Road use fees vary depending on the type of vehicle. These policies are outlined in Decree 90/2023/ND-CP, whichregulates the collection rate, collection, payment, exemption, management anduse of road user fees.
The decree stipulates that road use fees apply to registered roadvehicles (with vehicle registration certificates and licence plates) that havebeen inspected for circulation (issued with safety certificates). This includescars, tractors and similar vehicles.
Road use fee rates vary depending on the type of vehicle asfollows:
Passenger vehicles with less than 10 seats registered under anindividual or business household name must pay 130,000 VND per month.
Passenger vehicles with less than 10 seats including trucks,specialised cars with a total mass of less than 4,000kg, public passengertransport buses (including buses transporting subsidised students and workers),cargo vehicles, and four-wheeled passenger vehicles with motors are subjectedto 180,000 VND per month.
Trucks and specialised cars with a total mass from 19,000kg tounder 27,000kg, tractors with self-weight plus allowed towing weight from19,000kg to less than 27,000kg must pay 720,000 VND per month.
The decree specifies that the fee for the second year (from the13th to the 24th month from registration and fee payment) is equal to 92% ofthe fee for one month as prescribed. The fee for the third year (from the 25thto the 36th month from registration and fee payment) is equal to 85% of the feefor one month in the prescribed schedule. This means that car owners ortransport business owners who pay road use fees for longer periods will receivecertain benefits.
Road use fees can be paid annually, monthly, or according to thecar's inspection cycle. The registration unit issues road toll payment stampscorresponding to the payment time.
For cars with an inspection cycle of one year or less, the vehicleowner must pay the road use fee for the entire inspection cycle and receive aroad use fee payment stamp for that period.
For cars with inspection cycles of more than one year (18 months,24 months, and 36 months), the vehicle owners can choose to pay road use feesannually (12 months) or for the entire inspection cycle.
In the case of paying fees according to the inspection cycle, theregistry unit will issue a road use fee payment stamp corresponding to theinspection cycle. At the end of the fee payment deadline (inspection cycle),the vehicle owner must go to the registration unit for inspection and pay thefee for the next inspection cycle.
If vehicle owners arrive for inspection earlier or later than theprescribed inspection cycle, the registration unit will inspect the vehicle andcalculate the continuing road use fee from the end of the previous paid perioduntil the end of the next inspection cycle.
It's important for car users in Vietnam to familiarise themselveswith these new regulations to ensure compliance with the updated policies onroad use fees and vehicle registration./.
VNA
