What are the fines for operating trucks and entering prohibited areas in Vietnam? What are the fines for parking trucks on freeway in Vietnam?

What are the fines for operating trucks and entering prohibited areas in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 5 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP (amended by Article 2 of the Decree 123/2021/NĐ-CP) stipulating as follows:

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 b Clause 6 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.

Pursuant to Clause 5.c Article 5 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP (amended by Article 2 of the Decree 123/2021/NĐ-CP) stipulating as follows:

5. A fine ranging from VND 4,000,000 to VND 6,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Failure to comply with the traffic lights;

b) Failure to obey the orders or instructions of the traffic conductor or traffic guard;

c) Entering a blocked road or restricted area; going against traffic direction of a one-way road or a road where a “Cấm đi ngược chiều” (No entry) sign is erected, except for the violations specified in Point a Clause 8 of this Article and emergency vehicles on duty;

d) Overtaking in cases where overtaking is not permitted, overtaking in roads erected with signs prohibiting operated vehicles from overtaking; failure to signal before overtake; overtaking on the right of other vehicles in case not allowed to, except cases in which roads with multiple lanes with same direction of motion separated by road markings where vehicles on lanes on the right are faster than vehicles on lanes on the left;

dd) Failure to keep the vehicle to the right; going in the wrong lane (along or against traffic direction) except for cases specified in Point c Clause 4 of this Article; crossing the median strip; going on a sidewalk unless for entering a house;

e) Avoiding oncoming traffic against regulations and law, except for violations of using high beam when avoiding oncoming traffic specified in Point g Clause 3 of this Article; failure to yield to oncoming traffic as per the law in narrow or steep sections or in case of obstacles;

g) Failure to obey the rules when entering or leaving the freeway; going in the emergency lane or on the shoulder of the freeway; changing lanes on a freeway at inappropriate positions or without signals; failure to keep a safe following distance on the freeway;

h) Failure to yield to or obstructing emergency vehicles on duty that are sending out emergency signals;

i) Exceeding the speed limits by 10 km/h - 20 km/h.

Pursuant to Clause 8.a Article 5 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows:

8. A fine ranging from VND 16,000,000 to VND 18,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Going against the traffic direction on a freeway, backing up on a freeway, except for emergency vehicles on duty;

Pursuant to Clause 11.b Article 5 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP (amended by Article 2 of the Decree 123/2021/NĐ-CP) stipulating as follows:

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

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

As regulations above, a fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed for operating trucks and entering prohibited areas in Vietnam. In addition, the driver license of those drivers shall be suspended from 1 month to 3 months.

What are the fines for parking trucks on freeway in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 7.d and 11.c Article 5 of the Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP (amended by Clause 3 Article 2 of the Decree 123/2021/NĐ-CP) stipulating as follows:

7. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 12,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

d) Stopping or parking on freewayin locations against regulations and law; failure to provide signals to inform other drivers in case of compulsory stop or parking on freeway at an undesignated location; making a u-turn on freeway;

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

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 driver license from 2 months to 4 months;

As regulations above, a fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 12,000,000 shall be imposed for parking trucks on freeway in Vietnam. In addition, the driver license of those drivers shall be suspended from 2 months to 4 months.

What are conditions for parking vehicles on roads in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 18 of the Law on Road Traffic in 2008, when standing or parking his/her vehicle on a road, the operator shall comply with the following provisions:

a/ To give a signal to operators of other vehicles;

b/ To stand or park his/her vehicle at places with large roadsides or on land plots outside the carriageway; where the roadside is narrow or not available, to stand or park the vehicle close to the right edge of the carriage along the direction of traffic;

c/ Where a car stop or a parking lot has been built or designated, to stand or park the vehicle at such place;

d/ After parking the vehicle, the operator may leave the vehicle only after taking safety measures, if the parked vehicle occupies part of the carriageway, the operator shall place danger warning signs in front of and behind the vehicle for the operators of other vehicles to notice;

e/ Not to open the door of the vehicle or leave it open or alight from the vehicle when safety conditions are not assured;

f/ When standing the vehicle, not to shut down the engine and leave the driving seat;

g/ The vehicle parked on a steep road must have its wheels chocked.

Above are conditions for parking vehicles on roads in Vietnam.

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