Minister of Transport issues Directive to rectify training and issuance of driving licenses

Improve the quality of inspection and examination of training, testing, and granting of driving licenses at Departments of Transport, driving training facilities, and driving testing centers according to regulations to promptly detect, correct, and overcome shortcomings. Illustrative photo

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang has just signed and issued a Directive on rectifying training, testing, granting and exchanging driving licenses.

The directive of the Ministry of Transport states: In recent years, the work of training, testing, granting and exchanging driving licenses has been focused on by the Party Executive Committee, the leaders of the Ministry of Transport, and the Party Committee of the Ministry of Transport, directing and organizing the implementation.

The Ministry of Transport has developed and submitted decrees to the Government for promulgation; developed and promulgated circulars and national technical regulations and disseminated and guided their implementation. People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities and relevant ministries and branches have issued many directives to improve the quality and strict implementation of this work.

Direct management agencies: Vietnam Road Administration and Department of Transport, Department of Transport - Construction of provinces and centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred to as Department of Transport) have actively guided training facilities and driving test centers to supplement, invest in facilities, equipment, apply science and technology in theoretical and practical driving tests, install DAT devices to manage driver training; deploy online public services at levels 3 and 4 in the issuance and exchange of driving licenses on the National Public Service Portal.

In addition to the achieved results, the training, testing, issuance and renewal of driving licenses at some Departments of Transport still have limitations such as: there is a phenomenon of training exceeding the capacity; the disclosure of training facilities on the Department's website has not been updated promptly; the work of checking and supervising training for driving practice teachers has not been implemented in some places;

Some localities have not yet received reports 1 and 2 within the prescribed time; the exploitation of DAT data to manage training and trainee data to determine completion of training programs before testing is still limited; courses and certification exams have not been checked or monitored or are still being implemented in a formal manner; candidates for testing are not yet qualified for DAT data.

The organization of examinations is not yet strictly implemented in some places; the inspection and examination of training and examination activities have not yet received attention and implementation; the arrangement of civil servants and personnel for specialized departments to manage training and examinations is both lacking and weak, in some departments there are only 3 to 5 people to perform this work and also perform transport management work (waterway, road),...

To rectify and overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings and limitations, at the same time, continue to strengthen management and further improve the quality of training, testing, granting and exchanging of road motor vehicle driving licenses to meet the labor demand of transport businesses, the needs of society and people in the coming time.

Stop issuing driving licenses to drug addicts

The Minister of Transport requests Heads of relevant agencies and units under the Ministry of Transport and Directors of Departments of Transport to urgently direct and organize the good implementation of a number of tasks and solutions, including:

Review legal documents, standards and regulations on training, testing and licensing of road motor vehicle drivers to promptly detect inappropriate content and propose amendments, adjustments and supplements to suit the actual situation.

Rectify and improve the quality of training, testing and granting of driving licenses; review and improve standards and conditions on facilities for driving training facilities; have a strict control mechanism, put an end to the situation of granting driving licenses to drug addicts, people with insufficient capacity, behavior and health; propose solutions to manage drivers after training; strengthen the application of information technology in training, testing and managing drivers according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 10/CT-TTg dated April 19, 2023.

Effectively implement the Central's direction on continuing to strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

Strengthening the responsibility of leaders in leading and directing the work of preventing and combating negativity and corruption. In particular, the Ministry of Transport requires heads of agencies and units to seriously grasp, closely direct, and synchronously organize the implementation of solutions to effectively handle and prevent harassment, annoyance, and negativity in the work of training, testing, granting, and exchanging driving licenses for road motor vehicles.

Heads of agencies and units must promote the responsibility of setting an example, performing exemplary tasks and strengthening responsibility in directing, operating, inspecting, and examining the implementation of tasks, public duties, discipline, and order within the scope of assigned state management. Build a team of cadres and civil servants who are politically and ideologically steadfast, morally and lifestyle-wise pure, and professionally proficient in training, testing, issuing, and exchanging road motor vehicle driving licenses.

"Strictly handle heads of agencies and units who lack responsibility and allow cadres, civil servants and public employees under their direct management to engage in harassment, annoyance and negativity; immediately handle heads who show signs of covering up or condoning wrongdoings by subordinates," the Minister of Transport proposed.

Vietnam Road Administration improves the quality of training, testing and granting driving licenses

On the side of the Vietnam Road Administration, the Minister requested to rectify and improve the quality of training, testing, and granting of driving licenses; and strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in training, testing, granting, and exchanging driving licenses for road motor vehicles.

Improve the quality of inspection and examination of training, testing, and driver's license issuance at Departments of Transport, driver training facilities, and driver testing centers according to regulations to promptly detect, correct, and overcome shortcomings.

Regularly review and evaluate the implementation of legal documents on training, testing, and granting of driving licenses to propose amendments and supplements to suit the reality, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management; in the immediate future, conduct a comprehensive review of Decree No. 138/2018/ND-CP and Circular No. 12/2017/TT-BGTVT to propose amendments and supplements to ensure consistency, uniformity, suitability with the practical situation, and feasibility when implementing; at the same time, research and propose solutions to manage drivers after training according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 10/CT-TTg dated April 19, 2023.

Review and synthesize all data on driving practice time and distance management on the DAT information system software of the Vietnam Road Administration, regularly transfer results to the Departments of Transport for coordination in management, inspection and handling of violations according to regulations.

Review and research to upgrade the Department's DAT system to manage and monitor the car driving practice process to create a support tool for the Departments of Transport when reviewing the list of candidates for the driving test to ensure the conditions according to regulations; strengthen the guidance and professional training for the Departments of Transport on methods of monitoring, checking, exploiting, using and managing DAT data on the Department's DAT system to serve the management work.

Strengthen the application of information technology in driver training, testing, and management; share data, provide information, and closely coordinate with agencies and functional units of the Public Security, Health, and relevant ministries and sectors in the management, supervision, training, testing, issuance, and exchange of road motor vehicle driving licenses.

Review and complete standards and conditions on facilities for driver training facilities according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 10/CT-TTg dated April 19, 2023.

Localities strengthen prevention and control of negativity in driving license issuance

The Ministry of Transport requests that the Departments of Transport advise and report to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct the Departments of Transport to preside over and coordinate with agencies, functional forces, and People's Committees at the district level (districts, towns, cities) in the locality to deploy specific measures to strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity and strictly manage the work of training, testing, granting and exchanging driving licenses.

The Department of Health shall preside over and coordinate with the Department of Transport to direct medical facilities to conduct health examinations for drivers with strict control mechanisms, ending the situation of granting driving licenses to drug addicts and people who lack capacity, behavior, or health.

The Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Transport shall review and prioritize the arrangement of additional civil servants and personnel in the specialized departments responsible for driver training and testing management to ensure meeting the requirements in the current period, avoiding the situation where some departments are too thinly staffed for this work.

At the same time, strictly carry out inspection work, regularly organize inspections of training, testing, issuance and renewal of road motor vehicle driving licenses at their agencies and in the local area. Timely implement or propose solutions to improve the quality of training, testing and strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

Develop a plan to inspect, evaluate and verify the diplomas and re-certifications of all driving instructors at driving training facilities; organize and complete the implementation in the third quarter of 2023.

Strengthen surprise supervision of driving tests, especially focusing on supervising theoretical tests and road driving tests, promptly detecting and strictly handling violations when testing and issuing driving licenses.

Implement and closely coordinate with the Vietnam Road Administration, training facilities, and testing centers in organizing, managing, and exploiting driver training data of students, ensuring publicity, transparency, and accuracy in testing and granting driver's licenses.

Direct the examination council, examination team, driving training facility, and driving testing center in the locality to comply with the provisions of law; self-inspect, review, and have specific plans and measures to strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in the work of training, testing, granting, and exchanging driving licenses for road motor vehicles at their agencies, units, and facilities.

Regularly review and evaluate the implementation of legal documents on training, testing, and granting of driving licenses to propose amendments and supplements to suit reality, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management.

The Department of Science, Technology and Environment (Ministry of Transport) is responsible for presiding over, urging and inspecting the application of national technical regulations in the field of training and testing of road motor vehicle drivers; coordinating with the Vietnam Road Administration to review and complete standards and conditions on facilities for driver training facilities.

The Ministry Inspectorate directs and guides the Transport Inspectorate under the Vietnam Road Administration and the Department of Transport to strengthen inspection and supervision of training, testing, and issuance of road motor vehicle driving licenses according to regulations.

The Department of Transport shall preside over, urge and inspect the implementation of this Directive; proactively study and grasp the situation to promptly advise the Minister of Transport to strengthen state management of training, testing and granting of road motor vehicle driving licenses.