The Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations was passed on April 2, 2008 and came into force on August 1, 2008. It aims at amending and supplementing the former Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations passed in 2002.
When it comes to intellectual property, only one amendment of the Ordinance is of interest. Article 14-2 e) increases indeed the maximal monetary penalty in case of administrative violations of intellectual property rights from 100 million VND (according to the former Ordinance on the same matter) to 500 million VND.
