On the morning of February 19, the Vietnam Road Administration directed the Departments of Transport to continue issuing and renewing driver's licenses while waiting for the transfer of this task to the Ministry of Public Security.

Previously, at a meeting on February 11, leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport agreed to prepare to hand over the state management task of testing and granting driving licenses from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Public Security, expected before February 19.

Before this decision, in recent days in some localities such as Quang Tri, Hue, Binh Duong, Binh Thuan... the Department of Transport has announced a temporary suspension of organizing driving tests and issuing and renewing driving licenses from February 19.

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Departments of Transport of provinces and cities are required to continue issuing and exchanging driving licenses. Photo: N.Huyen

However, since the transfer of tasks has not been carried out on February 19, the Vietnam Road Administration requests local Departments of Transport to continue receiving and processing applications for changing and reissuing driving licenses so as not to cause disruptions or affect the people. The departments will organize appropriate examinations to recognize successful candidates and issue driving licenses to successful candidates before the transfer of tasks.

The Vietnam Road Administration also requested the Departments of Transport to direct driving test centers to coordinate with the police to organize training courses for local police so that this force can proficiently use equipment and software for theoretical testing and on-road driving testing.

At the same time, specialized staff will guide traffic police and local police to operate the software management system, receive applications for changing, re-issuing, and issuing international driving licenses directly and online.

No need to queue, you can still change your driver's license at home

No need to queue, you can still change your driver's license at home

Instead of having to wait and queue from early morning, people can sit at home and change their driving license through the national public service portal.
Traffic Police Department: Driving test and license issuance will not be interrupted

Traffic Police Department: Driving test and license issuance will not be interrupted

A representative of the Traffic Police Department said that when there is an official decision from the competent authority, units under the Ministry of Transport will stop testing and issuing driving licenses, that is when the police agency will start working from that day.
Expected to transfer driving test and license issuance to the Ministry of Public Security before February 19

Expected to transfer driving test and license issuance to the Ministry of Public Security before February 19

The Vietnam Road Administration (Ministry of Transport) has just sent a document to the Department of Transport of provinces and cities to prepare to hand over the state management task of testing and granting driving licenses from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Public Security.