Regulations on traffic safety in auto transport business in Vietnam

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Regulations on traffic safety in auto transport business in Vietnam

Currently, Regulations on traffic safety in auto transport business in Vietnam are specified in in Article 11 of Decree 10/2020/ND-CP (amended in Decree 47/2022/ND-CP), specifically as follows:

(1) Transport businesses, bus stations and cargo stations must formulate and implement traffic safety procedures.

(2) Traffic safety procedures must specify the following contents:

- For transport businesses:

Monitoring of drivers and automobiles throughout the operation of their businesses; inspection of traffic safety requirements for drivers and automobiles prior to their journeys (taxi businesses shall make this inspection according to their own plans); compliance with regulations on non-stop driving time and daily driving time; commercial automobile maintenance; inspection and monitoring of automobiles and drivers at work; plans to ensure all passengers have exited passenger automobiles; transport operation and traffic safety training for drivers; plans for handling of traffic accidents; and traffic safety reporting regimes for drivers and transport coordinators;

- For bus or cargo station operators:

Inspection of traffic safety requirements for automobiles, drivers, cargo and luggage of passengers prior to departure; inspection and monitoring of automobiles and drivers in the stations; and traffic safety reporting regime.

(3) Auto transport businesses shall:

- Operate their commercial automobiles in compliance with the operation regulations stated in Clauses 1 and 3 Article 53 and Clauses 2, 3 and 5 Article 55 of the Law on Road Traffic; equip safety belts for all seats and beds (excluding provincial buses) and provide instructions on traffic safety and on-board emergency evacuation for passengers;

- Not operate double-decker sleeper buses on level V and level VI mountainous roads;

- Employ drivers with at least 02 years of experience in driving passenger automobiles having at least 30 seats (including the driver) to drive double-decker sleeper buses;

- Formulate and update required information on employment of their automobiles and drivers in each automobile’s service history and driver’s work history. From July 01, 2022, this task may be carried out via the software for auto transport business management of the Ministry of Transport.

- Auto passenger transport businesses, drivers and staffs serving on automobiles (if any) (hereinafter referred to as “consignors”) shall, when receiving consignment goods (consignees do not accompany the goods by), require the consignees to fully and accurately provide information including names of goods, volumes (if any), full names, addresses, ID numbers and phone numbers of consignees and consignors.

(4) Transport businesses and commercial car drivers shall comply with regulations on daily driving time and non-stop driving time in Clause 1 Article 65 of the Law on Road Traffic. Regulations on break time between 2 non-stop driving periods are as follows:

- At least 05 minutes for taxi drivers and provincial bus drivers;

- At least 15 minutes for drivers of passenger automobiles running on fixed routes, interprovincial buses, rental passenger automobiles, tourist automobiles, tractor trucks and trucks.

(5) Minister of Transport shall stipulate formulation and implementation of traffic safety procedures for auto transport business and the roadmap for application of traffic safety procedures in stations; duties of traffic safety managers and supervisors; instructions on traffic safety and on-board emergency evacuation for passengers; and guidelines for formulation and update of automobile’s service history and driver’s work history.

Duong Chau Thanh

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