Regulations on providing information for vehicles entering and exiting the passenger terminal from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam

Regulations on providing information for vehicles entering and exiting the passenger terminal from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam​ (Image from Internet)

On May 31, 2024, the Minister of Transport of Vietnam issued Circular 18/2024/TT-BGTVT, amending Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT on the organization and management of road transportation activities and road transport support services.

Regulations on providing information for vehicles entering and exiting the passenger terminal from July 15, 2024 in Vietnam

The provision of information on buses entering and leaving passenger terminals from July 15, 2024, is regulated as follows:

- The information provided on the Transport Order of each bus operating at the station includes name of the passenger terminal (name, station code as per the published decision); name of the transport company or cooperative (name, tax identification number of the transport company or cooperative); name of the driver (name, driver's license class, driver's license number); vehicle registration plate; route (route number, originating passenger terminal, destination passenger terminal); departure time; actual number of passengers at the time of departure.

- The above-mentioned information must be continuously provided to the Vietnam Road Administration’s software within no more than 03 minutes from the time the bus departs the station.

(Clause 4, Article 51 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT, amended by Circular 18/2024/TT-BGTVT)

Responsibilities of transport operating units and passenger terminals in Vietnam

Transport operating units and passenger terminals will have the following responsibilities:

(1) Equip, manage, and maintain data processing hardware, software, and data transmission lines to ensure connectivity, data transmission, and compatibility with data reception software of the Vietnam Road Administration.

(2) Ensure accurate, complete, unaltered, and timely transmission of data as regulated in Article 51 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT to the Vietnam Road Administration's server.

(3) Monitor and verify the accuracy of vehicle information, driver information, and business types of the vehicles managed by the unit. Assign staff to monitor, exploit, and use data for the unit's transportation management and operations.

(4) Systematically store mandatory information for a minimum of 03 (three) years.

(5) Provide accounts (username, password) to access the unit's vehicle management software to authorized state management agencies upon request.

(6) The passenger terminal operating unit must directly implement the regulations in (1), (2), and (4) or hire a software service provider to perform through a legally effective contract.

(7) Implement other responsibilities as prescribed by relevant laws.

(Article 54 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT, amended by Circular 05/2023/TT-BGTVT, Circular 18/2024/TT-BGTVT)

More details can be found in Circular 18/2024/TT-BGTVT effective from July 15, 2024.

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