Is it illegal to drink alcohol and ride a motorbike on a village road?

According to Point c, Clause 2, Article 6 of Circular 32/2023/TT-BCA, village/commune roads belong to the routes and patrol and control areas of district-level police.

Therefore, district police will have the right to handle administrative violations of people participating in traffic on village roads.

Violating alcohol concentration is one of the violations of traffic participants, therefore, traffic participants using alcohol on village roads or national highways will be handled.

Regarding the penalty for alcohol concentration violations for motorcyclists, there are three different levels of treatment.

Fine from 2 - 3 million VND if alcohol concentration does not exceed 50 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or does not exceed 0.25 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Additional penalty is revocation of driving license from 10 - 12 months.

Fine from 4 - 5 million VND if alcohol concentration exceeds 50 milligrams to 80 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or exceeds 0.25 milligrams to 0.4 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Additional penalty is revocation of driving license from 16 - 18 months.

Fine from 6 - 8 million VND if alcohol concentration exceeds 80 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or exceeds 0.4 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Additional penalty is revocation of driving license from 22 - 24 months.

Therefore, people need to take note, absolutely do not use alcohol before and when driving to avoid endangering themselves and other road users, as well as avoid being fined, having their vehicle temporarily impounded, and having their driver's license revoked.

Penalty for alcohol concentration in cars

Alcohol concentration does not exceed 50 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or does not exceed 0.25 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Violators are fined from 6 million VND to 8 million VND. (Point c, Clause 6, Article 5). Driving license revocation from 10 months to 12 months (Point e, Clause 11, Article 5).

Exceeding 50 milligrams to 80 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or exceeding 0.25 milligrams to 0.4 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Violators will be fined from 16 million VND to 18 million VND. (Point c Clause 8 Article 5). Driver's license will be revoked from 16 months to 18 months (Point g Clause 11 Article 5).

Exceeding 80 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or exceeding 0.4 milligrams/1 liter of breath. Violators will be fined from 30 million VND to 40 million VND. (Point a, Clause 10, Article 5). Driver's license will be revoked for 22 to 24 months (Point h, Clause 11, Article 5).

In addition, the person with the authority to impose alcohol concentration penalties may decide to temporarily detain the vehicle for up to 7 days.

Minh Hoa (t/h)

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