22 Prohibited acts regarding road traffic in Vietnam

22 Prohibited acts regarding road traffic in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Road traffic principles in Vietnam

In Article 4 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008, the road traffic principles in Vietnam are as follows:

- Road traffic must be uninterrupted, orderly, sale and effective, contributes to socio-economic development, defense and security assurance and environmental protection.

- Road traffic shall be developed according to planning towards modernization and synchronism; transportation by road shall be combined with other modes of transportation.

- Road traffic administration shall be implemented uniformly on the basis of assignment and decentralization of specific responsibilities and powers and close coordination among ministries, branches and local administrations at all levels.

- Ensuring road traffic order and safety is the responsibility of agencies, organizations and individuals.

- Road users shall self-consciously and strictly observe traffic rules and ensure safety for themselves and others. Vehicle owners and operators shall take responsibility before law for ensuring that their vehicles operate safely in road traffic.

- All acts of violating the road traffic law shall be detected and prevented in time and handled in a strict and lawful manner.

2. Prohibited acts regarding road traffic in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008 as amended by the Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcoholic Beverages 2019 stipulates the following prohibited acts:

(1) Destroying roads, road bridges, tunnels and ferry landing stages, light signals, marker posts, signs, dome mirrors, median strips, water drainage systems and other works and equipment of road traffic infrastructure.

(2) Illegally digging, drilling and cutting roads; illegally placing or erecting hurdles on roads; placing and spreading pointed objects, pouring lubricants on roads; illegally leaving materials, wastes and garbage on roads; illegally opening passages and linking to main roads; illegally encroaching, occupying or using land of roads and road safety corridors; opening manhole covers without permission, illegally dismantling, removing or falsifying road works.

(3) Illegally using roadbeds, roadsides and pavements.

(4) Putting motor vehicles and special-use machines which fail to satisfy technical safety and environmental protection criteria into operation on roads.

(5) Changing the chassis, components and accessories of motor vehicles in order to temporarily achieve their technical criteria before taking them for inspection.

(6) Taking part in, cheering or organizing illegal vehicle races, driving vehicles recklessly on crowded streets or in zigzags.

(7) Operating a road motor vehicle while there is narcotic in the operator’s body.

(8) Operate vehicles under the influence of alcohol.

Operating a motorcycle or moped while there is a concentration of alcohol of over 50 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood or 0.25 milligrams per 1 litter of breathed air.

(9) Operating a motor vehicle without a driver license as prescribed.

Operating a special-use vehicle on the road without a certificate of training in knowledge about the road traffic law, a license or certificate of operation of special-use vehicle.

(10) Assigning one’s motor vehicle or special-use vehicle to another person ineligible for operating vehicles in road traffic.

(11) Operating a motor vehicle at a speed beyond the prescribed speed limit, recklessly passing or overtaking.

(12) Honking and opening the throttle continuously; honking during the time from 22:00 hrs to 05:00 hrs, blowing the hoot, using driving lamps in urban and populous areas, except for priority vehicles moving on duty as provided for by this Law.

(13) Fitting and using the horn and lamps at variance with the manufacturer design for each type of motor vehicles; using audible devices badly affecting traffic order and safety and public order.

(14) Transporting goods banned from circulation, illegally transporting, or failing to fully observe regulations on transportation of, dangerous cargoes or wild animals.

(15) Threatening, offending and fighting over passengers; compelling passengers to use services against their will; employing transshipment, disembarking passengers or committing other acts to evade detection of the carriage of cargoes or passengers in excess of prescribed limits.

(16) Conducting commercial transportation by car when failing to meet all business conditions as prescribed.

(17) Absconding after causing accidents in order to shirk responsibility.

(18) Deliberately refusing to rescue victims of traffic accidents when having conditions to do so.

(19) Infringing upon the lives, health and property of traffic accident victims and causers.

(20) Taking advantage of traffic accidents to assault, intimidate, incite, pressure, foment disorder or obstruct the handling of traffic accidents.

(21) Abusing one’s position, power or profession to breach the road traffic law.

(22) Illegally manufacturing, using or buying or selling number plates of motor vehicles and special-use vehicles.

(23) Acts of breaching road traffic rules and other acts endangering road users and vehicles in road traffic.

Ngoc Nhi

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