Vietnam: All regulations on provision of professional training in transport and traffic safety to drivers and attendants

According to Article 16 of Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, professional training in transport and traffic safety shall be provided for drivers and attendants according to the training framework issued by the Ministry of Transport.

Training schedule: Before participation in transportation service business; Held periodically at the 3 years’ maximum interval between two training sessions.

Trainers, including:

- Lecturers in the transport major from (post)secondary or higher-level education institutions providing road transport training programs; persons obtaining at least Level 4 of VQF Diploma in transport;

- Persons holding associate or undergraduate degrees in other majors and acquiring at least 03 years’ experience in management and operation of road transport.

Every transport business shall provide professional training in transport and traffic safety to drivers and attendants and satisfy the following requirements:

- All regulations laid down in Clause 1 through 4 of this Article are complied with;

- While training is provided, the transport business is entitled to cooperate with another transport business, Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association, local automobile transportation association, driver training institutes, training institutes for ministries and ministerial agencies’ officials and (post) secondary or higher-level education institutions (that provide road transport training programs) to provide training to drivers and attendants;

- Before providing training, the training provider shall notify the Department of Transport of the training plan, place of training, list of trainers and trainees for inspection and supervision purposes;

- A certificate is issued to those who have completed the training according to the Form in the Appendix 3 hereof; training dossiers and results shall be archived for at least 03 years.

The Department of Transport shall deploy officials to directly monitor or monitor the provision of training via cameras; refuse to recognize training results and request the training provider to provide training again in accordance with regulations if the training provider fails to notify the Department of Transport as prescribed in Point c Clause 5 of this Article or fails to comply with Point a Clause 5 of this Article.

View more details at Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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