What is the penalty for not complying with a request for alcohol testing?

What is the penalty for not complying with a blood alcohol test? Please refer to the article below.

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1. Driving with alcohol in the blood or breath is strictly prohibited.

According to Article 8 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law (amended by the 2019 Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcohol and Beer), the following prohibited acts in road traffic are stipulated:

- Destroying roads, bridges, tunnels, ferry terminals, traffic lights, markers, signs, convex mirrors, median strips, drainage systems and other works and equipment belonging to the road traffic infrastructure.

- Illegally digging, drilling, cutting roads; illegally placing or leaving obstacles on the road; placing or spreading sharp objects, pouring slippery substances on the road; illegally leaving materials, waste, or littering on the road; illegally opening or connecting roads to main roads; illegally encroaching, occupying, or using road land or road safety corridors; arbitrarily opening manhole covers, illegally dismantling, moving, or distorting road works.

- Illegal use of roads, sidewalks, and pavements.

- Using motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes that do not meet technical safety and environmental protection standards on road traffic.

- Changing the vehicle's assemblies, components, and accessories to temporarily meet the vehicle's technical standards when undergoing inspection.

- Racing, cheering on racing, organizing illegal racing, weaving, and swerving.

- Driving a road vehicle while having drugs in the body.

- Driving a vehicle on the road while having alcohol concentration in the blood or breath .

- Driving a motor vehicle without a driver's license as prescribed.

Driving a specialized motorbike on the road without a certificate of training in road traffic law, a license or certificate to drive a specialized motorbike.

- Handing over motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes to people who are not qualified to drive vehicles on the road.

- Driving a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the prescribed speed limit, competing for the road, or recklessly overtaking.

- Honking and revving the engine continuously; honking from 10pm to 5am, honking the air horn, using high beams in urban areas and densely populated areas, except for priority vehicles on duty as prescribed by the 2008 Road Traffic Law.

- Installing and using horns and lights not in accordance with the manufacturer's design for each type of motor vehicle; using audio equipment that disrupts traffic safety and public order.

- Transporting prohibited goods, illegally transporting or not fully complying with regulations on transporting dangerous goods and wild animals.

- Threatening, insulting, fighting over, enticing passengers; forcing passengers to use services against their will; transferring, unloading passengers or other acts to avoid detection of overloaded vehicles or vehicles carrying more people than the prescribed number.

- Transport business by car without meeting the business conditions as prescribed.

- Fleeing after causing an accident to avoid responsibility.

- When having the conditions but intentionally not helping people in traffic accidents.

- Infringement of life, health and property of victims and accident perpetrators.

- Taking advantage of traffic accidents to assault, threaten, incite, pressure, disrupt order, or obstruct the handling of traffic accidents.

- Taking advantage of one's own position, power, or profession or that of others to violate road traffic laws.

- Illegally manufacturing, using or buying or selling license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes.

- Violations of road traffic rules, other acts that endanger people and vehicles participating in road traffic.

Thus , the law strictly prohibits the act of driving a vehicle on the road while having alcohol in the blood or breath.