Roadworthiness of railway vehicles in Vietnam

 Roadworthiness of railway vehicles in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Roadworthiness of railway vehicles in Vietnam

Roadworthiness of railway vehicles in Vietnam as follows:

- Comply with national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety;

- Have a railway vehicle registration certificate issued by a competent authority;

- Have a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety or an unexpired certificate of periodic inspection of technical safety and environmental safety issued by a competent authority.

(Clause 1 of Article 30 of the Law on railway transport 2017)

2. Registration of railway vehicles in Vietnam

- A railway vehicle shall be issued with a railway vehicle registration certificate if the following requirements are met:

+ Have lawful origins;

+ Satisfy the national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety.

- Upon change of functions or main specifications, the vehicle owner shall reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate.

- Upon the transfer of ownership, the new owner of the railway vehicle must reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate under the new owner's name. 

- The railway vehicle owner shall make a declaration and return the railway vehicle registration certificate to cancel registration in the following cases:

+ His/her railway vehicle is no longer used for rail transport;

+ His/her railway vehicle is lost or damaged.

(Article 31 of the Law on railway transport 2017)

3. Prohibited acts in railway activities in Vietnam

Prohibited acts in railway activities include:

- Sabotaging railway works and railway vehicles.

- Encroaching upon railway safety corridors and safety perimeters of railway works.

- Opening passages crossing a railway without permission; illegally building flyovers, underpasses, culverts or other works built within the land area for rail transport; illegally carrying out drilling or digging operations within safety perimeters of railway works.

- Tampering with works and railway signaling; covering or tampering with railway signals.

- Obstructing the train operation; arbitrarily using signals or equipment to stop trains, unless a threat to railway safety is found.

- Trespassing fences or barriers of level crossings when the block signal is given; trespassing fences that separate a railway from adjacent areas.

- Discharging untreated sewage onto railways; placing obstacles and dumping hazardous substances or waste on railways; illegally placing flammable or explosive substances within safety perimeters of railway works and railway safety corridors.

- Herding animals and opening up markets on railways and within safety perimeters of railway works and railway safety corridors.

- Walking, standing, lying, sitting or performing other acts on roofs of coaches, locomotives, steps; hanging, standing, sitting on sides of coaches, locomotives, or connectors; opening train doors, poking the head, arm, leg, or other things out of the coach when the train is running, except for railway workers and law enforcement officers on duty.

- Walking, standing, lying, sitting or performing other acts on railway lines, except for railway workers and law enforcement officers on duty.

- Throwing earth, stones or other objects at or from the train.

- Bringing or transporting prohibited goods or animal that carries contagious diseases to the station or to the train; illegally bringing or transporting wild animals, radioactive/flammable/explosive substances and dangerous goods to the station or the train; bringing or transporting corpses or bones to the station or to the train running on urban railways.

- Making or using counterfeit tickets; selling tickets against the law.

- Allowing any railway vehicle or equipment that fails to meet technical safety requirements to operate on railways; using cargo coaches to transport passengers; changing the structure, design or functions of vehicles without permission; assigning or allowing another person who is ineligible to operate a railway vehicle.

- Assembling coaches that contain animals, stinky goods, flammable/explosive substances, hazardous substances, or other dangerous goods into a passenger train.

- Operating trains beyond the speed limits.

- Railway workers directly serving train operation are under influence of alcohol or other banned stimulants in the performance of their duties.

(Article 9 of the Law on railway transport 2017)

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