Is it prohibited for 5-ton trucks to enter the Binh Dien market in Vietnam? What are penalties for cars entering time prohibited road in Vietnam?

Is it prohibited for 5-ton trucks to enter the Binh Dien market in Vietnam?

In Appendix 1 issued together with Decision 23/2018/QD-UBND of Ho Chi Minh City stipulating corridor routes allowed for operation of heavy trucks regardless of time, specifically as follows:

- Corridor to Phuc Long port, Thu Duc district: Hanoi Highway – Tay Hoa crossroad – Nguyen Van Ba Street – Street No.2 – Phuc Long port (address: 494 Truong Tho street, Truong Tho ward, Thu Duc district) and vice versa.

- Corridor to ports situated along Luu Trong Lu Street, district 7:

+ Nguyen Van Linh - Huynh Tan Phat – Luu Trong Lu Street (including Lien cang A5 Street and Ben Nghe Street)

+ Luu Trong Lu – Huynh Tan Phat – Tran Xuan Soan – Tan Thuan 4 (Street connecting Tran Xuan Soan to Nguyen Van Linh Street) – Nguyen Van Linh Street

- Corridor to ICD port: Street No.1, Thu Duc district (from Nguyen Van Ba Street to Sai Gon River)

- Streets to Binh Dien market, Binh Chanh district: from Nguyen Van Linh Street to the market

Thus, your vehicle has a tonnage of 5 tons and you want to enter the Binh Dien market, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is a heavy truck route that is allowed to operate and has no time limit. So you can operate on this route without being banned for hours.

What are penalties for cars entering time prohibited road in Vietnam? 

Pursuant to Clause 4, Clause 11 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP as amended and supplemented by Clause 34, Article 2 of Decree 123/2021/ND-CP stipulating penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules, whereby:

4. A fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Using a cell phone with hands while operating the vehicle on public roads;

b) Entering prohibited areas, roads erected with signs prohibiting entry of operated vehicles, except for violations specified in Point c Clause 5, Point a Clause 8 of this Article and emergency vehicles on missions;

c) Failure to stop a vehicle ineligible for free flow electronic toll collection (ETC) (for the vehicle that is not equipped with an e-tag or is equipped with an e-tag but has not enough balance in the ETC account to pay a toll on ETC lane) from entering lanes for free-flow ETC at toll booths;

d) Stopping or parking on the left of one-way street or on the left (along direction of motion) of dual carriageway; on curve section of the road or near top of slopes where vision is obstructed; on bridges, under overpass, parallel with another parking or stopping vehicle, except for violations specified in point d clause 7 of this Article;

dd) Stopping, parking, making a u-turn against the rules and thus causing traffic congestion;

e) Using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle;

g) Failure to take safety measures when the vehicle breaks down at an intersection with a railway;

h) Failure to yield overtaking vehicles provided safety conditions are satisfied;

i) Backing up or making a u-turn in road tunnels; stopping, parking or overtaking in road tunnels where such activities are not permitted.

11. Apart from incurring fines, the violating operator shall also incur the following additional penalties:

a) The violation(s) specified in Point e Clause 4 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of the warning device(s) installed illegally;

b) The violation(s) specified in Point dd Clause 2; Points h and i Clause 3; Clause 4; Points a, b, d, dd, g and i Clause 5 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 1 month to 3 months;

c) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 5; Points a and b Clause 6; Clause 7 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 2 months to 4 months. Committing violation(s) specified in Points a, d, dd, e and g of Clause 1; Points b, d and g of Clause 2; Points b, g, h, m, n, r and s of Clause 3; Points a, c, e, g and h of Clause 4; Points a, b, e, g and h Clause 5 of this Article and causing accidents shall lead to suspension of driving license from 2 months to 4 months;

d) The violation(s) specified in Clause 9 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 3 months to 5 months;

dd) The violation(s) specified in Points a and b Clause 8 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 5 months to 7 months;

e) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 6 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 10 months to 12 months;

g) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 8 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 16 months to 18 months;

h) The violation(s) specified in Clause 10 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 22 months to 24 months;

According to this Article, if you drive a car into the road during the time frame where cars are prohibited, you will be fined from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 and have your driving license revoked from 01 to 03 months for entering the vehicle into a restricted area in Vietnam.

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