From 2025, what are the fines for not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle in Vietnam?

From 2025, what are the fines for not wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle in Vietnam?

According to Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree 168/2024/ND-CP, a fine ranging from 400,000 VND to 600,000 VND shall be imposed on motorcycle drivers committing any of the following violations:

- Stopping or parking the vehicle on the roadway in non-urban areas where there is a shoulder;

- Driving the vehicle exceeding the speed limit from 5 km/h to less than 10 km/h;

- Driving the vehicle at a low speed without keeping to the right side of the road, causing traffic obstruction;

- Stopping or parking the vehicle on the road, causing traffic obstruction; gathering three or more vehicles on the road, in tunnels; parking on the roadways or pavements illegally;

- Carrying two passengers on the vehicle, except in cases of transporting a sick person to emergency care, children under 12 years old, the elderly or disabled persons, or escorting persons committing legal violations;

- Not wearing a "helmet for motorbike, motorcycle riders" or wearing a helmet for motorbike, motorcycle riders without fastening the strap correctly when participating in traffic on the roadway;...

Thus, the fine for not wearing a helmet in 2025 when riding a motorcycle will be from 400,000 VND to 600,000 VND. This fine also applies if the helmet strap is not fastened correctly when driving a motorcycle on the roadway.

Is not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle deducted points on a driver license in Vietnam?

Based on Clause 13, Article 7 of Decree 168/2024/ND-CP regarding point deduction from driver licenses for motorcycles:

Penalties and point deduction from licenses of motorcycle, moped drivers, and similar vehicles violating road traffic rules

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13. Besides being fined, the driver committing violations will also have points deducted from their driver license as follows:

a) Committing the acts stipulated in point b, clause 3; clause 5; points b, c, d in clause 6; point a in clause 7 of this Article will lead to a deduction of 2 points;

b) Committing the acts stipulated in point đ, clause 4; point a, clause 6; points c, d, đ in clause 7; point a in clause 8 of this Article will lead to a deduction of 4 points;

c) Committing the acts stipulated in point b, clause 7, point c, clause 9 of this Article will lead to a deduction of 6 points;

d) Committing the acts stipulated in point b, clause 8, clause 10 of this Article will lead to a deduction of 10 points.

According to the above regulations, not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle will not result in a point deduction on a driver license.

What are principles for participating in traffic in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of the Vietnam Traffic Order and Safety Law 2024, the principles ensuring road traffic order and safety are as follows:

- Comply with the Constitution, Vietnamese laws, and international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

- Ensure road traffic is orderly, safe, and smooth, contributing to socio-economic development, national defense, security, and environmental protection; prevent legal violations related to road traffic order and safety, traffic accidents, and congestion; protect the lives, health, and property of individuals, agencies, and organizations.

- Ensuring road traffic order and safety is the responsibility of agencies, organizations, and individuals.

- Road traffic participants must comply with legal regulations concerning road traffic order and safety and other relevant laws, bearing responsibility for their own and others' safety.

- All violations of road traffic order and safety laws must be promptly detected, prevented, and dealt with strictly according to legal regulations.

- Activities ensuring road traffic order and safety must be public, transparent, and convenient for citizens.

- Ensuring road traffic order and safety must be implemented consistently based on assignment, decentralization, and appropriate functions, tasks, and coordination among relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals.

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