Circular No. 20/2025/TT-BTP detailing the implementation of certain provisions of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP on inspection and disciplinary handling in the enforcement of administrative violation laws, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP.

CIRCULAR

Detailed Implementation of Certain Provisions of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP

on Inspection and Disciplinary Action in the Enforcement of Administrative Violation Handling Law

amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP

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Pursuant to the Law on Administrative Violation Handling No. 15/2012/QH13, amended and supplemented by Law No. 67/2020/QH14 and Law No. 88/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to Decree No. 39/2025/NĐ-CP dated February 26, 2025 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice;

Pursuant to Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP dated February 12, 2020 of the Government on Inspection and Disciplinary Action in the Enforcement of Administrative Violation Handling Law, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP;

||| The Minister of Justice issues this Circular amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 01/2023/TT-BTP dated January 16, 2023, issued by the Minister of Justice, regulating the system of reporting work on the enforcement of laws on handling administrative violations."

The Minister of Justice issues this Circular detailing the implementation of certain provisions of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP on Inspection and Disciplinary Action in the Enforcement of Administrative Violation Handling Law, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP.

Article 1. Scope of Regulation and Applicability

2. Applicability:

a) This Circular details the implementation of certain provisions of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP dated February 12, 2020 of the Government on Inspection and Disciplinary Action in the Enforcement of Administrative Violation Handling Law, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP regarding the issuance and adjustment of inspection plans; inspection deadlines; publicizing the conclusions of inspections on the enforcement of administrative violation handling laws;

b) Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels, Heads of agencies and units with authority to handle administrative violations shall inspect the enforcement of administrative violation handling laws within their own agencies and units, inspect persons with authority to handle administrative violations within their management scope, without having to follow the procedures and formalities prescribed in this Circular and Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP.

第二条 组织和实施奖励工作的支出水平，如政府第152/2025/NĐ-CP号决定关于分级授权和奖励领域的分权规定

Agencies, organizations, and individuals as stipulated in Article 2 of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP.

Article 2. Issuance and Adjustment of Inspection Plans for the Enforcement of Administrative Violation Handling Laws

1. The agency of the person authorized to issue inspection plans pursuant to Clause 2, Article 12 of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/NĐ-CP shall be responsible for coordinating with relevant agencies to collect information about the inspected subjects, time, and content before issuing the inspection plan to avoid overlap and duplication, specifically as follows:

a) Ministries and ministerial-level agencies within their respective functions and powers shall be primarily responsible for coordinating with the Ministry of Justice and relevant agencies to collect information about the inspected subjects, time, and content to develop inspection plans;

b) People's Committees at all levels and agencies under central authorities organized according to vertical systems located in local areas within their respective functions and powers shall be primarily responsible for coordinating with relevant agencies to collect information about the inspected subjects, time, and content to develop inspection plans;

c) The Ministry of Justice within its respective functions and powers shall be responsible for coordinating with ministries, ministerial-level agencies, the Supreme People's Court, and the State Audit Office to develop inspection plans and handle overlapping and duplicative inspection plans.

Inspection plans of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and inspection authorities at the central level must be sent to the Ministry of Justice (Department of Legal Documents Inspection and Administrative Violation Handling Management) within ten days from the date of issuance for monitoring, coordination, and implementation.

2. In the following cases, the person authorized to issue inspection plans may adjust the inspection plans:

a) Overlapping or duplicating inspected subjects;

b) When natural disasters, fires, epidemics, or other force majeure events occur that affect the implementation of the inspection plan;

c) Upon instructions from the head of the higher-level state management agency;

d) Other cases to ensure the effective implementation of the inspection plan.

3. If the agency or unit assigned to implement the inspection plan, the inspected subject, or related individuals or organizations discover overlapping or duplicating inspected subjects, they shall inform the agency or unit that issued the inspection plan for review and adjustment. The handling of overlapping and duplicating inspection plans shall be carried out as follows:

a) The agency or unit issuing the later inspection plan with overlapping or duplicating subjects must adjust the plan, except in the case provided for in point c of this clause;

b) If overlapping or duplicating inspection plans are issued simultaneously, the later inspection plan sent to the inspected subject must adjust its content, except in the case provided for in point c of this clause;

c) In the case where the inspection plan of the Minister, Head of a ministerial-level agency, or Director of the Government Official Secretariat overlaps or duplicates with the inspection plan of the Chairman of People's Committees at all levels, the Chairman of People's Committees at all levels shall adjust the content of the inspection plan.

4. Agencies and units are responsible for handling overlapping or duplicating content in inspection plans:

a) At the central level, agencies and units issuing overlapping or duplicating inspection plans shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Justice to handle them according to the principles set forth in Clause 3 of this Article;

b) At the local level, People's Committees at all levels shall take the lead and coordinate with agencies and units issuing overlapping or duplicating inspection plans to handle them according to the principles set forth in Clause 3 of this Article.

5. The decision to adjust the inspection plan shall be sent to the inspected subject, relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals immediately after the person authorized to adjust the inspection plan makes the decision.

Article 3. Time limit for inspecting the implementation of laws on administrative violations

1. Suspension of inspection of the implementation of laws on administrative violations:

a) In cases specified at points a and b Clause 2 Article 2 of this Circular, the inspection must be suspended;

b) The suspension period shall not be counted towards the time limit for inspection;

c) The Head of the Inspection Team or the authorized person must report to the authority issuing the inspection decision for consideration and decision on suspending the inspection;

d) The document suspending the inspection must be in the form of a Memorandum as prescribed by the Government on document management, clearly stating the reasons and duration of the suspension;

đ) The Memorandum suspending the inspection of the implementation of laws on administrative violations must be sent to the inspection team, the inspected entity, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals immediately upon issuance;

e) The inspection will continue when the reason for suspension no longer exists. Before resuming the inspection, the Head of the Inspection Team or the authorized person must report to the authority issuing the decision to notify about the continuation of the inspection and send it to the inspection team, the inspected entity, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals.

2. Cases requiring extension of the inspection time limit as stipulated in Clause 3 Article 13 Decree No. 19/2020/ND-CP, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 93/2025/ND-CP include:

a) The inspection falls under one of the following situations: the administrative violation handling file contains many complex circumstances requiring verification and clarification; the inspected entity does not cooperate or creates difficulties for the inspection;

b) The inspection location is in remote, mountainous, island, or difficult-to-reach areas.

3. At least two working days before the end of the inspection time limit as prescribed, the Head of the Inspection Team or the authorized person must report to the authority issuing the inspection decision for consideration and decision on extending the inspection time.

4. The decision to extend the inspection time must be sent to the inspection team, the inspected entity, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals immediately upon issuance.

Article 4. Publicizing the conclusion of inspections on the implementation of laws on administrative violations

1. The inspection conclusion must be publicized, except for contents in the inspection conclusion related to state secrets, military, national defense, national security, work confidentiality, and other contents that cannot be publicized according to the law.

2. Contents of the inspection conclusion to be publicized must be compiled into an inspection conclusion announcement signed by the Head of the Inspection Team or Deputy Head of the Inspection Team. The inspection conclusion announcement includes the following contents:

a) Inspection content;

b) General summary of achievements; shortcomings; violations identified in the inspection conclusion (if any);

c) Recommendations of the inspection team.

3. Within ten days from the date of signing the inspection conclusion, the Head of the Inspection Team or Deputy Head of the Inspection Team is responsible for publicizing the inspection conclusion through one of the following methods:

a) Organizing a meeting to announce the inspection conclusion with participants including the decision-making authority or the authorized person, the inspection team, the inspected entity, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals;

b) Posting at the headquarters of the inspected agency, organization, or unit. The posting period must be at least thirty days from the posting date;

c) Notifying in writing to related agencies, organizations, units, and individuals;

d) Publishing the full content of the inspection conclusion announcement on the Portal or Website of the inspection agency. The publication period must be at least thirty days from the publication date.

4. The inspected agency, organization, or unit is responsible for cooperating in publicizing the inspection conclusion.

5. If there are errors in the inspection conclusion or the inspection conclusion announcement that need correction, amendment, or supplementation, they must also be publicly announced according to the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article. The authority and method of publicizing are carried out according to Clause 3 of this Article.

6. The Head of the Inspection Team or Deputy Head of the Inspection Team is responsible for the content of the publicly announced information; correcting erroneous information (if any) within one working day from the discovery or receipt of a request for correction.

7. Correcting erroneous information:

a) In case the Portal or Website of the inspection agency publishes incorrect information as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article, it must correct the information in the correct section or position where the erroneous information was published within twenty-four hours from the discovery or receipt of a request for correction;

b) The publication period must be at least thirty days from the publication date.

8. In case the publicizing of the inspection conclusion cannot be implemented within the time limit stipulated in Clause 3 of this Article due to force majeure, the person responsible for publicizing must report to the immediate superior head and implement the publicizing immediately after the force majeure event has ended.

Article 5. Forms to be used in the inspection of the implementation of laws on administrative violation handling

The Circular hereby promulgates the Appendix containing certain forms for use in the inspection of the implementation of laws on administrative violation handling.

Article 6. Effectiveness

This Circular shall take effect from December 22, 2025, and replace Circular No. 14/2021/TT-BTP dated December 30, 2021, issued by the Minister of Justice detailing the implementation of certain provisions of Decree No. 19/2020/NĐ-CP dated February 12, 2020, of the Government on inspection and disciplinary measures in the implementation of laws on administrative violation handling.

Article 7. Responsibility for Implementation

1. The Ministers, Heads of Ministries equivalent to Ministries, Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels, and related organizations and individuals shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of this Circular.

2. The Department of Legal Documents Inspection and Administrative Violation Handling under the Ministry of Justice, legal departments under ministries and agencies equivalent to ministries, legal organizations or organizations with similar functions and tasks under agencies managing persons authorized to handle administrative violations, and Departments of Justice shall assist the Ministers, Heads of Ministries equivalent to Ministries, Chairpersons of Provincial People's Committees, and Heads of agencies managing persons authorized to handle administrative violations in organizing the implementation of this Circular.

3. In the course of implementation, if there are difficulties, obstacles, or new issues arising, relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are requested to promptly report to the Ministry of Justice for consideration and resolution within their authority.