Vietnam: Implementation of traffic safety procedure by auto transport business

According to Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, every transport business (including enterprise, cooperative or household business conducting transport business by automobile) that is selected to implement the traffic safety procedure shall comply with Point a or Point b below:

a) Sufficiently and correctly apply and comply with all regulations laid down in TCVN ISO 39001:2014 Road traffic safety management systems - Requirements with guidance for use and Point a Clause 2 Article 11 of the Decree No. 10/2020/ND-CP and Article 4 of this Circular;

b) Develop and sufficiently and correctly comply with the traffic safety procedure in accordance with Clause 1, Point a Clause 2 Article 11 of the Decree No. 10/2020/ND-CP and Article 4 of this Circular.

However, if the owner of the household business conducting transport business is the driver operating a vehicle involved in transport business, he/she shall perform the tasks specified in Point c, Point d Clause 1; Point a Clause 2; Clause 3; Clause 4; Point b Clause 5; Clause 6; Point dd Clause 7 Article 4 of Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BGTVT.

Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BGTVT also stipulates that by the twentieth of every month, every transport business or bus station operator shall submit a report on transport activities in the previous month to the Department of Transport. The form of the report on passenger transport is given in the Appendix 18 hereto. The form of the report on goods transport is given in the Appendix 19 hereto. The form of the report on activities of bus stations and goods stations is given in the Appendix 20 hereto.

Moreover, by December 20, every Department of Transport shall submit a report on its transport activities to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, which will submit a consolidated report to the Ministry of Transport in February. The form of the report on transport activities is given in the Appendix 21 hereto.

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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