Circular No. 16/2018/TT-BTP stipulates the reporting regime in managing the implementation of laws on administrative violations handling and monitoring the enforcement of laws.

CIRCULAR

Regulations on Reporting System in the Management of Law Enforcement Activities for Handling Administrative Violations and Monitoring the Implementation of Lawsand the Situation of Law Enforcement

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Pursuant to the Law on Handling Administrative Offenses dated June 20, 2012;

Pursuant to Decree No. 81/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 19, 2013 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures to implement the Law on Handling Administrative Violations;

Pursuant to Decree No. 97/2017/NĐ-CP dated August 18, 2017 of the Government amending and supplementing certain provisions of Decree No. 81/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 19, 2013 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures to implement the Law on Handling Administrative Violations;

Pursuant to Decree No. 59/2012/NĐ-CP dated July 23, 2012 of the Government on monitoring the implementation of laws;

Pursuant to Decree No. 96/2017/NĐ-CP dated August 16, 2017, issued by the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice;

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Administrative Violation Management and Legal Supervision;

The Minister of Justice issues this Circular regulating the reporting system in the management of law enforcement activities for handling administrative violations and monitoring the situation of law enforcement.

Thông tư này quy định chi tiết khoản 4 Điều 38 Luật Thủy sản số 18/2017/QH14 đã được sửa đổi, bổ sung tại điểm c khoản 21 Điều 14 Luật số 146/2025/QH15.

This Circular details the reporting system in the management of law enforcement activities for handling administrative violations and monitoring the situation of law enforcement, including: the Report Outline Model and the forms used to compile data accompanying the report; reporting periods, data collection timeframes, and deadlines for submitting reports; methods and means of submitting reports; contents of the report and the procedures for revising and supplementing the contents and data in the report.

Thông tư này áp dụng đối với tổ chức, cá nhân có liên quan đến hoạt động kinh doanh đối tượng thủy sản nuôi chủ lực trên lãnh thổ Việt Nam.

a) The reporting system in the management of law enforcement activities for handling administrative violations applies to Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Vietnam Social Security, People's Committees at all levels, specialized agencies under provincial People's Committees, central agencies organized vertically, including: Public Security; Border Guard; Coast Guard; Customs; Fisheries Inspection; Taxation; Market Management; Civil Execution Agency; State Treasury; Branches of the State Bank; Central Statistical Organizations; Provincial and District Social Security organizations, and other central agencies organized vertically as prescribed by law.

b) The reporting system in the work of monitoring the implementation of laws applies to Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and People's Committees at all levels.

Article 2. Report Outline Model and Data Form

a) Form No. 1 is the Summary Table of Data for Reports on Administrative Violation Penalties;

b) Form No. 2 is the Summary Table of Data for Reports on Administrative Measures.

a) Form No. 1 is the Summary Table of Data for Reports on the Issuance of Subordinate Legal Documents within the Authority;

b) Form No. 2 is the Summary Table of Data for Reports on Compliance with Laws by State Agencies, Authorities, and Individuals and Organizations.

Article 3. Reporting Periods, Data Collection Timeframes, and Deadlines for Submitting Reports

a) Reporting period: Semi-annually and annually.

b) Data collection timeframe for semi-annual and annual reports shall be carried out according to the Government's regulations on the reporting system of state administrative agencies.

c) Reports must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice no later than seven days from the date of finalizing the data.

2. Reports in the work of monitoring the implementation of laws

a) Reporting period: Annually.

b) The data collection timeframe for the report and the deadline for submitting the report to the Ministry of Justice shall be carried out according to the Government's regulations on the reporting system of state administrative agencies.

1. Reporting forms

Reports shall be presented in one of the following formats:

a) Written report (with signature, name of the head of the reporting agency, and stamp issued in accordance with regulations) and accompanied by an electronic data file. The forms used to compile data accompanying the report must be stamped.

b) Electronic written reports with digital signatures.

2. Methods of submission and receipt of reports

Reports shall be submitted to the receiving agency through one of the following methods:

a) Direct delivery;

b) Send through postal service;

c) Sending via fax;

d) Sending via email system in the form of image files (PDF format) or electronically signed documents;

d) Other methods as prescribed by law.

Article 5. Content of the Report

The agency preparing the report is responsible for fully, truthfully, and accurately reporting the contents in the Report Outline Model and the data forms specified in Clause 1, Article 2 of this Circular.

The agency preparing the report is responsible for fully, truthfully, and accurately reporting the contents in the Report Outline Model and the data forms specified in Clause 2, Article 2 of this Circular.

3. Organizations under central agencies organized vertically that are located in provinces and centrally-administered cities have the responsibility to simultaneously and fully, truthfully, and accurately report the contents in the Report Outline Model and the data forms specified in Article 2 of this Circular to their direct superior agencies and the People's Committee at the same level where the organization is headquartered.

Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies organized vertically that are located in provinces and centrally-administered cities as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2, Article 1 of this Circular have the responsibility to compile and submit the full data of subordinate units' reports to the Ministry of Justice.

Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels shall not aggregate data from organizations under central agencies organized vertically located in their areas into reports submitted to receiving agencies.

1. In cases where revisions or supplements to the contents or data in the report are necessary, the agency preparing the report shall be responsible for submitting the revised and supplemented report, along with a detailed explanation of the revisions and supplements, signed and stamped.

Article 9. Report on the results of judicial work in the first six months of the year

This Circular takes effect from February 1, 2019, replacing Circular No. 10/2015/TT-BTP dated August 31, 2015 of the Minister of Justice on the Reporting System in the Management of Law Enforcement Activities for Handling Administrative Violations and Monitoring the Implementation of Laws.

1. The ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees, and centrally governed city people's committees within their respective State management authorities shall be responsible for guiding and urging units under their ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, specialized agencies under provincial people's committees, and district people's committees to prepare reports and promptly compile them to submit to the Ministry of Justice in accordance with the contents and deadlines stipulated in this Circular.

2. During the implementation process, if there are difficulties, obstacles, or new issues arising, it is requested that agencies, organizations, and individuals promptly reflect these to the Ministry of Justice (through the Administrative Violation Management and Law Enforcement Supervision Department) for study, amendment, and supplementation as appropriate./.