What are the 04 differences on the categories of driver license under the Draft Road Traffic Safety Law in Vietnam?
- What are the regulation on the categories of driver license under the Draft Road Traffic Safety Law in Vietnam?
- What are the regulation on the categories of driver license under the old regulations in Vietnam?
- The differences between the Draft and the old regulations on the categories of driver license in Vietnam
What are the regulation on the categories of driver license under the Draft Road Traffic Safety Law in Vietnam?
According to Clause 2, Article 42 of Draft Road Traffic Safety Law, the categories of driver license are:
"Article 42. Driver licenses
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2. CDepending on types, engine capacity, mass and utilities of vehicles,Driver licenses are of the following categories:
a/ Category A1, granted to drivers of motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of between 50 cm3 and under 175 cm3;
b/ Category A2, granted to drivers of motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of 175 cm3 or higher and those prescribed for category-A1 driver licenses;
c/ Category A3, granted to drivers of three-wheeled motor vehicles and those prescribed for category-A1 driver licenses and similar vehicles.
d) Category B, granted to drivers of passenger cars with up to 9 seats (including the driver's seat); trucks with designed cargo volume under 3,500kg; automobiles specified for Category B driving licenses with trailers attached with the total design weight of the trailers under 750kg;
dd) Category C, granted to truck drivers with a designed cargo volume of over 3,500kg; trucks specified for Category C driving licenses with trailers with the total design weight of the trailers not exceeding 750kg; vehicles specified for Category B driving licenses;
e) Category D2, granted to drivers of passenger cars from 10 to 30 seats (including the driver's seat); passenger cars specified for D2-Category driving licenses with trailers attached with the total design weight of the trailers not exceeding 750kg; vehicles specified for driving licenses of Categoryes B and C;
g) Category D, granted to drivers of passenger cars with over 30 seats (including the driver's seat); passenger cars specified for D-Category driving licenses with trailers with the total design weight of the trailers under750kg; vehicles specified for driving licenses of Categoryes B, C, D2;
h) Category BE, granted to drivers to drive cars specified for Category B driving licenses when towing trailers with the total design weight of the trailer over 750 kg;
i) Category CE, granted to drivers to drive the cars specified for the Category C driving license when towing a trailer with the total design weight of the trailer over 750 kg; semi-trailer tractors;
k) Category D2E, granted to drivers to drive the types of cars specified for D2 Category driving licenses when towing a trailer with the total design weight of the trailer over 750 kg;
l) Category DE, granted to drivers to drive cars prescribed for Category D driving licenses when towing trailers with the total design weight of the trailer over 750 kg; passenger car connecting wagon...."
What are the regulation on the categories of driver license under the old regulations in Vietnam?
According to Article 59 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008, the categories of driver license are:
"Article 59. Driver licenses
1. Depending on types, engine capacity, mass and utilities of motor vehicles, driver licenses are classified into driver licenses with unlimited validity and driver licenses with limited validity.
2. Driver licenses with unlimited validity are of the following categories:
a/ Category A1, granted to drivers of motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of between 50 cm3 and under 175 cm3;
b/ Category A2, granted to drivers of motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of 175 cm3 or higher and those prescribed for category-A1 driver licenses;
c/ Category A3, granted to drivers of three-wheeled motor vehicles and those prescribed for category-A1 driver licenses and similar vehicles.
3. Disabled people operating three-wheeled motor vehicles designed for them shall be granted category-A1 driver licenses.
4. Driver licenses with limited validity are of the following categories:
a/ Category A4, granted to drivers of tractors of a mass of up to 1,000 kg;
b/ Category B1, granted to non-professional drivers of passenger cars of up to 9 seats, trucks and tractors of a mass of under 3,500 kg;
c/ Category B2, granted to professional drivers of passenger cars of up to 9 seats, trucks and tractors of a mass of under 3,500 kg;
d/ Category C, granted to drivers of trucks and tractors of a mass of 3,500 kg or higher and vehicle types prescribed for category-B1 and -B2 driver licenses;
e/ Category D, granted to drivers of passenger cars of between 10 and 30 seats and vehicle types prescribed for category-B1, -B2 and -C driver licenses;
f/ Category E, granted to drivers of passenger cars of over 30 seats and vehicle types prescribed for category-B1, -B2, -C and -D driver licenses;
g/ Driver licenses of categories FB2, FD and FE, granted to drivers who already possess driver licenses of category B2, D or E to drive vehicles prescribed for these categories of driver licenses when pulling trailers or articulated passenger cars; driver licenses of category FC granted to drivers who already possess driver licenses of category C to drive vehicles prescribed for this category of driver license when pulling trailers or tractors pulling semi-trailers."
The differences between the Draft and the old regulations on the categories of driver license in Vietnam
There are 4 differences between the Draft and the old regulations on the categories of driver license as follows:
- Firstly, the categories A1 driver license has been renamed A01 and the categories A4 is removed.
- Secondly, for the first time, electric vehicles appear in the driver license categories.
- Thirdly, the Draft have to add 4 new categories of driver licenses: BE, CE, D2E, D2 and DE. Meanwhile, the categories of B1, B2, E, FE, FD, FB2 have been removed.
- Lastly, all vehicle classes have small adjustments to better suit the current actual situation.
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