Violations of regulations on fire prevention and fighting are subject to criminal prosecution.

Reply:

According to the Ministry of Public Security, violations of fire prevention and fighting regulations that are subject to criminal prosecution are stipulated in Article 313 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017), which stipulates the crime of violating regulations on fire prevention and fighting as follows:

“Crime of violating regulations on fire prevention and fighting

1. Anyone who violates fire prevention and fighting regulations and causes damage to others in one of the following cases shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 02 to 05 years:

a) Causing death;

b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 01 person with a body injury rate of 61% or more;

c) Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people from 61% to 121%;

d) Causing property damage from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000.

2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 05 to 08 years:

a) Killed 02 people;

b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 02 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people from 122% to 200%;

c) Causing property damage from VND 500,000,000 to under VND 1,500,000,000.
3. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 07 to 12 years:

a) Causing the death of 3 or more people;

b) Causing injury or damage to the health of 03 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people being 201% or more;

c) Causing property damage of VND 1,500,000,000 or more.
4. Violating regulations on fire prevention and fighting in cases where there is a real possibility of leading to consequences specified in one of points a, b and c, Clause 3 of this Article, if not prevented in time, shall be subject to a warning, non-custodial reform for up to 01 year or imprisonment from 03 months to 01 year.
5. The offender may also be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years".