License plate: Bought and then banned from reselling
The Ministry of Public Security believes that the license plate must go with the vehicle, so people who buy through auction cannot sell or transfer it to others.
After five times of drafting and collecting opinions from relevant ministries and branches, the Ministry of Public Security has submitted to the Prime Minister a proposal to issue car license plates through auction.
Auction by 5 license plate groups
The project to issue car license plates through auction was chaired by the Ministry of Public Security in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, and the Government Office since March 2017. Colonel Le Xuan Duc, Deputy Director of the Traffic Police Department - Ministry of Public Security, said that basically, the project submitted to the Government has a full legal basis and has received high consensus and agreement from ministries, branches, and localities.
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In response to people's concerns about the concept of beautiful license plates and what types of license plates are eligible for auction, Colonel Le Xuan Duc affirmed that for state management agencies, there is no concept of "beautiful license plates" but only a management tool. According to Mr. Duc, beautiful license plates depend on the concept of each individual.
However, through practical surveys and research, the project has proposed 5 groups of license plates for auction, including: 5 identical numbers, 4 identical last numbers, 3 identical numbers, the latter number is larger than the previous number, any numbers chosen by people with different needs from the above 4 groups. For the 5th group, the license plate can be the date of birth of the people who choose and have the need.
Notably, with the 5th group of license plates, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security, said that people have the right to register the license plate they want with the management agency. The management agency will then review and publicize this license plate on the auction list. In case there are 2 or more people registering, an auction will be held, but if only 1 person has a need, the management agency will consider granting it at a higher fee than the regulations.
No business market creation
According to Colonel Le Xuan Duc, the auction of the right to use vehicle license plates must comply with the provisions of the law on road traffic; management, use of public assets and asset auctions as well as legal documents of the Ministry of Public Security on vehicle registration and management. The auction ensures publicity, transparency and fairness. All numbers put up for auction are publicly listed at the place of vehicle registration and on the online auction site. The proceeds from the auction will be paid into the state budget.
According to the project, car license plates are considered public property. Therefore, the people who win the auction can only use the property and cannot transfer it like some other properties. This is the most controversial regulation.
Responding to this, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Son said: "The license plate must go with the vehicle. Creating a license plate business market is not allowed. Therefore, no transfer is allowed." The leader of the Ministry of Public Security also noted: People sell cars, not license plates. If the car is sold to someone in the same province or city, the car must be sold along with the license plate. In the case of selling the car in another locality, the issued license plate must be revoked.
