Is skateboarding on pavements against the law in Vietnam?

Is skateboarding on pavements against the law in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 35 of the Law on Road Traffic in 2008 stipulating other activities on roads as follows:

2. The following acts are prohibited:

a/ Holding markets, buying and selling goods on roads;

b/ Illegally gathering people on roads;

c/ Leaving animals unattended on roads;

d/ Drying paddy, rice stock and straw, agricultural products and other objects on roads;

e/ Placing advertisement billboards on road land;

f/ Installing boards, advertisement billboards or other equipment distracting road user attention to, and misleading the meanings of, road signs, or obstructing road users;

g/ Concealing road signs and traffic light signals;

h/ Using skateboards or roller-skates or similar equipment on the carriageways;

i/ Other acts obstructing traffic.

As regulations above, it is against the law for using skateboards on the carriageways. Currently, you are not against the law for using skateboards on pavements as there is no regulations on this act.

What are the fines for skateboarding on pavements in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 11 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP stipulating penalties for other violations against traffic rules as follows:

2. A fine ranging from VND 100,000 to VND 200,000 shall be imposed upon any person who:

a) Gathering, sitting, lying on public roads in a manner that obstructs the traffic;

b) Playing sports illegally on public roads; using roller skates, skateboards and the likes on the roadway;

c) Person sitting on motorcycles, mopeds (including electric mopeds), motorcycle-like vehicles and moped-like vehicles using umbrellas;

d) Persons sitting on bicycles and motored bicycles hanging onto, pulling or pushing other vehicles, other objects or carrying bulky objects.

As regulations above, a fine ranging from VND 100,000 to VND 200,000 shall be imposed for skateboarding on the roadway. In your case, you play skateboarding on the pavement so you won't be fined.

What are cases of temporary use of a part of pavement not for traffic purpose in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 1 of the Decree 100/2013/NĐ-CP stipulating temporary use of a part of pavement not for traffic purpose in Vietnam as follows:

1. The temporary use of a part of pavement not for traffic purpose is not permitted to cause the order loss, unsafe traffic.

2. Pavements may be permitted to use temporarily not for traffic purpose in the following cases:

a) To propagate guidelines, policies of the Party and law of State. Duration of temporarily using pavements does not exceed 30 days; in case it is more than 30 days, it must be approved by the Ministry of Transport (for national roads) or the provincial People’s Committees (for system of local roads);

b) To organize funerals, and yard for keeping vehicles and parking in serve of funerals of households; duration of temporarily using pavement does not exceed 48 hours, in special case, it does not exceed 72 hours;

c) To organize weddings and yard for keeping vehicles and parking in serve of weddings of households; duration of temporarily using pavement does not exceed 48 hours;

d) Yard for keeping vehicles and parking in serve of cultural or sport activities, parades, festivals; duration of temporarily using pavement does not exceed duration of organizing those cultural activities;

e) Yard for transshipment of construction materials and waste in serve of works construction of households; duration of use will be from 22: PM of previous day to 6: AM of the next day.

3. Position of pavement which is permitted to use temporarily not for traffic purpose must satisfies fully the following conditions:

a) The minimum width of remaining section for pedestrian reaches 1.5 meters;

b) The pavement has load bearing structure conforming to case permitted for temporary use.

4. For cases of using pavement defined in point b, point c, Clause 2 of this Article, households must notify the communal People's Committees in localities before using temporarily a part of pavement. For cases prescribed in points a, d, e Clause 2 of this Article, the provincial People's Committees shall provide for administrative procedures relating to permission of using temporarily pavement.

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