Vietnam: Road toll rates applied from August 10, 2020 to December 31, 2020

From the effective date of the Circular No. 74/2020/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam to December 31, 2020 inclusively, road toll rates are as follows:

- Passenger-carrying motor vehicles (including passenger automobiles and public passenger buses): The rates of road toll payable shall be equal to 70% of the ones prescribed in Point 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Section 1 of the Schedule of road tolls annexed to the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC.

- Trucks, specialized vehicles and tractor trucks: The rates of road toll payable shall be equal to 90% of the ones prescribed in Point 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Section 1 of the Schedule of road tolls annexed to the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC.

- During the effective period of this Circular, the rates of road toll prescribed in Point 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Section 1 of the Schedule of road tolls annexed to the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC will not apply.

- If the vehicles used for non-business purposes are used for providing transport services during the effective period of this Circular, their owners will pay road tolls at the rates prescribed in this Circular from the time when such vehicles are recorded as "commercial transport vehicles" in the inspection management program of Vietnam Register.

- The owners of the vehicles for which the road tolls have been paid at the rates prescribed in the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC for the full effective period of this Circular shall have the differences in road toll between the rates prescribed in the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC and the rates prescribed herein offset against the road toll amounts they incur in the next period. The vehicle registry shall take charge of calculation and offsetting of road toll amounts for vehicle owners in the next period.

Note: From January 01, 2021 onwards, road tolls will be paid at the rates prescribed in Section 1 of the Schedule of road tolls annexed to the Circular No. 293/2016/TT-BTC.

View more details at the Circular No. 74/2020/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from August 10, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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