Under the decree, the people’s committees of wards, communes and towns are tasked with arranging the fee collection, but they have done the task in manners that were neither uniform nor consistent, from fee collection to submission to the state coffers, Minister Thang said.
In addition, sanctions and penalties on those who evade the fee have proved unfeasible and difficult to control, the minister added.
Currently, while most provinces and cities have been collecting the fee, some others have halted their collection, such as Khanh Hoa, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City, Minister Thang said.
Such a situation has caused an inequality among fee payers and led to bad public opinion, he added.