2 things drivers need to do before August 1 to travel smoothly on the highway

At the end of June, the Government Office issued Notice 186/TB-VPCP concluding on the issue of implementing the non-stop toll collection system. The Government Office has set out a number of tasks in the coming time, in which the Ministry of Transport and localities focus on directing investors to complete the installation of the remaining toll lanes before July 31, 2022 to deploy synchronized electronic toll collection nationwide from August 1, 2022. Including fully automatic toll collection for all expressways.

From August 1, 2022, fully automatic toll collection will be implemented on all expressways.

Therefore, it is likely that from August 1, 2022, all expressways across the country will stop collecting manual tolls and switch to using automatic toll collection systems. Therefore, vehicles without automatic toll tags will not be able to travel on expressways from August 1, 2022.

To move smoothly on the highway, drivers and car owners need to do the following two things:

1. Stick ETC non-stop toll collection tag

To travel smoothly on highways, vehicles will have to attach terminal tags, which are also known as ETC automatic toll collection tags. According to Clause 2, Article 9, Decision 19/2020/QD-TTg, vehicles can attach non-stop toll collection tags at motor vehicle inspection units at the most recent inspection, agents authorized by toll collection service providers or immediately upon passing through the ETC toll station.

Vehicles will have to attach terminal tags or ETC automatic toll collection tags.

In addition, vehicle owners can register for ETC card pasting service at home for ePass card of Vietnam Digital Traffic Joint Stock Company or e-Tag card of VETC of VETC Automatic Toll Collection Company Limited.

The above units are currently supporting free automatic toll collection card stickers for customers who activate their non-stop toll collection accounts for the first time. For customers who stick the card for the second time or more, the fee is 120,000 VND/card.

In case a car does not have an ETC tag and deliberately enters the highway, the driver will be fined from 2 to 3 million VND.

In case a car does not have an ETC tag and deliberately enters the highway, the driver will be fined from 2 to 3 million VND and have his/her driving license revoked for 1 to 3 months.

2. Deposit enough money into the fee account

In addition to having an ETC tag, to drive on an automatic toll highway, drivers must also deposit money into a toll account.

Car owners can top up at ETC card service points, transfer money to a bank, deposit money into the app or on the website, or pay via the Momo app, Viettelpay...

In case a vehicle has an automatic toll collection tag but the amount in the toll collection account is not enough to pay the fee when passing through the ETC lane and still intentionally enters, the driver will be fined from 2 to 3 million VND.

In case a vehicle has an automatic toll collection tag but the amount in the toll collection account is not enough to pay the fee when passing through the ETC lane and still intentionally enters, the driver will be fined from 2 to 3 million VND, and will also have his/her driving license revoked for 1 to 3 months.