Proposed 2 toll levels to be collected on expressways invested by the State

A limited four-lane section of the North-South Expressway has been put into operation. (Photo: Viet Hung/Vietnam+)

According to statistics from the Vietnam Road Administration, there are currently 12 expressways owned and directly managed and operated by the State under the management of the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction).

Based on the provisions of Decree 130/2024 and the progress of installation of toll station infrastructure, toll collection equipment, rest stops and technical infrastructure, technological equipment for traffic management and operation, the Vietnam Road Administration proposed to implement toll collection on 5 expressways: Mai Son-National Highway 45, National Highway 45-Nghi Son, Nghi Son-Dien Chau, Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet-Dau Giay.

Regarding the toll, the 4 expressways including Mai Son-National Highway 45, National Highway 45-Nghi Son, Nghi Son-Dien Chau, Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet were decided on investment policy before the effective date of the Road Law, when put into operation but do not fully meet the requirements specified in the Road Law (expressways with 4 lanes, with intermittent emergency lanes) will have a toll fee of 900 VND/km.

In particular, the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay expressway fully meets the regulations on conditions for toll collection (the expressway has 4 lanes, with continuous emergency lanes) and will have a toll of 1,300 VND/km.

It is expected that when implementing toll collection on the above 5 expressways, after deducting the collection organization costs, each year the budget will pay about 1,700 billion VND.

For the 7 expressways that are not yet eligible for toll collection, including Hanoi-Thai Nguyen, Lao Cai-Kim Thanh, Cao Bo-Mai Son, Cam Lo-La Son, La Son-Tuy Loan, Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong, the Vietnam Road Administration will study to continue to develop an exploitation project in the next phase.

The Vietnam Road Administration also proposed that the asset management agency, the Road Administration, directly organize the exploitation of road infrastructure assets; manage, maintain and repair expressway sections invested, owned, managed and exploited by the State according to the law; the collection of expressway tolls will apply the non-stop electronic form.

As the revenue management agency, the Vietnam Road Administration will manage the collection, payment and use of expressway usage fees; declare and pay collected expressway usage fees monthly, and make annual settlements according to tax management regulations; inspect the activities and revenues from providing expressway usage fee collection services of the collection operators and service providers, ensuring the correct, full and timely collection of expressway usage fees into the fee account awaiting payment to the budget of the collection management unit./.

According to VNA

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