How much is fine for failure to number the passenger seats on cars in Vietnam?

How much is fine for failure to number the passenger seats on cars in Vietnam?

In Clause 2, Article 28, Decree 100/2019/ND-CP, supplemented by Point b, Clause 15, Article 2, Decree 123/2021/ND-CP stipulates penalties for violations against regulations on road transport and ancillary services for road transport are as follows:

2. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 2,000,000 shall be imposed upon an individual, from VND 2,000,000 to VND 4,000,000 upon an organization that commits any of the following violations:

a) Failure to put or failure to accurately and adequately put the name and phone number of the transport service provider on the outer sides of the body or doors of the passenger vehicle, except for the violations specified in Point d Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Failure to put or failure to accurately and adequately put the name and phone number of the cargo transport service provider, GVW, maximum permissible payload, and GVWR on the door of the truck as prescribed;

c) Failure to put or adequately put full name and phone number of entities providing goods transportation services, GVW, maximum permissible payload, and GVWR on the door of the container trucks as prescribed; failure to put or adequately put full name and phone number of entities providing goods transportation services, GVW, maximum permissible payload, and GVWR on the door of the trailers and semi-trailers as prescribed;

d) Failure to put or failure to accurately and adequately put the name and phone number of the taxi truck service provider, the net weight of the vehicle, the maximum permissible payload of the vehicle on the outer sides of the body or doors of the taxi truck as prescribed;

dd) Failure to put up or accurately and adequately put up the license plates; luggage allowance, hotline number;

e) Failure to number the passenger seats;

g) Operating a vehicle providing passenger transportation services along fixed routes or vehicle providing passenger transportation services in form of buses that are not installed with priority seats for persons with disabilities, old people and pregnant women as per the law;

h) Operating a passenger vehicle without providing passengers with instructions on traffic safety and emergency exit upon vehicular accidents as per the law.

i) Failure to provide ticket refund to passengers in the case of a fixed route covering a distance of less than 300 km.

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Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, if you do not number the seats in a passenger car, you will be fined from 1,000,000 VND to 2,000,000 VND.

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How much is fine for using a 09 seater vehicle or bigger as a passenger taxi in Vietnam?

According to Clause 4, Article 28, Decree 100/2019/ND-CP amended by Point q, Clause 34, Article 2, Decree 123/2021/ND-CP stipulating penalties for violations against regulations on road transport and ancillary services for road transport are as follows:

4. A fine ranging from VND 3,000,000 to VND 4,000,000 shall be imposed upon an individual, from VND 6,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 upon an organization that commits any of the following violations:

a) Failure to provide transport order and transport permit for drivers as per the law;

b) Failure to register and put up or accurately and adequately put up information about the routes, starting points and destinations, charges, quality standards of the transport services or ancillary services, except for the violations specified in Point dd Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Using a 09 seater vehicle or bigger as a passenger taxi;

d) Operating passenger taxis without installing the “TAXI” roof signs and posting “XE TAXI” (taxi) on the front and rear windshields as per the law or improperly installing the “TAXI” roof signs (not fixed, incorrect dimensions and made with materials other than reflectors); failure to include accurate service phone number according to business (cooperative) registration;

dd) Operating contract-based vehicles providing passenger transportation services and vehicles providing tourism transportation services without including the phrase “XE HỢP DỒNG” (contract vehicle) in case of contract-based vehicles and “XE DU LỊCH” (tourism vehicle) in case of vehicle for tourism transportation on the front and rear windshields as per the law or improperly including the 2 phrases above (not fixed, incorrect dimensions and made with materials other than reflectors);

e) Failure to issue “Thẻ nhận dạng lái xe” (driver identification) for drivers as per the law; 

g) Employing drivers and attendants who are not trained in passenger transport and road safety (if the type of transport requires that drivers and attendants be so trained);

h) Employing drivers and attendants without employment contracts;

i) Failure to develop procedures to ensure traffic safety or failure to adequately develop as per the law or failure to follow the procedures for ensuring traffic safety as per the law;

k) Failure to assign personnel to directly operate transportation activities or failure to satisfy requirements after assigning as per the law;

l) Using the vehicles of cooperative members to provide transport services without written agreements between such members and the cooperative; or using vehicles that are not under their right to enjoyment to provide transport services;

m) Failure to park in designated areas;

n) The information in the transport order is not completely certified by the station or not certified at all, or the transport order is certified while the vehicle is not present at the station;

o) Failure to notify content of the passenger transport contract to the Provincial Department of Transport before executing such contract;

p) Picking up, selling tickets, charging and verifying booking for individual passenger in case of contract-based vehicles providing passenger transportation an vehicles providing tourism transportation; designating fixed routes to serve different customers or other service recipients in case of contract-based vehicles providing passenger transportation;

g) Operating a passenger vehicle without seat belts at seats and beds as per the law (except for provincial bus lines);

r) Operating contract-based passenger vehicles and vehicles providing tourism transportation whose number of trips sharing departure locations and sharing destination exceed the limit as per the law;

s) Operating contract-based passenger vehicle and vehicles providing tourism transportation without complying with regulations on picking up and disembarking passengers at head offices, branch offices, representative offices or other specific locations hired or cooperated with transport service providers;

t) Operating taxis, contract-based passenger vehicles and vehicles providing tourism transportation whose 70% of total operational period in a month in a province (or central-affiliated city) without possessing the badges issued by Departments of Transports of corresponding province (or central-affiliated city).

Therefore, using a 09 seater vehicle or bigger as a passenger taxi in Vietnam will be fined from 3,000,000 VND to 4,000,000 VND.

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