Who is allowed to use National road ticket in Vietnam?

Who is allowed to use National road ticket in Vietnam?

Clause 6, Article 1 of Circular 28/2021 stipulates that vehicle of the public security and national defense forces using the National Road Ticket of Vietnam(“National road tickets” pursuant to Circular 35/2016) are exempted from road tolls.

In particularly, National road tickets only apply to cars of the public security or national defense force in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam:

- National road tickets only apply to vehicles with red license plates of the Ministry of National Defense. National road tickets shall not apply to vehicles with any other license plates (even vehicles of the Ministry of National Defense without red licenses).

A national road ticket contains the following information:

+ Issuing agency (the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam);

+ Types of vehicle (2 types: military cars and military trucks);

+ Size of the ticket: 12 cm x 8 cm; red background, white texts and numbers;

+ License plate;

- National road tickets that apply to vehicles of the Ministry of Public Security contain the following information:

+ Issuing agency (the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam);

+ 2 types of vehicle (vehicles with less than 7 seats and vehicles with 7 or more seats, passenger vehicles, trucks, special vehicles);

+ Size of the ticket :12 cm x 8 cm; yellow background with a red line along its body at the position of 1/3 of the ticket from left to right, black texts and numbers;

+ License plate.

(Currently, Circular 35/2016 does not have the regulation for this issue)

Printing National road tickets in Vietnam

Circular 28/2021 also stipulates the details guidelines for issuing the National road ticket as follows:

Before October 15 every year, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall estimate the number, type of national road tickets with specific types of vehicle and send them to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam;

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam shall print and issue national road tickets in December every year. Yearly national road tickets will be valid from January 1 to December 31 every year;

After December 15 every year, the person who wishes for issuance of the ticket shall bring a letter of introduction from the Ministry of National Defense or the Ministry of Public Security to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam for issuance, such letter contains his/her full name, his/her position, his/her citizen ID and the number, type of ticket;

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam then shall issue the ticket accordingly. Agencies that are granted national road tickets shall manage and use them in accordance with the law.

Note: National Road ticket are currently issued pursuant to Circular 70/2021/TT-BTC until end of December 31, 2022.

Circular 28/2021 takes effect from January 1, 2022

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