Directive
13/CT-UBND
Directive No. 13/CT-UBND Strengthening State Management of Service Establishments Prone to Social Vices in Ho Chi Minh City
People's Committee of Hồ Chí Minh City
Vietnam's largest city and economic capital, a centrally-governed city in the Southeast on the delta plain; population about 9.5 million (2024). The country's leading centre for finance, trade, manufacturing and services, with the Port of Saigon. In the 2025 merger it expanded dramatically by absorbing the former Bình Dương and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces.
Document Type | Document Number | Status | Date Effective | Issuing Body | Official Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Directive | 13/CT-UBND | In effect | 15/09/2021 | People's Committee of Hồ Chí Minh City | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/169404 |
Summary
Directive No. 13/CT-UBND, issued by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on 15 September 2021, directs city agencies and district-level authorities to strengthen state management of service establishments prone to social vices (including drug-related activity, gambling, prostitution, sexual stimulation, eroticism and related offenses) in order to prevent, detect and strictly handle violations that threaten public order and cultural norms. It notes prior implementation of Directive No. 13/2012/CT-UBND (25 April 2012) and identifies persistent problems: disguised or transformed businesses, deliberate legal violations for profit, weak or inconsistent local leadership and coordination, gaps and overlaps in laws, and insufficient oversight by mass organisations. The Directive applies to departments of the City (notably the Department of Culture and Sports; Department…