Vietnam: Will vehicles without ETC toll stickers mistakenly entering the automatic toll lane be deprived of the right to use their driver's license?
- Vietnamese regulations on the implementation of non-stop electronic toll collection?
- Vietnamese regulations on terminal cards mounted on road vehicles (ETC)?
- Will vehicles without ETC toll stickers, mistakenly entering the automatic toll lane be deprived of the right to use the driver's license in Vietnam?
Vietnamese regulations on the implementation of non-stop electronic toll collection?
For regulations on the implementation of non-stop electronic toll collection, Article 5 of Decision 19/2020/QD-TTg specifies as follows:
"Article 5. Implement non-stop electronic toll collection
1. The progress of electronic toll collection does not stop
a) For toll stations using roads that have installed non-stop electronic toll collection systems, they must immediately operate non-stop electronic toll collection.
b) For toll booths using roads that are in operation or have not installed non-stop electronic toll collection systems any later than December 31, 2020, they must switch to non-stop electronic toll collection in accordance with this Decision.
c) For toll stations managed by the Vietnam Highway Development Investment Corporation, the completion schedule shall be considered and decided by the Ministry of Transport and the State Capital Management Committee at the enterprise in accordance with the capital conditions of the project.
2. For toll stations for road use services under new construction investment projects, only collect tolls for road use services when electronic toll collection does not stop according to the provisions of this Decision.
3. Based on specific conditions for each toll booth, competent State agencies shall consider and decide:
a) The maintenance of each toll station with 01 mixed toll lane (toll lane applying both electronic non-stop and one-stop form) on each traffic direction.
b) The time of changing the mixed lane mentioned at Point a of this Clause to non-stop electronic toll collection and carrying out full toll collection in the electronic form without stopping.
c) Suspend and suspend the collection of tolls for road use services for toll stations that have not yet implemented non-stop electronic toll collection according to Points a, b, Clause 1 of this Article and Clause 3, Article 7 of this Decision due to the fault of investors.
d) The implementation of non-stop electronic toll collection for toll booths with a remaining payback period of less than 03 years ensures efficiency, publicity and transparency."
Vietnam: Will vehicles without ETC toll stickers mistakenly entering the automatic toll lane be deprived of the right to use their driver's license?
Vietnamese regulations on terminal cards mounted on road vehicles (ETC)?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of Decision 19/2020/QD-TTg on terminal cards mounted on road vehicles (ETC) specifically as follows:
"Article 9. Terminal tags mounted on road vehicles
1. Road vehicles subject to road use service fees and vehicles exempt from road service fees (ambulances, fire engines, specialized vehicles for security, vehicles using "National Road Toll" tickets) must be terminally tagged.
2. Terminal tagging shall be carried out at motor vehicle registration units and dealers authorized by toll service providers. The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense shall coordinate with the Ministry of Transport and toll service providers in implementing terminal tagging for road motor vehicles in the field of security and defense participating in traffic.
3. Vehicle owners do not have to pay terminal tagging costs for the first installation by December 31, 2021. From December 31, 2021 onwards, vehicle owners must pay the cost of terminal tagging to the toll service provider."
Will vehicles without ETC toll stickers, mistakenly entering the automatic toll lane be deprived of the right to use the driver's license in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Clause 4 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP (amended by Clause 3 Article 2 of Decree 123/2021/ND-CP) specifies as follows:
A fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed on a driver who commits one of the following violations:
- Use your mobile phone with your hands while driving a vehicle on the road;
- Entering prohibited areas or roads with signs prohibiting entry for vehicles being driven, except for violations specified at Point c, Clause 5, Point a, Clause 8 of this Article and cases where priority vehicles are on emergency duty as prescribed;
- Drivers of vehicles that are not eligible for electronic toll collection automatically do not stop (vehicles not terminal tagged or terminal tagged for which the amount in the toll account is not enough to cover when crossing the non-stop automatic electronic toll lane) entering the electronic toll lane electronically automatically do not stop at the collection stations poetry
- Stop, park at the location: On the left side of the one-way street or on the left (in the direction of traffic) of the double track; on the curve or near the tip of the slope where the view is obscured; on the bridge, under the overpass, parallel to another vehicle that is stopped or parked, except for violations specified at Point d, Clause 7 of this Article
- Stopping, parking, making u-turns contrary to regulations, causing traffic jams;
- The vehicle is not entitled to priority installation and use of the signaling device of the vehicle entitled to priority;
- Failure to take safety measures as prescribed when a car is damaged at the very place where the road intersects at the same level as the railway;
- Do not give way to vehicles applying for overtaking when there are sufficient safety conditions;
- Reversing, making a U-turn in a road tunnel; stopping, parking, overtaking in road tunnels at the wrong place.
Accordingly, the driver of a vehicle that is not eligible for electronic toll collection automatically does not stop entering the reserved toll lane in the form of electronic toll automatically does not stop at toll booths will be fined from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000.
In addition, in Clause 11 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ ND-CP stipulates that drivers who go wrong into ETC lanes at toll booths are also subject to additional sanctions of deprivation of the right to use driver's licenses for 1-3 months.
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