Current regulations on fees for driving tests in Vietnam

Current regulations on fees for driving tests in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Current regulations on fees for driving tests in Vietnam

Schedule for fees for driving tests; charges for issuance of driving licenses and certificates of operation of road motor vehicles and charges for vehicle registration and issuance of license plates of special vehicles is specified in Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC (effective as of August 1, 2023) as follows:

Notes:

- The fees for driving tests prescribed herein shall be applied nationwide (for both central and local authorities).

- Driving test candidates shall pay fees for each driving test (on the basis of testing times: first driving test, re-test).

2. Payment and statement of fees for driving tests in Vietnam

- Fee payers shall pay the fees and charges according to the rates prescribed in Article 3 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC to collecting organizations using the methods specified in Circular 74/2022/TT-BTC.

- By every Thursday, collecting organizations shall transfer the collected fees and charges of the previous week to their fee collection accounts pending transfer to the state budget opened at State Treasury. Collecting organizations shall prepare statements and transfer the collected fees and charges to the state budget, and finalize them according to regulations in Circular 74/2022/TT-BTC.

- Collecting organizations shall transfer the collected fees and charges according to the rates prescribed in Article 5 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC and 100% of the collected fees and charges to the state budget (fees and charges collected by central authorities shall be transferred to the central government budget; fees and charges collected by local authorities shall be transferred to local government budgets) in accordance with applicable state budget laws.

(Article 4 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC)

3. Management and use of fees for driving tests in Vietnam

- Collecting organizations shall fully transfer the collected fees and charges to the state budget. The costs of service provision and fee and charge collection shall be covered by the state budget within the cost estimates of collecting organizations and state budget norms as prescribed by law.

- In case the collecting organization is permitted to use the collected fees to cover its operating costs according to Clause 1 Article 4 of the Decree 120/2016/ND-CP, it may retain 75% of the collected fees to cover the costs of service provision and fee and charge collection according to Article 5 of Decree 120/2016/ND-CP and transfer the remaining 25% to state budget.

For areas where physical conditions are still difficult and testing centers qualified for physical conditions have not been constructed, but driving tests are permitted to organize at old testing centers and test circuits by the Ministry of Transport, the collecting organization may retain 40% of the collected fees and charges to cover the costs of service provision and fee and charge collection according to Article 5 of Decree 120/2016/ND-CP and transfer the remaining 60% to state budget.

(Article 5 of Circular 37/2023/TT-BTC)

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