A series of notable policies take effect from January 2025
Báo Dân trí•01/01/2025
(Dan Tri) - 8 new laws and regulations related to driver's license testing, banking applications, residence registration, traffic police setting up patrol posts, paint color of school buses... will take effect from 2025.
The 2024 Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety has a notable provision in Article 58 on a 12-point driving license. If a violation is committed, points will be deducted corresponding to the nature and severity. If all points are deducted from a driving license, the driver will not be allowed to drive the vehicle corresponding to that license on the road. After at least 6 months from the date of all points being deducted, the driver must take an exam to restore all 12 points. Clause 1, Article 37 stipulates that the license plates put up for auction are the license plates of cars, motorbikes, and mopeds specified in Points c and d, Clause 2, Article 36 of this Law. Thus, from January 1, 2025, license plates of motorbikes and mopeds can also be auctioned. The Law on Guards (amended) adds the positions of Party and State leaders to the list of guard subjects; Supplementing security measures for people holding key leadership positions and titles, senior leaders of the Party, State, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and supplementing regulations on Special Protection Certificates... The 2024 Road Law adds "village roads" belonging to rural traffic routes to the road system, managed by localities; supplementing regulations on rest stops and bus stations must have charging systems for electric vehicles; electronic payment for road traffic. The Law on Property Auction (amended) stipulates assets that the law requires to be auctioned; regulations on online auctions from January 1, 2025. The Law also stipulates new regulations on deposits and handling of deposits in auctions; amends regulations on cases where property auctions fail... The Law on the Capital adds regulations on the level of city government within the city - currently only appearing in Ho Chi Minh City, applicable to Thu Duc City. The People's Council of the city within the city in Hanoi will have 2 Vice Chairmen of the People's Council and a total of no more than 9 full-time delegates. The full-time delegates of the People's Council of Hanoi will increase from 95 delegates to 125 delegates (accounting for at least 25% of the total number of People's Council delegates). The Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones stipulates the management and protection of national defense works and military zones; the rights, obligations and responsibilities of agencies, units, organizations, households and individuals; regimes and policies in the management and protection of national defense works and military zones. National defense works are construction works, terrains and natural landmarks identified and renovated by the People's Army, agencies and organizations assigned to manage and protect them to serve military, national defense and defense activities to protect the Fatherland. A military zone is a limited area established on the ground, underground, on the water, underwater, in the air, specifically for military and defense purposes. The Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools adds highly lethal knives to the group of primitive weapons; functional forces are allowed to shoot at drones without prior warning and add military weapons. The Law on Organization of the People's Court has many provisions to innovate the organization of the People's Court; people under 16 years old are not allowed to enter the courtroom, except in cases where the court summons them. The regime and policies for judges will also change from January 1, 2025. Circular 65/2024 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating the testing of legal knowledge on road traffic order and safety takes effect from January 1, 2025. People whose driving licenses have had all 12 points deducted must take a theory and simulation test to restore their points. People whose driving licenses have had all their points deducted will have their driving license points restored when they pass both the theoretical legal knowledge test and the simulated legal knowledge test. People whose theoretical legal knowledge test results do not meet the requirements will not be allowed to take the simulated legal knowledge test. People whose theoretical legal knowledge test results meet the requirements but whose simulated legal knowledge test results do not meet the requirements will have their theoretical legal knowledge test results reserved for one year from the date of the test with satisfactory results. Candidates whose test results do not meet the requirements may re-register for the test after 7 working days from the date of completion of the previous test. Circular 34/2024 regulating the operation of road toll stations of the Ministry of Transport, effective from January 1, 2025, stipulates that panoramic video surveillance files are stored for at least 1 year. Lane surveillance video files; image files of vehicles passing through toll stations are stored for at least 5 years. Stored from the time the toll station is put into operation until 10 years after the termination of the PPP project contract or from the time the toll station stops operating for road use payment information data files (except photos of vehicles, license plate photos); data files on traffic volume, toll revenue, single-trip tickets, monthly tickets, quarterly tickets. Road use fee collection data is connected according to the provisions of current standards on toll collection, according to the provisions of the law on electronic payment of road traffic and the requirements of competent authorities. Regulations on safety and security for providing online services in the banking industry are stipulated in Circular No. 50/2024 of the State Bank of Vietnam, effective from January 1, 2025. Article 8 of the Circular clearly states that mobile banking applications will not remember secret access codes. In which, the secret code is a string of characters to confirm the customer's access to the application or confirm the customer's transaction. The secret key must meet the following conditions: Minimum length of 8 characters, including numbers, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters; maximum validity period of 12 months and with the default key code issued for the first time, the maximum validity period is 30 days. In addition, the online banking application must have measures to protect against interference in the data exchange flow on the application and between the application and the service providing server; deploy solutions to prevent, combat, and detect unauthorized interference with the application installed on the customer's mobile device... Clause 2, Article 6 of Circular 73/2024 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating the patrol, control and handling of violations of laws on road traffic order and safety by traffic police (effective from January 1, 2025) clearly states: Traffic police organize forces at a point on the road, at the traffic police station according to the plan issued by the competent authority to stop vehicles, control, detect and handle violations of laws on road traffic order and safety and other violations of laws under their authority. When performing duties at a point on the road, traffic police must choose a location, a wide, open road surface, not obstructing the view and in accordance with the law. When organizing a control force at a point on the road, at the traffic police station, a camera must be equipped to record the control activities of the traffic police team. Control at night must have lighting and ensure adequate lighting. Stopping and controlling vehicles must ensure the following requirements: Safety, in accordance with the law, and not obstructing traffic activities. Decree 154/2024 of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Residence, effective from January 10 (replacing Decree 62/2021), requires citizens to provide information proving legal residence to the residence registration agency: Papers and documents certifying land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land; Housing construction permit or limited-term housing construction permit; Papers on house purchase and sale or state ownership or papers on valuation and liquidation of houses attached to residential land; Housing purchase and sale contract or papers proving the handover or receipt of houses; Papers on purchase, hire-purchase, donation, inheritance, capital contribution, exchange of houses in accordance with regulations; Papers on donation of houses of gratitude, charity houses, and great solidarity houses; Papers and documents proving the mortgage or pledge of legal ownership of houses; Confirmation from the People's Committee at the commune level about stable housing and land use, no disputes... The residence registration agency is responsible for exploiting this information in electronic identification cards, electronic identification accounts, residence databases, and administrative procedure settlement information systems. In case the information proving legal residence cannot be found in the database, the citizen must provide a copy, photo, or electronic copy of one of the documents proving legal residence when requested by the residence registration authority. Circular 79/2024 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating the issuance and revocation of vehicle registration certificates, license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes, effective from January 1, 2025, has provided instructions on how to identify license plates of domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals. In particular, car license plates have a blue background, white letters and numbers, and license plate series uses one of 11 letters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M) issued to vehicles of Party agencies; Office of the President; Office of the National Assembly and agencies of the National Assembly; Office of the National Assembly Delegation, People's Councils at all levels; Central Steering Committees; People's Public Security, People's Court, People's Procuracy; ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government; National Traffic Safety Committee; People's Committees at all levels and specialized agencies under provincial and district People's Committees; socio-political organizations; Project management board has the function of state management; public service units, except for driving training and testing facilities; License plates with yellow background, black letters and numbers issued to vehicles operating in the automobile transportation business, using one of the following 20 letters in turn: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z. License plates for vehicles using clean energy, green energy, and environmentally friendly energy have a green identification stamp attached. The license plate has a white background, red letters, black numbers, and the red symbol "NG" issued to vehicles of diplomatic missions, consular offices, and foreign staff carrying diplomatic identification cards of that agency. The license plate of Ambassadors and Consuls General has the registration number 01 and an additional red line across the middle of the groups of numbers indicating nationality and registration number (the license plate number 01 is reissued when registering a new vehicle). In Circular No. 81/2024, the Ministry of Public Security stipulates that license plates must be made of aluminum alloy; have reflective film, ink (or paint); the police security symbol is clearly embossed; the letters, numbers, and symbols are embossed with a height of 1.7mm (±0.1). The license plate must ensure the correct size, quality, and security; the letters and numbers are sharp, do not smudge ink, and the information is easily recognizable; the reflective film is glued to the aluminum alloy plate without air holes. All the letters and numbers are arranged symmetrically on the license plate. The Traffic Police Department - Ministry of Public Security presides over and coordinates with the Security Industry Department to periodically inspect and evaluate license plate manufacturing facilities according to regulations. Decree 151/2024 of the Government stipulates that commercial vehicles used to transport preschool children and students must be painted dark yellow on the outside of the vehicle. The front and two sides of the vehicle above the windows must have signs identifying them as vehicles used to transport preschool children and students. From January 1, when this decree takes effect, the Database on road traffic order and safety will include 13 pieces of information on registration and management of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes; vehicle inspection; vehicle itinerary, driver image; driver's driving time; information on road traffic accidents; driver's health; full name; personal identification number; date of birth; whether or not a car driver is a professional driver... That notable content is stated in Circular No. 22/2024 of the Ministry of Health on direct payment of drug and medical equipment costs for people with health insurance cards who go to see a doctor or receive treatment, effective from January 1, 2025. If a doctor prescribes a drug in the list of drugs covered by health insurance but the hospital does not have the drug at that time, the patient must buy the drug at an outside pharmacy, the insurance will refund the drug cost to the patient if the following conditions are met: At the time of prescription, the hospital does not have the drug because it is in the process of selecting a contractor according to the plan; the insurance agency will pay directly to the patient according to the correct quantity and unit price stated on the invoice. Also effective from January 1, Circular 37/2024 of the Ministry of Health guiding payment for pharmaceutical drugs, biological products, radioactive drugs and markers within the scope of benefits for health insurance participants has abolished the column classifying hospitals using the drug. Thus, the hospital will use all drugs in the list that are appropriate to the scope of expertise, treatment instructions, and diagnosis for patients participating in health insurance without distinction of hospital class or technical expertise level.
Cars running red lights will be fined up to 20 million VND Decree 168 of the Government stipulates administrative penalties for violations of traffic order and safety in the field of road traffic; deducting points, restoring points on driving licenses, effective from January 1, 2025, provides many very high penalties. For cars, the act of opening the car door, leaving the car door open unsafely causing a traffic accident will be fined 20-22 million VND. The act of not following the instructions of the traffic controller; not following traffic lights; going against the direction of a one-way street, going against the direction of a road with a "No entry" sign will be fined 18-20 million VND... For motorbikes, the act of driving on the highway, going against the direction of a one-way street will be fined 4-6 million VND; driving in a zigzag or swerving manner will be fined 8-10 million VND.
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