Hanoi, April 1 -- A range of new policies will come into effect this month, including fines of up to 100 million VND (4,192 USD) for business owners who fail to pay their employees.

The highest penalties will be reserved for enterprises owned by organisations, which fail to pay more than 300 of their staff.

The new fines are part of Decree No 28/2020/ND-CP, issued by the Government on March 1, regarding administrative sanctions for violations in the field of labour and social insurance.

The decree is set to come into effect on April 15.

For individual business owners , the decree sets out fines of 5-10 million VND (209-418 USD) if failing to pay the salary for 1-10 workers; 10-20 million VND (418-836 USD) for failing to pay 11-50 work...