National Assembly passes Road Law, no regulations on inner-city traffic fees

On the morning of June 27, with 447/454 delegates present in favor, the National Assembly passed the Road Law.

Previously, presenting a summary report explaining, accepting, and revising the draft Road Law, Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that regarding the technical level of roads, there were opinions suggesting adding high-speed roads to cover all types of roads and organize traffic appropriately.

The National Assembly passed the Road Law (Photo: National Assembly).

The National Assembly Standing Committee said that to determine the addition of a new type of road technical level, it is necessary to carefully consider and evaluate and build a system of technical standards and regulations.

On the other hand, class I roads are designed to have a maximum speed of 120km/h. Referring to the regulations of some countries in the region such as Japan, Korea, and China, there are no regulations and no separate standards for high-speed roads. Therefore, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed that the National Assembly not add this road level in the draft Law.

Regarding inner-city traffic fees, there are suggestions to add regulations on inner-city traffic fees applied to private cars entering certain urban areas during certain time frames to limit the excessive development of private vehicles, contributing to reducing traffic congestion in urban areas;

At the same time, supplement revenue for the State budget to increase support for the development of road infrastructure and public transport systems in urban areas.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly believes that the regulation on inner-city traffic fees is not within the scope of the draft Law and needs to be further studied and its impact carefully assessed. Therefore, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly proposes that the National Assembly not stipulate this content in the draft Law.

Regarding road transport activities, there are suggestions to add regulations on tourist passenger transport business types; add passenger transport business types by 4-wheel electric vehicles operating in restricted areas to Clause 6; there are suggestions to have stricter regulations on passenger transport business types under contract.

Accepting the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee added the type of 4-wheeled motor vehicles to Clause 5 and related clauses in Article 56;

At the same time, the report added as follows: The Draft Law has stipulated that contract vehicles and tourist vehicles are contract vehicles because these two types have similar characteristics and nature in terms of transport organization; have similar scope of operation, service objects and forms of contract between transport business units and transport hirers. When these two types are generally stipulated as contract vehicles, they are still given priority to operate in tourist areas, tourist spots, and transport tourists as per current regulations...

Regarding the proposal to more strictly manage the type of passenger transport business under contract, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly finds that specific regulations will be specified by the Government in detail according to Clause 14 of this Article and the management practices of state agencies. Therefore, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly proposes that the National Assembly keep this content as in the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly for approval.

There are suggestions to add 2 contents in Clause 8 including: The State encourages the development of passenger transport by bus in urban areas and assigns the Government to issue mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of bus transport in urban areas.

Receiving the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee directed to revise and supplement Clause 8, Article 56 of the draft Law to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval.

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