What are penalties imposed upon operators of tractors violating regulations on roadworthiness of vehicles running on public roads in Vietnam?

What are penalties imposed upon operators of tractors violating regulations on roadworthiness of vehicles running on public roads in Vietnam? - image from internet

Pursuant to Article 19 of the Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulating penalties imposed upon operators of tractors violating regulations on roadworthiness of vehicles running on public roads in Vietnam:

1. A fine ranging from VND 300,000 to VND 400,000 shall be imposed for:

a) Operating a vehicle with a license plate installed in inappropriate position; the letters and numbers on the license plate are not clear; a license plate that is bent, blocked, or damaged; painting and altering additional letters and numbers or changing color of letters, numbers and background of the license plates (including trailers and semi-trailers);

b) Operating a vehicle without a brake system or without one that meets technical standards; operating a vehicle with a steering system that fails to meet technical standards;

c) Operating the vehicle whose specialized equipment is not installed in place or not safe while the vehicle is moving;

d) Operating a vehicle without sufficient lights, without a sound or smoke suppression device or without one that is functional or meets environmental requirements in terms of exhaust and noise;

dd) Operating a vehicle with a certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety that has expired for less than 01 month (including trailers).

2. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 2,000,000 shall be imposed for:

a) Operating a vehicle beyond the permissible area;

b) Operating an illegally manufactured, assembled, or modified tractor or heavy-duty vehicle on public roads;

c) Operating a vehicle without a certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety (if required, except for temporarily registered vehicles) or with one that has expired for 01 month or more (including trailers);

d) Operating a vehicle without a corresponding certificate of vehicle registration or using an expired certificate of vehicle registration (including trailers);

dd) Operating a vehicle without a license plate (if required); or the license plate of which is not consistent with the Certificate of vehicle registration or not issued by a competent authority (including trailers);

e) Using a Certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety or Certificate of vehicle registration that is not issued by a competent authority; using a Certificate of vehicle registration that is not consistent with the chassis or engine number (including trailers);

3. Apart from incurring fines, the vehicle operator that commits the violations shall also incur the following additional penalties:

a) The violation(s) specified in Point b Clause 2 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of vehicles;

b) The violation(s) specified in Point dd Clause 1; Points b, c, d, dd and e Clause 2 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license (when operating tractors) and certificates of training in knowledge about the road traffic law (when operating heavy-duty vehicles) from 1 month to 3 months;

c) The violation(s) specified in Points d, dd and e Clause 2 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of the Certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety, the Certificate of vehicle registration;

d) The violation(s) specified in Points d and e Clause 2 of this Article in case of no certificates of vehicle registration or using certificates of vehicle registration issued by other than competent agencies, not matching chassis number or engine number of the vehicle or erased (including trailers) without documents proving vehicle origin (no documents, certificates on transfer of vehicle ownership or documents, certificates on legal vehicle origin) shall lead to confiscation of vehicle. 

4. Apart from incurring penalties, the vehicle operator that commits any of the violations specified in Points b, c and d Clause 1 of this Article shall be compelled to install sufficient equipment or restore the technical functions of the equipment, or replace it with those that meet technical standards.

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