 21a

“Article 21a. Competence to make records of administrative violations

Persons with competence to make records of administrative violations in industrial property include:

1. Persons with competence to impose administrative penalties for industrial property violations specified in Articles 15a to 21 of this Decree who are performing official duties or tasks regarding administrative violations within the competence specified in Article 15 of this Decree and their assigned functions, duties and powers;

2. Persons in the People's Public Security forces performing official duties or tasks; civil servants and public employees in the agencies specified in Articles 15a to 21 of this Decree performing official duties or tasks regarding administrative violations within the competence specified in Article 15 of this Decree and their assigned functions, duties and powers; inspectors, members of inspection teams, and civil servants of inspection agencies when conducting inspection in the field of industrial property.”.

Article 11. Amending and supplementing Clause 3, Article 23

“3. The power of attorney submitted with the request for handling of infringement must be an original or a copy certified from the original. A power of attorney made in a foreign language must be accompanied by a Vietnamese translation certified by the local government or with an undertaking and confirmation by the industrial property representative who is the authorised party.

Where the power of attorney is a copy of the original power of attorney already submitted in a previous dossier to the same infringement-handling agency, it is also regarded as valid, provided that the applicant clearly states the number of the dossier already submitted and that the cited original power of attorney remains in effect and matches the content of the authorisation.”.

Article 12. Amending and supplementing Article 30

“Article 30. Principles and procedures for imposing penalties

1. When administrative violations in the field of industrial property are detected, persons with competence to impose penalties specified in Articles 15a to 21 of this Decree and civil servants and public employees on duty have the competence to make records of administrative violations.

2. Each administrative violation is penalised only once. Where multiple organisations and individuals jointly commit one administrative violation, each violating organisation and individual is penalised for that violation. Where one organisation or individual commits multiple administrative violations, or commits an administrative violation multiple times under this Decree, it is penalised for each violation.

3. The determination of whether an administrative violation has ended or is ongoing, for calculating the limitation period for imposing administrative penalties, complies with Clause 1, Article 8 of Government Decree No. 118/2021/ND-CP dated 23 December 2021 detailing a number of articles and measures for implementing the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 68/2025/ND-CP and Decree No. 190/2025/ND-CP.

4. The handling of administrative violations of industrial property in the electronic environment is carried out when conditions on infrastructure, technology and information and the requirements prescribed in Article 18a of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations are ensured.

5. The order and procedures for imposing administrative penalties comply with Section 1, Chapter III of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.”.

Article 13. Amending and supplementing Clauses 2 and 3 and adding Clause 3a after Clause 3, Article 31

“2. The remedial measure of compelling the change of enterprise name or business household name, or compelling the removal of infringing elements from the enterprise name or business household name

a) Where the person competent to issue a decision imposing administrative penalties, or a decision applying remedial measures, applies the remedial measure of compelling the change of enterprise name or business household name, or compelling the removal of infringing elements from the enterprise name or business household name, the agency competent to impose penalties sends the decision to the relevant parties and to the business registration agency for information. Within 60 days from the date the decision imposing administrative penalties or the decision applying remedial measures takes effect, the violating enterprise is responsible for changing the enterprise name or business household name, or removing the infringing elements from the enterprise name or business household name, and reporting the result to the person who issued the decision imposing administrative penalties within 10 days from the end of the change of enterprise name or business household name or removal of infringing elements;

b) Where the violating enterprise or business household does not carry out the procedure to change the enterprise name or business household name or remove the infringing elements, it is subject to enforcement. Within 10 days from the expiry of the time limit for implementing the decision stated at Point a of this Clause, the agency competent to impose penalties notifies the business registration agency for coordinated handling.

Within 05 days from the date of receiving the notice of the agency competent to impose penalties, the business registration agency issues a Notice requesting the enterprise or business household to submit an explanatory report, and handles the matter under Point c, Clause 1, Article 216 of the Law on Enterprises;

c) Responsibility and coordination in handling enterprise names and business household names infringing industrial property rights:

The subject of industrial property rights is responsible for providing full dossiers and documents as prescribed and coordinating with competent agencies in the process of handling enterprise names and business household names infringing industrial property rights.

The business registration agency where the enterprise or business household has its head office is responsible for receiving and handling the request to change the enterprise name or business household name at the proposal of the agency competent to impose penalties or of the subject of industrial property rights; and requiring the enterprise or business household to submit an explanatory report under the Law on Enterprises and the law on business households upon receiving the notice of the agency competent to impose penalties.

3. The remedial measure of compelling the return of domain names

a) Where the remedial measure of compelling the return of a domain name is applied, the organisation or individual is responsible for carrying out the procedure for returning the domain name at the domain name registrar within 30 days from the date the decision imposing administrative penalties or the decision applying remedial measures takes effect;

b) After the above time limit, if the violating organisation or individual does not carry out the procedure for returning the domain name, it is subject to enforced revocation of the domain name;

c) The Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam Internet Network Information Center) coordinating with the registrar of Vietnam's national domain name “.vn” is responsible for revoking the Vietnamese national domain name “.vn”; the international domain name registrar in Vietnam and the New gTLD Registry in Vietnam are responsible for revoking international domain names, in order to implement the enforcement decision stated at Point b of this Clause.

The domain name registrar and the New gTLD Registry in Vietnam are responsible for notifying the domain name registrant of the revocation, carrying out the domain name revocation operation, and sending a written report to the person who issued the penalty decision and to the Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam Internet Network Information Center) within 10 days from the completion of the domain name revocation.”

3a. The remedial measure of blocking access to domain names infringing industrial property rights

Where a state agency competent to impose administrative penalties under this Decree issues a decision applying the measure of blocking access to a domain name infringing industrial property rights, within 05 days from the date of receiving the decision, the telecommunications enterprise is responsible for applying the necessary technical measures to block access to the domain name on the Internet in Vietnam and sending a written report on the result to the agency that issued the penalty decision within 10 days after completing the blocking of access to the domain name. Where the competent agency issues a decision restoring access to the domain name, the telecommunications enterprise is responsible for restoring access to the domain name on the Internet in Vietnam within 3 days from the date of receiving the decision restoring access to the domain name and sending a written report to the person who issued the decision within 10 days from the completion of restoring access.”.

Article 14. Amending and supplementing Article 32

“Article 32. Amendment, supplementation, correction, annulment and issuance of new decisions on handling administrative violations

1. The amendment, supplementation, correction, annulment and issuance of new decisions on handling administrative violations comply with the law on handling of administrative violations.

2. Where a decision amending, supplementing, correcting or annulling, or a new decision on handling administrative violations, is issued under Clause 1 of this Article, the person competent to impose penalties, within the scope of his or her competence, based on the nature and implementation status of the decision and relevant legal provisions, decides to apply one or more of the following measures:

a) Where the decision imposing administrative penalties has been implemented by the organisation or individual, the person competent to impose penalties requests the State Treasury where the fine was collected to refund part or all of the fine paid under the amending, annulling or new decision within 15 days from the date of issuing the amending, annulling or new decision;

b) For exhibits and means of administrative violation:

Where goods, articles and business means are being temporarily held and have not yet been handled, they are returned to the organisation or individual under the amending, annulling or new decision.

Where goods, articles and business means have already been handled, the organisation or individual that requested handling of the violation is responsible for compensating the organisation or individual subject to handling according to the undertaking made when requesting handling of the violation, if any.”.

Article 15. Repealing Clauses 2 and 3, Article 35

Article 16. Replacing a number of phrases in Decree No. 99/2013/ND-CP dated 29 August 2013 of the Government providing for penalties for administrative violations in the field of industrial property, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 126/2021/ND-CP dated 30 December 2021 and Decree No. 46/2024/ND-CP dated 04 May 2024 of the Government

1. Replacing the phrase “prescribed in Articles 16 to 21 of this Decree” with the phrase “prescribed from Article 15a to Article 21 of this Decree” in Clause 2, Article 2.

2. Replacing the phrase “Ministry of Information and Communications” with the phrase “Ministry of Science and Technology” in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 3a.

3. Replacing the phrase “maintain the current status of the domain name” with the phrase “maintain the current status of registration and use of the domain name” in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 3a.

4. Replacing the phrase “domain name registrar” with the phrase “domain name registrar and the New gTLD Registry in Vietnam” in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 3a.

5. Replacing the phrase “enterprise name” with the phrase “enterprise name and business household name” at Point d, Clause 17, Article 11.

Article 17. Responsibility for implementation

Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees and relevant agencies are responsible for implementing this Decree.

Article 18. Implementation provisions

This Decree takes effect from 15 July 2026.