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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom - Happiness
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Resolution No. 326/2016/UBTVQH14
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Hanoi, December 30, 2016
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RESOLUTION
ON COURT COSTS AND FEES AND REMISSION, COLLECTION, PAYMENT,
MANAGEMENT AND USE THEREOF
STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to the
Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the National Assembly No. 57/2014/QH13 dated November 20, 2014;
Pursuant to the Law on
Fees and Charges No. 97/2015/QH13 dated November 25, 2015;
At the request of the
Government in the Statement No. 377/TTr-CP dated October 05, 2016; the amended
Statement No. 571/TTr-CP dated December 19, 2016 and the Assessment Report No.
262/BC-UBTCNS 14 dated December 19, 2016 of the Committee of Finance and Budget.
HEREBY RESOLVE:
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Resolution specifies
the court costs and fees, court cost and fee advances; obligation to pay court
cost and fee advances; obligation to bear court costs and fees; cases not liable
to payments of court costs and fees or are eligible for the remission of the
payments thereof; consideration of the remission of court cost and fee advances
and court costs and fees, time limit for making such payments and regime for
collecting, making, managing and handling such payments; settlement of
complaints on court costs and fees; control and supervision of the collection,
payment, remission of court costs and fees, and handling of the complaints
thereof.
Article 2. Regulated
entities
This Resolution is
applicable to agencies, organizations and individuals related to the court
costs and fees.
Article 3. Court costs
1. Court costs shall
include:
a. Criminal court cost.
b. Civil court costs,
including the cost of settlement of civil, marriage and family, business,
commercial or labor disputes.
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2. The court costs
specified in clause 1 of this Article include first-instance and appellate
court costs.
Article 4. Court fees
1. Fee for settlement of
civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or labor disputes within the
competence of the court specified in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10,
Article 27; clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Article 29; clauses 1
and 6, Article 31; clauses 1 and 5, Article 33 of the Civil Procedure Code.
2. Fee for recognition
and enforcement of the judgments and rulings of foreign courts or foreign
competent agencies in Vietnam, or non-recognition of the judgments and rulings
thereof, or recognition and enforcement of the foreign arbitral awards in
Vietnam, including:
a. Fee for recognition
and enforcement of the judgments and rulings of foreign courts or foreign
competent agencies in Vietnam, or non-recognition of the judgments and rulings
thereof, or recognition and enforcement of the foreign arbitral awards
specified in clause 5, Article 27; clause 9, Article 29; clause 4 and clause 5,
Article 31; clause 3 and clause 4, Article 33 of the Civil Procedure Code.
b. Fee for appealing
against the court decision on recognition and enforcement of the judgments and
rulings of foreign courts in Vietnam; and foreign arbitral awards.
3. Fee for handling the
request related to the Vietnamese commercial arbitrator's settlement of
disputes specified in the law on commercial arbitration.
4. Fee for filling
applications for opening bankruptcy procedures.
5. Fee for consideration
of the lawfulness of strikes.
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7. Fee for judicial
assistance by foreign courts in Vietnam.
8. Fee for judicial
assistance
9. Fees for issuance of
copies of papers and photocopying of documents at courts, including:
a. Fee for photocopying
of documents and evidence in case files compiled by courts.
b. Fee for issuance of
copies of court judgments and rulings.
c. Fee for issuance of
copies of certificates of criminal record obliteration.
d. Fee for issuance of
copies of other papers of courts.
Article 5. Court cost
and fee advances
1. Court cost advance includes
the advances of first-instance and appellate court costs.
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Article 6. Court cost
and fee amounts
1. Court cost and fee
amounts specified in the List of court costs and fees attached to this
Resolution.
2. As for cases of civil,
marriage, family, business, commercial and labor disputes and administrative
cases which are settled under the simplified procedure, the court fee amounts
shall be equal to 50% of the amounts specified in section A of the list of
court costs and fees hereto.
Article 7. Court cost
and fee advances
1. The amount of
appellate civil court cost advance in criminal cases is equal to the amount of
appellate civil court cost advance.
2. The amount of the
first-instance civil court cost advance in a civil case without a monetary
value is equal to the amount of the first-instance civil court cost without a
monetary value. The amount of the first-instance court cost advance in a civil
case involving a monetary value is equal to 50% of the first-instance civil
court cost amount estimated by the courts, based on the value of the disputed
property to be settled at the request of the involved parties. The minimum
value of such advance is not less than the first-instance court cost amount in
a civil case without a monetary value.
The amount of the
appellate court cost advance in a civil case is equal to the amount of the
appellate civil court cost advance.
3. The amount of the
first-instance administrative court cost advance is equal to the amount of the
first-instance administrative court cost. The amount of the appellate
administrative court cost advance is equal to the amount of the appellate
administrative court cost. The amount of the appellate civil court cost advance
in an administrative case is equal to the amount of the appellate civil court
cost advance.
4. As for cases of civil,
marriage and family, business, commercial and labor disputes and administrative
cases which are settled under the simplified procedure, the amounts of court
cost advances are equal to 50% of the amounts of the court cost advances specified
in clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.
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6. The amount of
appellate court fee advance for settlement of a civil matter is equal to the
appellate court fee for settlement thereof.
Article 8. Property
price used as the basis for collecting court cost advances
1. Property price used as
the basis for collecting court cost advances shall be applied according to the
order of precedence from point a to point d of this clause as follows:
a. Price stipulated by
the competent regulatory agency.
b. Price provided by the
valuation enterprise.
c. Price specified in the
document enclosed with the case file.
d. Market price at the
time and place of determination of the property price.
dd. In cases where the
price of the disputed property cannot be determined based on points a, b, c and
d, clause 1 of this Article, the court shall request the finance authority in
writing to give their opinions on how such property can be determined. Within
03 working days after receiving the request document, the finance authority
shall provide their opinions. At the end of this period, if the court does not
receive the written opinions from the finance authority, they shall set the
court cost advances.
2. If the property price
may be determined based on one of the bases mentioned in points a, b, c and d,
clause 1 of this Article to calculate the court cost advances, subsequent bases
shall not be considered further.
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Agencies, organizations
and individuals shall pay for the court cost and fee advances, and court costs
and fees, unless they are not required to or are eligible for the full
remission thereof as specified in the regulations of this Resolution.
Article 10. Agencies
collecting court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees
1. Civil judgment
enforcement agencies may collect court costs specified in Article 3 and court
fees specified in clause 1, clause 2b, clauses 4, 5 and 8 of Article 4 hereof.
2. Courts may collect
court fees specified in clause 2a, clauses 3, 6 and 9, Article 4; clause 4,
Article 39 hereof.
3. The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs may collect court fees specified in clause 7, Article 4 hereof.
4. Agencies competent to
collect court costs and fees which are specified in clauses 1 and 2 of this
Article may collect court cost and fee advances.
Article 11. Cases
unrequired to pay for court cost and fee advances and are not subject to court
costs and fees
1. The following entities
are not required to pay for court cost advances and not subject to court costs:
a. Parties who lodge
complaints about or file lawsuits against lists of voters to elect National
Assembly deputies or People's Council deputies; lists of voters in the
referendum;
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c. Vietnam Bank for
Social Policy which files the lawsuit or appeals against the judgment and/or
ruling which has not come into effect of the court to collect debts from the
poor and other policy beneficiaries;
d. Procuracies which
protest against court judgments and rulings under the appellate procedures;
dd. Defense counsels of
the defendants who are under the age of 18 or are mentally or physically
disabled;
e. Defenders for the
legitimate rights and interests of the victims, litigants who are under the age
of 18 or are mentally or physically disabled;
f. Other entities which
are not required to pay for the court cost and fee advances as regulated by
laws.
2. The following entities
are not required to pay for the court cost and fee advances and are not subject
to court fees:
a. Laborers who request
the courts in writing to open procedures for bankruptcy of enterprises or
cooperatives mentioned in clause 2, Article 5, clause 1a, Article 105 of the
Law on bankruptcy;
b. Grassroots trade union
executive boards which request the courts to examine the lawfulness of strikes;
c. Representatives of
labor collectives who request the courts to examine the lawfulness of strikes;
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dd. Procuracies which
protest against court judgments and rulings under the appellate procedures;
e. Other entities which
are not required to pay for the court cost and fee advances as regulated by
laws.
3. The consumers who file
civil lawsuits to protect their legitimate rights and interests are not
required to pay for the court cost and fee advances according to clause 2,
Article 43 of the Law on protection of consumers’ rights.
4. Enforcers who require
the Court to settle the disputes specified in clause 1, Article 74; clause 1
and clause 2, Article 75 of the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement are not
required to pay for the court cost and fee advances; and are not subject to
court costs and fees.
Article 12. Full
remission of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees
1. The following cases
are eligible for the full remission of court cost advances and court costs:
a. Laborers who file
lawsuits to request for payment of salaries, job loss allowance, severance
allowance, social insurance payout, compensations for labor accidents or occupational
diseases; settlement of claims for damages or compensations for unlawful
dismissal or labor contract termination.
b. Persons who claim
support or request identification of parents for minor children or adult
children who have lost their civil act capacity.
c. Persons who lodge
complaints about or file lawsuits against administrative decisions or acts of
applying education and administrative measures in communes, wards or townships;
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dd. Children; poor
individuals and households; the elderly; the disabled; people with meritorious
services to the revolution; ethnic minority groups in severely disadvantaged
communes; relatives of martyrs who are issued with the martyr certificates by
competent regulatory agencies.
2. Entities mentioned in
clause 1dd of this Article are eligible for the full remission of court fee
advances and court fees according to clause 1, Article 4 hereof.
3. If the parties agree
that one party shall be subject to the whole court cost or a partial court cost
while this party is eligible for the full remission of court costs, the court
shall consider approving the full remission of the partial court cost to which
such party is subject as specified in the regulations hereof. This party is not
eligible for the full remission of the court cost and fee which they pay for
another party.
Article 13. Partial
remission of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees
1. Persons who witness force
majeure events that make them unable to pay for court cost and fee advances and
court costs and fees as confirmed by the People’s Committee of their commune
shall be approved to have a partial remission of 50% of the payment thereof.
2. Persons mentioned in
clause 1 of this Article shall be subject to the whole court costs and fees if
they:
c. Can prove that the
persons getting the partial remission of court cost and fee advances and court
costs and fees are not those who witness the force majeure events that make
them having no properties to pay for the sums thereof.
b. Have properties which
are used to pay for the whole court costs and fees that they have to bear
according to the effective judgments and/or rulings of the Court.
3. If the parties agree
that one party shall be subject to the full court cost or a partial court cost
but this party is eligible for the partial remission thereof, the court shall
only consider approving the partial remission of 50% of the court cost to which
such party is subject as specified in the regulations hereof.
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Article 14.
Application for remission of court cost and fee advances and court costs and
fees
1. Persons who request
for the remission of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees and
are mentioned in Articles 12 and 13 hereof shall submit an application form to
the Competent Court. Such form shall be enclosed with documents which prove that
they are eligible for such remission.
2. The application form
for the above-mentioned remission shall have the following contents:
a. Date of making the
application.
b. Full name and address
of the applicant.
c. Reasons for and
grounds for the remission.
Article 15. Competence
to examine applications for the remission of court cost advances and court
costs
1. Before handling the
cases, judges who are assigned by the court chief judges to handle these cases
are competent to examine the applications for the remission of court cost
advances.
2. After handling the
cases, judges who are assigned by the court chief judges to handle these cases
are competent to examine the applications for the remission of court cost
advances of defendants that make counter-claims against the plaintiffs, or of
persons with related interests and obligations that make independent claims in
these cases.
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4. Before opening the
first-instance or appellate court hearings, judges who are assigned by the
court chief judges to handle cases are competent to consider the remission of
court costs for the involved parties.
5. Within 03 working days
after receiving the application form enclosed with the proof documents, the
Court shall reply in writing whether they approve such application or not. If
the application is refused, they shall provide explanations in writing.
6. At court hearings, the
first-instance or appellate trial panels are competent to consider the
remission of court costs for the involved parties upon making judgments or
rulings on their cases.
Article 16. Competence
to approve the remission of court fee advances and court fees
1. Before handling the
civil matters, judges who are assigned by the court chief judges are competent
to examine the applications for the remission of court fee advances.
2. Judges who are
assigned by the chief judges of first-instance courts to handle cases are
competent to examine applications for the remission of appellate court cost
advances.
3. Before opening the
first-instance or appellate sessions, judges who are assigned by the court
chief judges to handle civil matters are competent to consider the remission of
court fees for the involved parties.
4. Within 03 working days
after receiving the application form enclosed with the proof documents, the
Court shall reply in writing whether they approve such application or not. If
the application is refused, they shall provide explanations in writing.
5. At the sessions,
judges or trial panels settling civil matter are competent to consider the
remission of court fees for the involved parties upon making decisions on these
civil matters.
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1. Time limit for paying
civil court cost advances:
a. Within 07 working days
after receiving the court's written notification of the payment of
first-instance court cost advances, the plaintiffs, the defendants that make
counterclaims against the plaintiffs, and persons with related interests and
obligations that make independent claims shall pay for the court cost advances and
submit the receipt to the Court, unless they have plausible reason for failing
to do so.
b. Within 10 days after
receiving the first-instance court's notice of the payment of appellate court
cost advances, the appealing parties shall pay these advances and submit the
receipts to the first-instance court, unless they have plausible reasons for
failing to do so.
2. Time limit for paying
administrative court cost advances:
a. Within 10 working days
after receiving the court's written notification of the payment of the
first-instance administrative court cost advances, the petitioners or the
persons with related interests and obligations that make independent claims in
administrative cases shall pay for the court cost advances and submit the
receipts to the Court, unless they have plausible reasons for failing to do so.
b. Within 10 days after
receiving the first-instance court’s notification of the payments of appellate
administrative court cost advances and appellate civil court cost advances, the
appealing parties shall pay for such advances and submit the receipts to the
Court, unless they have plausible reasons for failing to do so.
3. Time limit for paying
court fee advances:
a. Court fee advances for
settlement of civil matters: The payer of fee advances shall pay for the
first-instance and appellate court fee advances and submit the receipts to the
Court within 05 working days after receiving the Court's notification of the
payments of court fee advances, unless they have plausible reasons for failing
to do so.
b. Other court fee
advances: the parties appealing against the court's decisions specified in
clause 5, Article 38, clause 4, Article 39 hereof shall pay for the appellate
court fee advances within 05 working days after receiving the Court's notice of
the payments thereof, unless they have plausible reasons for failing to do so.
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5. Time limit for paying
court costs and fees:
a. The parties who are
obligated to pay for the court costs and fees shall pay for such fees by the
effective date of the judgments and rulings of the Court.
b. The parties who
request the Court to handle the cases specified in Articles from 38 to 45
hereof shall pay for the court costs specified by the competent authorities in
Article 10 hereof within the period of time regulated by laws.
Article 18. Handling
of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees
1. If the handling of
civil and administrative matters is suspended, the paid court cost and fee
advance amounts shall be handled after the handling of these cases resumes.
2. If the Court decides
to suspend the handling of civil cases specified in Clause 1a and Clause 1b,
Article 217 of the Criminal Procedure Code or the plaintiff who has been
validly summoned for the second time is still absent as specified in clause 1c
of Article 217, clause 2 of Article 312 of the Criminal Procedure Code or
Clause 1a and Clause 1dd, Article 143, clause 5 of Article 241 of the Law on
Administrative Procedures, the paid court cost advance amounts shall be
contributed to the state fund.
If the court decides to
suspend the handling of civil cases because the defendants who make
counter-claims and the persons with related interests and obligations that make
independent claims are still absent after being validly summoned for the second
time, the paid court cost advance amounts shall be contributed to the state
fund.
3. In case where the
Court decides to suspend the handling of civil cases because the appealing
parties withdraw their appeal request specified in clause 1c, Article 217 of
the Criminal Procedure Code and other cases mentioned in points d, dd, e, and
g, clause 1, Article 217 of the Criminal Procedure Code, or suspend the
handling of civil cases involving foreign elements specified in clause 1,
Article 472 of the Criminal Procedure Code or the handling of administrative
cases specified in points b, c, e, d, g and h, clause 1, Article 143 of the Law
on Administrative Procedures, the paid court cost advance amounts shall be
returned to the payer.
If the Court decides to
suspend the handling of civil cases because the defendants withdraw their
counter claim or the persons with related interests or obligations that make
independent claims withdraw their request, the paid court cost advance amount
shall be returned to the payer.
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4. If the appellate
courts, cassation courts or re-opening trial courts quash the first-instance
judgments in order to open a re-trial following the first-instance procedures
because the capacity of the involved parties is wrongly determined, the
first-instance court shall return the paid court cost advance amount and the
paid court cost amount to such involved parties; at the same time, they shall
re-determine which parties must pay for the sums thereof.
5. In case where the
Court decides to terminate the examination of applications specified in clause
2c, Article 266, Article 382, clause 3 of Article 388, clause 3 of Article 392
of the Criminal Procedure Code, the paid court fee advance amounts shall be
contributed to the state fund.
6. In case where the
court of cassation quashes the appellate judgments or rulings but upholds the
annulled or amended first-instance judgments or rulings of the inferior courts,
the court costs and fees shall be determined.
If the cassation courts
or the re-opening trial courts quash the Court’s given judgments or rulings and
suspend the handling of the case, the court cost and fees shall be determined.
7. In case where the
effective first-instance or appellate court judgments or rulings is reviewed
and quashed under cassation or re-opening procedure but the court cost advance
or court cost was returned to the petitioner or appellant, the petitioner or
appellant must re-pay the court cost advance when the first instance court or
appellate court re-accept the case.
Article 19.
Collection, payment and management of court cost and fee advances and court
costs and fees
1. All court costs and
fees which have been collected must be fully and timely contributed to the
state budget.
2. Agencies competent to
collect court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees shall use the
receipts as regulated by laws.
3. The agency collecting
court costs and fees shall open a temporary state budget account at the State
Treasury in order to collect the court cost and fee advances.
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5. The court cost and fee
advances shall be paid to the temporary state budget account when the Court
announces that the payer who paid for the advances must bear the court costs
and fees. The collection agency shall declare the amounts of court costs and
fees which have been collected monthly and make a payment of such costs and
fees to the state budget, as well as submitting the annual final account
statement according to the Law on Tax Management.
6. In case where a payer
of court cost or fee advance, court cost or fee is entitled to be refunded
partial or full amount thereof according to a court judgment which is legally
effective, the collecting agency may deduct such amount from a temporarily
collect account in the State Treasury to make the refund, and then declare and
make a statement of court costs and fees with the tax authority in accordance
with the Law on Tax Administration.
Article 20. Control
and supervision of the collection, payment, remission of the court costs and
fees and handling of complaints thereof
Procuracies shall
supervise the collection, payment, remission of the court costs and fees and
the handling of complaints thereof as regulated by laws.
Chapter II
COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Article 21. Court
costs in criminal cases
1. First-instance
criminal court cost.
2. Appellate criminal
court cost.
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4. Appellate civil court
cost for the civil parts of criminal cases which have been appealed against.
Article 22. Obligation
to pay for the court cost advances in criminal cases
1. The defendants in
criminal cases are not required to pay for the advances of the first-instance
and appellate criminal court costs and the first-instance and appellate civil
court costs.
2. The victims,
plaintiffs and defendants and persons with related interests and obligations in
criminal cases are not required to pay the advances of the first-instance and
appellate criminal court costs and first-instance civil court costs.
3. Victims, defendants
and plaintiffs in civil cases and persons with related interests and
obligations in criminal cases who appeal against the civil parts shall pay for
the first-instance civil court cost advances, unless they are not required to
pay for these advances or are eligible for the full remission hereof as
specified in this Decree. The obligations to pay for the first-instance civil
court cost advances specified in Article 28 hereof and time limit for paying
the appellate civil court cost advances specified in clause 1b, Article 17
hereof shall be complied with.
Article 23.
Obligations to bear the court costs in criminal cases
1. Obligations to bear
the first-instance court costs in criminal cases:
a. The convicts shall
bear the first-instance criminal court costs.
b. The victims who
request the institution of criminal cases shall bear the first-instance
criminal court costs if the courts declare that the accused parties are not
guilty or these cases are terminated because the victims withdraw their lawsuit
petitions according to the regulations of the Civil Procedure Code.
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d. In case where the
victims declare that their properties are damaged and request the defendants to
pay for such damages but the actual value of the damaged properties are lower
or higher than the declared value, the defendants shall bear the first-instance
civil court costs for the properties which have been proved as being damaged.
dd. The victims, who
request for the repair of their damaged properties without requesting a sum of
money though the costs of such properties can be determined, are not required
to pay for the court fees if their requests are not accepted by the Court.
e. If the victims request
for inappropriate compensations, the court shall explain to them that they will
be required to bear the court fees if their requests are not approved by the
Court. If they persist in requesting for the
judgment from the Court, they shall bear the court fees if such requests are
not approved by the Court.
f. Before opening the
hearings, if the litigants and the defendants can reach an agreement about the
compensations and request the court to accept them, such victims and defendants
are not required to bear the first-instance civil court costs. During the
hearings, if the litigants and the defendants can reach an agreement about the
compensations, they shall bear the first-instance civil court costs as these
cases go on trial.
g. If the defendants
voluntarily pay for the compensations before the hearings are opened, they are
not required to pay for the first-instance civil court costs.
2. Obligations to bear
the appellate court costs in criminal cases:
a. If both the accused
party and their lawful representative appeal against the criminal ruling of the
first-instance judgment which the appellate court upholds, only the defendants
are required to bear the appellate criminal court costs.
b. If the accused party
or their lawful representative appeals against the criminal ruling of the
first-instance judgment which the court upholds, the appellant shall bear the
appellate criminal court cost.
c. If the accused party
appeals against the criminal ruling and their legal representative appeals
against the civil ruling or vice versa and the appellate court upholds the
ruling of the first-instance court, then each accused party or each
representative shall bear the court costs for their requests.
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If the case is put on
trial as requested by the plaintiff and the appellate court upholds the ruling
of the first-instance judgment or announces that the accused party is not
guilty, the plaintiff shall bear the appellate criminal court cost.
e. The party appeals
against the civil part of the first-instance judgment shall bear the appellate
criminal court cost as specified in Article 29 hereof.
f. In
case where the appellate court quashes the first-instance judgment or ruling in
order to investigate the case and re-open the hearing or suspend the case, the
appellant is not required to bear the appellate criminal court cost.
g. If the appellant
withdraws his/her/its appeal before the opening of or at the appellate hearing,
he/she/it is not required to bear the appellate criminal court cost.
h. The appellant is not
required to bear the appellate court cost if his/her/its appeal is accepted by
the court.
Chapter III
COURT COSTS IN CIVIL CASES
Article 24. Types of
court cost in criminal cases
1. The types of civil
court cost include:
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b. First-instance civil
court costs for civil cases that involve a monetary value.
c. Appellate civil court
costs.
2. Civil cases involving
no monetary value means cases in which claims of involved parties are not sums
of money or cannot be valued in specific sums of money.
3. Civil cases involving
a monetary value means cases in which claims of involved parties are sums of money
or properties which can be valued in sums of money.
Article 25.
Obligations to pay for the advances of the first-instance civil court costs
1. Plaintiffs, defendants
who make counterclaims against the plaintiffs, and persons with related
interests and obligations that make independent claims in cases involving
civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or labor disputes shall pay
for the advances of the first-instance civil court costs, unless they are not
required to pay for the court cost advances or are eligible to receive the full
remission thereof as specified in this Resolution.
2. For a case with more
than one plaintiffs each of whom makes an independent claim, each plaintiff
shall pay a court cost advance for his/her/its own claim. If these plaintiffs
make the same claim, they shall jointly pay for the court cost advance.
3. For a case with more
than one defendant each of whom makes an independent counter-claim, each
defendant shall pay a court cost advance for his/her/its own claim. If these
plaintiffs make the same counter-claim, they shall jointly pay for the court
cost advance.
4. For a case with more
than one person with related interests or obligations that make an independent
claim, each of them shall pay the court cost advance for the claim. If these
people make the same claim, they shall jointly pay for the same court cost
advance.
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Article 26.
Obligations to pay for the first-instance civil court costs
1. The involved parties
shall pay for the first-instance civil court costs if their claims are not
approved by the court, unless they are eligible for the full remission thereof.
2. Defendants shall bear
all first-instance civil court costs in case where the plaintiffs’ claims are
wholly accepted by the courts.
3. Plaintiffs shall bear
all first-instance civil court costs in case where the plaintiffs’ claims are
whole unaccepted by the courts.
4. Plaintiffs shall bear
the first-instance civil court costs in proportion to parts of their claims
which are unaccepted by the courts. The plaintiffs shall bear the
first-instance civil court costs in proportion to parts of their claims which
are accepted by the courts.
5. Defendants making
counter-claims shall bear the first-instance civil court costs for the parts of
their counter-claims which are unaccepted by the courts. The plaintiffs shall
bear the first-instance civil court costs for parts of their counter-claims
which are accepted by the courts.
6. Persons with related
interests and obligations making independent claims shall bear the
first-instance civil court costs in proportion to parts of their independent
claims unaccepted by courts. Obligors under independent claims of persons with
related interests and obligations shall bear the first-instance civil court
costs in proportion to parts of independent claims accepted by the courts.
7. If the involved
parties can reach an agreement about the handling of their case during the conciliation
conducted by the courts before opening a hearing, they shall bear 50% of the
court cost amount, even if the case involves no monetary value. <0
8. If the involved
parties reach an agreement about the handling of their case at the
first-instance court cost, they shall still bear the first-instance court cost
as if their case was tried. In case where the
involved parties reach an agreement about the handling of their case at the
hearing that follows the simplified procedure specified in clause 3, Article
320 of the Criminal Procedure Code, they shall bear 50% of the court
cost for the handling of such case under the procedure thereof.
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10. If the case is
temporarily suspended, the obligation to bear the first-instance court cost
shall be imposed when the case is resumed according to the regulations hereof.
11. The plaintiffs in a
civil case brought to courts by the agencies, organizations or individuals to
protect the rights and interests of other parties shall not bear the
first-instance court cost.
Article 27.
Obligations to bear the first-instance court costs in some specific cases
1. For disputes over the
property recovery from lending and temporary staying, the involved parties
shall bear the first-instance civil court costs as if the cases do not have a
monetary value. In case of disputes aside from the property recovery from
lending and temporary staying, if the involved parties also have disputes over
damage compensation and request the handling from the court, such involved
parties shall bear the court costs that do not involve a monetary value for the
property recovery from lending and temporary staying, and the court costs that
involve a monetary value for the damage compensation.
a. For disputes over the
property ownership and land use rights of which the value is not determined by
the Court but only the ownership of such property and rights is considered,
then the involved parties shall bear the first-instance civil court costs as if
the cases do not have a monetary value.
b. For disputes over the
ownership of properties and land use rights when the Court has to determine the
value of the property and the ownership by portion, the involved parties shall
bear the first-instance civil court costs for the value enjoyed.
3. For disputes over the
contract of invalid sale and purchase of properties and transfer of land use
rights, the obligations to bear the first-instance civil court costs shall be
imposed as follows:
a. In case where one
party requests the recognition of the contract for sale of property and
transfer of land use right and another party requests the declaration of the
invalidity of the above-mentioned contract and nothing else, if the court
declares that the contract is invalid, the party requesting such recognition
must bear the court cost as for the case without a monetary value; if the court
declares to recognize the contract, the party requesting the invalidity
declaration must bear the court cost as for the civil case without a monetary
value.
b. In case one party
requests the recognition of the contract for sale or purchase of property and
transfer of land use right and one party requests the declaration of the
invalidity of the above-mentioned contract and requests the Court to settle the
consequence of the invalid contract, in addition to the bearing the court cost
without a monetary value as guided in clause 3a of this Article, the person
fulfilling the obligations on the property or damage compensation shall bear
the court cost as for the civil case with a monetary value.
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5. As for disputes over
marriage and family, the obligations to bear the first-instance civil court
costs shall be imposed as follows:
a. The plaintiffs shall
bear the first-instance civil court cost in the case of divorce, not depending
on whether the Court accepts their lawsuit petition or not. If the parties
agree to the divorce, they shall each pay for 50% of the court cost.
b. Aside from bearing the
first-instance civil court cost as guided in clause 1a, Article 24 hereof, the
involved parties in the case of marriage and family with dispute over the
division of common property of spouses shall also bear the court cost for the
property in dispute as to the civil case with a monetary value corresponding to
the value of the property portion divided among each of them.
c. If the spouses request
another person to fulfill the property obligations and the Court accepts the
request from the spouses, then the obligor of the property shall bear the
first-instance civil court cost for the value of the divided property as
required; if the spouses cannot agree to divide the property between them but
include it as a common property and request the handling from the Court, each
of them shall bear the civil court cost corresponding to the value of the property
divided among them.
d. If the involved
parties agree to divide the common property among them and request the Court to
record such division in the judgment or ruling before the conciliation, the
involved parties are not required to bear the first-instance civil court cost
for the common property.
dd. In case where the
Court has started the conciliation and during such conciliation, the involved
parties cannot reach an agreement on dividing the common property among them,
but before the opening of the hearing, they eventually reach an agreement and
request the Court to record such division in the judgment or ruling, this
agreement is regarded as being reached during the conciliation and the involved
parties shall bear 50% of the first-instance civil court cost which corresponds
to the value of the property portion divided among them.
e. If the involved
parties have a dispute over the division of common properties and their
obligations to such properties, the Court shall start conciliation and the involved
parties shall reach an agreement on the division of some common properties and
their obligations to such properties. If they fail to reach an agreement upon
other common properties and their obligations to such properties, they shall
still bear the court cost for the division thereof.
6. As for the cases
related to support obligations, the obligations to bear the first-instance
civil court costs shall be imposed as follows:
a. The party who is
obliged to provide periodical or lump-sum support as specified in the decision
of the Court shall bear the first-instance civil court cost as to the civil
case with no monetary value.
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c. If the involved
parties can reach an agreement on the support method (even the lump sum
support), but they cannot agree about the support rate, the party with the
support obligations shall bear the first-instance civil court cost as to the
civil case with no monetary value.
d. If the involved
parties cannot reach an agreement on the support method but the support rate,
the party with the support obligations shall bear the first-instance civil
court cost as to the civil case without a monetary value.
dd. If the involved
parties have disputes over the support (support rate and method) and the Court
decides the periodical and monthly support rate and method, the party with
support obligations shall bear the first-instance civil court cost as to the
civil case without a monetary value.
7. As for the cases
related to the common properties or inheritances, the obligations to bear the
first-instance civil court costs shall be imposed as follows:
a. If the involved
parties cannot determine their property portion or each of them determine that
their property portions in the common properties or common inheritances are
different and under dispute, and one party requests the Court to handle the
division thereof, then each of them shall bear the first-instance civil court
cost which corresponds to the value of the properties or inheritances divided
among them. If the Court denies the written requests, the party requesting the
division of common properties and inheritances shall bear the first-instance
civil court cost. If the Court determines that the common properties or
inheritances which the involved parties request a division are not their
properties, the involved parties shall bear the first-instance civil court cost
without a monetary value.
b. In case where the
involved parties request the division of common properties and inheritances but
the property obligations to a third party must be considered, then:
The involved parties
shall bear the first-instance civil court cost for the properties divided among
them after subtracting the value of the property used to fulfill the
obligations to a third party; the involved parties shall bear an equal partial
court cost for the property portion used to fulfill the obligations to the
third party as specified in the decision of the Court.
If a third party as the
person with related interests and obligations does not make an independent
claim or makes an independent claim accepted by the Court, he/she is not
required to bear the court cost for the property portion given to him/her.
If the third party makes
an independent claim but such claim is not accepted by the Court, then he/she
shall bear the civil court cost with a monetary value for his/her unaccepted
request.
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Parties that make appeals
under the appellate procedures shall pay the advances of appellate civil court
costs, unless they are not required to pay for the court cost advances or are
eligible for the full remission thereof as specified in this Resolution.
Article 29.
Obligations to bear the appellate civil court costs
1. The involved parties
who make appeals shall bear the appellate civil court costs if the Appellate
Court upholds the appealed first-instance judgment or ruling, unless such
parties are eligible for the full remission or are not required to bear the
appellate court costs.
2. If the Appellate Court
modifies the appealed first-instance judgment or ruling, the involved parties
who make appeals and are related to the above-mentioned judgment or ruling are
not required to bear the appellate civil court costs; the Appellate Court shall
re-determine the obligations to bear the first-instance civil court costs
specified in Article 147 of the Criminal Procedure Code and Articles 26 and 27
hereof.
3. If the Appellate Court
quashes the first-instance judgment or ruling to open a first-instance
re-trial, the involved parties who make the appeals are not required to bear
the appellate civil court costs; the obligations to bear such costs will be
re-determined after the case is handled under the first-instance procedures.
4. The involved parties
who withdraw their appeals before the appeal hearing is opened shall bear 50%
of the appellate civil court cost. The involved parties who withdraw the
appeals during the appeal hearing shall bear the whole appellate civil court
cost.
5. If the involved
parties reach an agreement about the settlement of their case during the appeal
hearing, they appellants shall bear the whole appellate civil court cost. If
the involved parties reach an agreement on the first-instance civil court cost,
they shall bear such cost as agreed; if they cannot reach an agreement on such
cost, the Court shall re-determine the first-instance civil court cost
according to the contents of the agreement at the appeal hearing.
6. If the plaintiff withdraws
their lawsuit petition before the appeal hearing is opened or during the appeal
hearing and such withdrawal is agreed by the defendant, then the involved
parties shall bear the first-instance civil court cost as specified in the
decision of the first-instance court and shall bear 50% of the appellate civil
court cost.
7. If one party is not
required to bear the court cost or is eligible for the full remission of the
appellate civil court cost, other parties shall still bear the appellate civil
court cost as specified in clauses 1, 4, 5 and 6 hereof.
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COURT COSTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE CASES
Article 30. Types of
court cost in administrative cases
1. First-instance
administrative court cost.
2. Appellate
administrative court cost.
3. First-instance civil
court cost in cases involving claims for damages, including first-instance
civil cases that involve or do not involve a monetary value.
4. Appellate civil court
cost in cases involving appeals against the damage compensations.
Article 31. Obligations
to pay for the advances of first-instance court costs in administrative cases
1. The petitioner of an
administrative case or the person with related interests and obligations that
makes an independent claim in an administrative case shall pay for the advance
of the first-instance administrative court cost, unless he/she is not required
to pay for the court cost advance or is eligible for the full remission of
payment thereof as specified in this Resolution.
2. The party claiming the
damage compensation in an administrative case is not required to pay for the
advance of first-instance civil court cost.
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Article 32.
Obligations to pay for the first-instance court costs in administrative cases
1. The involved parties
shall bear the first-instance administrative court cost if their requests are
not approved by the Court, unless they are eligible for the full remission of
payment thereof or are not required to bear the first-instance administrative
court cost.
2. If the person
mentioned in an administrative decision, disciplinary decision on dismissal,
complaint settlement decision related to a competition dispute and the person
making a list of National Assembly Candidates, a list of deputies of People's
Councils, and a list of electorates of referendum are sued, they shall bear the
first-instance administrative court cost when the Court accepts the partial or
the whole claim of the petitioner.
3. If the defendant
annuls an administrative decision, a disciplinary decision and a settlement
decision on a competition case or terminates a sued-administrative act, and the
petitioner agrees to withdraw the petition or the person with related interests
and obligations withdraws his/her independent claim, then the court cost
advance shall be returned to the payer.
4. Before opening a
trial, the Court shall start a discussion between the parties. If the involved
parties reach an agreement on the settlement of the case, they shall only bear
50% of the first-instance administrative cost.
5. For a case where there
is one party eligible for the full remission of the first-instance court cost,
other parties shall still pay for the cost thereof as required in clauses 1 and
2 of this Article.
6. The person who makes a
claim on the property damage compensation shall bear the court cost if his/her
claim is not accepted by the Court.
7. The obligations to
bear the first-instance civil court costs in administrative cases shall be
imposed in accordance with the regulations in Articles 26 and 27 hereof.
Article 33.
Obligations to bear the appellate court cost advances in administrative cases
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2. The involved parties
in an administrative case who appeal against the damage compensation shall pay
for the advance of the appellate civil court cost, unless they are not required
to pay for the court cost advance or are eligible for the full remission of
payment thereof as specified in this Resolution.
Article 34.
Obligations to bear the appellate court costs in administrative cases
1. If the Appellate Court
upholds the first-instance judgment or ruling, the appellant shall pay for the
appellate court cost, unless he/she is eligible for the full remission or is
not required to pay for the cost thereof.
2. If the Appellate Court
modifies the appealed first-instance judgment or ruling, the appellant is not
required to pay for the appellate court cost; the Appellate Court shall
re-determine the obligations to pay for the first-instance court cost as
specified in Article 348 of the Law on Administrative Procedures and Article 32
hereof.
3. If the Appellate Court
quashes the appealed first-instance judgment or ruling to open a re-trial, the
appellant is not required to pay for the appellate court cost; the obligations
to pay for the court cost shall be re-determined during the first-instance
re-trial.
4. The involved parties
who withdraw their appeals before the appeal hearing shall bear 50% of the
appellate administrative court cost. The involved parties who withdraw their
appeals at the appeal hearing shall bear the whole appellate administrative
court cost.
5. Before the appeal
hearing or during such hearing, if the petitioner withdraws his/her petition
and other parties agree on such withdrawal, the involved parties shall still
bear the first-instance court cost as specified in the decision of the
Appellate Court and shall bear 50% of the appellate court cost as regulated by
laws.
6. The party that appeals
against the decision on damage compensation of the first-instance judgment
shall bear the appellate civil court cost as specified in Article 29 hereof.
7. The appellant is not
required to bear the appellate court cost if his/her appeal is accepted by the
court.
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Chapter V
COURT FEES
Section 1. COURT FEES
FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF CIVIL CASES
Article 35. Types of
court fee for the settlement of civil matters
1. First-instance court
fees for the settlement of civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or
labor disputes.
2. Appellate court fees
for the settlement of civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or labor
disputes.
Article 36.
Obligations to pay for the advances of first-instance or appellate court fees
1. The petitioners who
file the civil lawsuits specified in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10,
Article 27; clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Article 29; clauses 1
and 6 of Article 31; clauses 1 and 5, Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Code
shall pay the court fee advances for the Court to settle such matters, unless
they are eligible for the full remission or are not required to pay for the
advances thereof according to the regulations hereof.
As for petition for
recognition of amicable divorce, agreement on child custody and property
division after divorce, the spouses may reach an agreement on payment of court
fee advances, unless they are eligible for the full remission or are not
required to pay for the advances thereof as regulated by laws. If the spouses
cannot reach an agreement about who will pay for the above-mentioned advances,
each of them shall pay 50% of the court fee advances.
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Article 37.
Obligations to bear the first-instance or appellate court fees for settlement
of civil matters
1. The party that requests
the Court to settle the civil matter shall bear the first-instance court fee,
not depending on whether the court accepts their petition or not, unless they
are not required to bear the court fee or are eligible for the full remission
of the fee thereof as specified in this Resolution.
2. The appellant is not
required to bear the appellate court fee if his/her appeal is accepted by the
Court; he/she must bear the appellate court fee if his/her appeal is not
accepted by the Court.
3. As for petition for
recognition of uncontested divorce, child custody and property division after
divorce, the spouses may reach an agreement on the liability for the court fee,
unless they are eligible for the full remission or are not required to bear the
fee thereof as regulated by laws. If the spouses cannot reach an agreement on
who is liable to pay for the court fee, then each of them shall pay for 50% of
the fee thereof.
Section 2. OTHER TYPES
OF COURT FEES
Article 38. Fees for
recognition and enforcement of civil judgments and rulings of foreign courts in
Vietnam; and foreign arbitral awards
Agencies, organizations
and individuals shall pay for the court fees if they:
1. Request the Vietnam’s
Court to recognize and permit the enforcement of the judgment and ruling of the
Foreign Court or the foreign competent agency in Vietnam.
2. Request the Vietnam’s
Court not to recognize the civil judgment and ruling of the Foreign Court or
the foreign competent agency.
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4. Request the Vietnam’s
Court to recognize and permit the enforcement of the foreign arbitral award in
Vietnam.
5. Appeal the Court
Decision about the requests specified in clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article,
in case their appeal is not accepted by the Court.
Article 39. Court fee
for settlement of the request related to the Vietnamese commercial
arbitration's settlement of disputes as specified in the law regulations on
commercial arbitration
The petitioner who
requests the Court to settle the civil matters related to the Vietnam’s
commercial arbitration activities shall pay for the court fees if they:
1. Request for designation
or change of an arbitrator.
2. Request for
application, change or cancellation of an urgent provisional measure.
3. Request for
cancellation of an arbitral award or registration for the arbitral award.
4. Appeal against the
Court Decision, in case the appeal is not accepted by the Court.
5. Request the Court to
collect evidence and summon the witness.
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Article 40. Fees for
submitting applications for opening of bankruptcy procedures
When filling applications
for opening of bankruptcy procedures for enterprises and cooperatives, the
following entities shall pay for the court fees: unsecured or partially secured
creditors, legal representatives of enterprises and cooperatives; owners of
private enterprises; Chairpersons of joint-stock companies; Chairpersons of the
Members’ Councils of limited liability companies with more than one member;
owners of one member limited liability companies; general partners of
partnerships; shareholders or groups of shareholder of 20% of ordinary shares
or above; cooperative members or legal representatives of members of
cooperative groups.
Article 41. Court fees
for consideration of the lawfulness of strikes
Employers that file
requests for courts to consider the lawfulness of strikes shall pay a court
fee.
Article 42. Court fees
for arrests of seagoing ships or aircraft
Petitioners who request
the Court to arrest seagoing ships or aircrafts shall pay a court fee.
Article 43. Court fees
for judicial assistances by foreign courts in Vietnam
Foreign parties, under a
judicially assistance, requesting Vietnamese courts to conduct certain civil
procedure activities shall pay a court fee as specified in this Resolution. If
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the foreign parties are not members of
the international treaty on court fees for judicial assistance, the give and
take principle shall be applied as specified in the law on legal assistance in
civil matters.
Article 44. Fees for
overseas judicial assistance
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Article 45. Fees for
provision of copies of papers and photocopying of documents at the Courts
Parties requesting the
Court to issue the copies of papers and photocopy documents shall pay a Court
fee.
Chapter VI
COMPLAINTS AND IMPLEMENTATION
Article 46. Settlement
of complaints about the court costs and fees
1. Agencies,
organizations and individuals may lodge complaints about the decisions or acts
of the competent agencies or persons on court cost and fee advances or court costs
and fees when having grounds to believe that these decisions or acts are
unlawful and infringe upon their rights and legitimate interests.
2. Complaints against
decisions or acts of heads of civil judgment enforcement agencies, executors
associated with court costs and fees shall be handled in accordance with laws
and regulations on civil judgment enforcement.
3. Agencies,
organizations and individuals may lodge complaints with chief judges of
first-instance courts within 03 working days after receiving court notices of
payments of court cost and fee advances and court costs and fees or notices of
the remission of the payments thereof. Chief Judges of the first-instance
courts shall consider and settle these complaints within 03 working days after receiving
them. Decisions of chief judges of the
first-instance courts are final.
Complaints about the
court costs and fees specified in the Court judgments or decisions shall be
settled under the civil, criminal or administrative procedure law.
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Article 47. Entry into
effect
1. This Resolution shall
come into force from January 01, 2017.
2. From January 01, 2017,
upon handling the civil, criminal or administrative matters under the
first-instance or appellate procedures, the matters about the court cost and
fee advances and court costs and fees shall be settled under the regulations
hereof.
Article 48.
Transitional provisions
1. For the cases handled
by the Court for settlement under the first-instance and appellate procedures
before January 01, 2017 but the actual settlement under the procedures thereof
is carried out after January 01, 2017, then the decisions on court costs and
fees shall be implemented under the Ordinance on Court Costs and Fees in 2009;
in case where the involved parties or the convicts must bear the court costs
and fees under the Ordinance in 2009 but are not required to bear such payments
thereof under this Resolution, then the parties or convicts who are not
required to pay such payments or are eligible for the remission shall implement
the regulations of this Resolution.
2. For the court
judgments or decisions which come into effect before January 01, 2017, the
regulations hereof shall not be applied for protest under the procedures of
cassation or retrial, unless there are other grounds for protest.
PP. STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
CHAIRWOMAN
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan
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LIST
OF COURT COSTS AND FEES
(Enclosed with the Resolution No. 326/2016/UBTVQH14 dated December 30, 2016)
A. LIST OF COURT COSTS
No.
Types of cost
Amounts
I
Criminal court cost
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First-instance criminal
court cost
200.000 VND
2
Appellate criminal
court cost
200.000 VND
II
Civil court cost
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1.1
Civil, marriage
and family and labor disputes without a monetary value
300.000 VND
1.2
Business and
commercial disputes without a monetary value
3.000.000 VND
1.3
Civil, marriage
and family disputes with a monetary value
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a
From 6.000.000 VND or
lower
300.000 VND
b
From over 6.000.000 VND
to 400.000.000 VND
5% of the value of
disputed property
c
From over 400.000.000
VND to 800.000.000 VND
20.000.000 VND + 4% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 400.000.000 VND
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From over 800.000.000
VND to 2.000.000.000 VND
36.000.000 VND + 3% of the
value of disputed property which exceeds 800.000.000 VND
dd
From over 2.000.000.000
VND to 4.000.000.000 VND
72.000.000 VND + 2% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 2.000.000.000 VND
e
From over 4.000.000.000
VND
112.000.000 VND + 0,1%
of the value of disputed property which exceeds 4.000.000.000 VND
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From 60.000.000 VND or
lower
3.000.000 VND
b
From over 60.000.000 VND
to 400.000.000 VND
5% of the value of
disputed property
c
From over 400.000.000
VND to 800.000.000 VND
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From over 800.000.000
VND to 2.000.000.000 VND
36.000.000 VND + 3% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 800.000.000 VND
dd
From 2.000.000.000 VND
to 4.000.000.000 VND
72.000.000 VND + 2% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 2.000.000.000 VND
e
From over 4.000.000.000
VND
112.000.000 VND + 0,1%
of the value of disputed property which exceeds 4.000.000.000 VND
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For labor disputes with
a monetary value
a
From 6.000.000 VND or
lower
300.000 VND
b
From over 6.000.000 VND
to 400.000.000 VND
3% of the disputed
value but no less than 300.000 VND
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12.000.000 VND + 2% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 400.000.000 VND
d
From over 2.000.000.000
VND
44.000.000 VND + 0,1% of
the value of disputed property which exceeds 2.000.000.000 VND
2
Appellate civil
court
2.1
Civil, marriage and
family and labor disputes
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2.2
Business or commercial
disputes
2.000.000 VND
III
Administrative court
cost
1
First-instance
administrative court cost
300.000 VND
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Appellate
administrative court cost
300.000 VND
B. LIST OF COURT FEES
No.
Types of fee
Rate
I
Court fee for the
settlement of civil matters
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First-instance court
fee for the settlement of civil, marriage and family, business, commercial or
labor disputes
300.000 VND
2
Appellate court fee
for settlement of civil, marriage and family, business, commercial and labor
disputes
300.000 VND
II
Other court fees
1
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a
Court fee for
recognition and enforcement of judgments and rulings of foreign courts in
Vietnam; and foreign arbitral awards
3.000.000 VND
b
Court fee for appealing
against the court’s decision on recognition and enforcement of judgments and
rulings of foreign courts in Vietnam; and foreign arbitral awards
300.000 VND
2
Court fee for
settlement of the request related to the Vietnamese commercial arbitration's settlement
of disputes as specified in the law regulations on commercial arbitration.
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a
Court fee for
designation or change of the arbitrator.
300.000 VND
b
Court fee for
reconsideration of the awards of the arbitration councils on arbitration
agreements or competence of arbitration councils to settle disputes;
registration for the arbitral awards on the disputes
500.000 VND
c
Court fee for
requesting the Court to apply, modify and cancel the urgent provisional
measures which are related to the arbitration; to collect evidence and summon
the witnesses
800.000 VND
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Court fee for appealing
the decision of the Court which is related to the arbitration
500.000 VND
3
Court fee for
filling applications for opening bankruptcy procedures
1.500.000 VND
4
Court fee for
consideration of the lawfulness of strikes
1.500.000 VND
5
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8.000.000 VND
6
Court fee for arrest
of aircraft
8.000.000 VND
7
Court fee for
judicial assistance by foreign courts in Vietnam
1.000.000 VND
8
Court fee for
judicial assistance
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9
Court fee for provision
of copies of papers and photocopying of documents at the Court
1.500 VND/A4 size