What is the penalty for those who commit crimes of irresponsibility causing damage to the property of the State, agencies, organizations and enterprises?

Reply:Article 179 of the 2015 Penal Code and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2017 Penal Code stipulates the crime of irresponsibility causing damage to property of the State, agencies, organizations and enterprises as follows:

1. Any person who has direct responsibility in the management of assets of the State, agencies, organizations, and enterprises, and due to lack of responsibility causes loss, damage, waste, causing damage to assets of the State, agencies, organizations, and enterprises from 100,000,000 VND to less than 500,000,000 VND, shall be subject to a warning or non-custodial reform for up to 03 years.

2. Committing a crime causing damage to the property of the State, agencies, organizations, or enterprises worth from VND 500,000,000 to under VND 2,000,000,000 shall be punishable by imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years.

3. Committing a crime causing damage to the property of the State, agencies, organizations, or enterprises worth VND 2,000,000,000 or more shall be punishable by imprisonment from 05 to 10 years.

4. The offender may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.

The crime of irresponsibility causing damage to property of the State, agencies, organizations, and enterprises has 3 penalty levels. Depending on the value of the damaged property, the lightest penalty is a warning or non-custodial reform for up to 03 years, the highest is 10 years. The offender may also be banned from holding a position, practicing a profession, or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years.