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The Government issued Decree No. 146/2026/ND-CP dated May 6, 2026 regulating penalties for administrative violations in the field of forestry. Notably, there are penalty regulations related to encroachment, occupation and illegal use of forest environment. Download The maximum fine in the forestry sector for individuals is 500,000,000 VND and for organizations is 1,000,000,000 VND. This Decree includes 4 chapters, 42 articles regulating administrative violations, sanctions and remedial measures in the forestry sector such as: Encroaching and occupying forests; using forest environment against regulations; violations of regulations on payments for forest environmental services; sustainable forest management; Records and procedures for exploiting forest products of legal origin; illegal exploitation of forest products in planted forests; Illegal exploitation of natural forests; forestry plant variety management; afforestation; forest protection; forest fire prevention and fighting that causes forest fires; preventing harmful organisms in the forest; destroying forest protection and development works; deforest; protect forest animals; Illegal transportation of forest products; illegally storing, trading, exporting, importing, and processing forest products; management of forest product records in transportation, trading, storage, and processing of forest products... This Decree applies to domestic organizations and individuals and foreign organizations and individuals that commit administrative violations in the field of forestry in the territory of Vietnam, people with the authority to make records and the authority to sanction administrative violations according to the provisions of this Decree. The maximum fine in the field of forestry for individuals is 500,000,000 VND and For organizations, it is 1,000,000,000 VND. Fines of up to 80 million VND for acts of encroaching or occupying forests. The Decree stipulates penalties for acts of encroaching and occupying forests with specific fines as follows: 1. A fine from 1,000,000 VND to 2,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of under 1,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of under 500 m2; c) Protection forests with an area of under 100 m2; d) Special-use forests with an area of under 50 m2.2. A fine from 2,000,000 VND to 5,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 1,000 m2 to less than 5,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 500 m2 to less than 3,000 m2; c) Protection forests with an area of from 100 m2 m2 to under 2,000 m2;d) Special-use forests with an area from 50 m2 to under 1,000 m2.3. A fine of from 5,000,000 VND to 10,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 5,000 m2 to less than 10,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 3,000 m2 to less than 5,000 m2; c) Protection forests with an area of from 3,000 m2 to less than 5,000 m2; from 2,000 m2 to under 4,000 m2; d) Special-use forests with an area from 1,000 m2 to under 3,000 m2.4. A fine of from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 10,000 m2 to less than 20,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 5,000 m2 to less than 8,000 m2; c) Protection forests with area from 4,000 m2 to under 6,000 m2; d) Special-use forests with area from 3,000 m2 to under 4,000 m2.5. A fine from 20,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 20,000 m2 to less than 30,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 8,000 m2 to less than 10,000 m2; c) Protection forests with area from 6,000 m2 to under 8,000 m2; d) Special-use forests with area from 4,000 m2 to under 5,000 m2.6. A fine from 30,000,000 VND to 40,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 30,000 m2 to less than 40,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 10,000 m2 to less than 15,000 m2; c) Protection forests with an area from 8,000 m2 to under 12,000 m2; d) Special-use forests with an area from 5,000 m2 to under 7,000 m2.7. A fine from 40,000,000 VND to 60,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of from 40,000 m2 to less than 50,000 m2; b) Production forests with an area of from 15,000 m2 to less than 20,000 m2; c) Protection forests with an area from 12,000 m2 to under 15,000 m2; d) Special-use forests with an area from 7,000 m2 to under 10,000 m2.8. A fine from 60,000,000 VND to 80,000,000 VND will be imposed in one of the following cases: a) Planted trees that have not yet become forests or regenerated forests in forests without reserves with an area of 50,000 m2 or more; b) Production forests with an area of 20,000 m2 or more; c) Protection forests with an area of 15,000 m2 or more; d) Special forests Applications with an area of 10,000 m2 or more.9. Remedial measures: forced restoration of the original state for the acts specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 above.10. Jamc Penalties for encroaching or occupying production forests, protection forests, and special-use forests specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 above apply to planted forests. In
