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A fine of up to 8 million VND for sexual harassment

17/01/2022

This is the content of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP issued by the Government on December 31, 2021 on regulations on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of security, social order and safety; Prevention of social evils; fire protection; rescue and rescue; domestic violence prevention and control.

Specifically, according to Point dd, Clause 5, Article 7 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP, taking liberties with woman and harassing can be fined from VND 5 million to VND 08 million.

At the same time, a fine of between VND 2 million and VND 3 million shall be imposed on persons who commit acts of provocation, teasing, insulting, defaming the honor and dignity of others, except for the case specified at Point a. b Clause 2, Article 21 and Article 54 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP.

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Previously, according to Point a, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 167/2013/ND-CP, those who made gestures and words that were rude, provocative, teasing, insulting to the honor and dignity of others were only fined. 100 thousand dong to 300 thousand dong.

Thus, the new regulation has separated the act of "taking liberties" from "provocation, teasing, insulting, insulting, defaming the honor and dignity of others" and sharply increased the penalty for taking liberties, sexual harassment.

In addition, a fine from 05 million VND to 08 million VND will also be applied to sanction the following acts:

- Intentionally causing injury or harm to the health of others but not being prosecuted for criminal liability;

- Pornographic, sexual arousal in public places. This Decree takes effect from January 1, 2022.