Decree 18/2012/ND-CP takes effect from June 1, according to which cars and motorbikes will have to pay fees.

On March 13, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed and issued Decree No. 18/2012/ND-CP on the establishment, management and use of the Road Maintenance Fund.

The Decree stipulates that the Road Maintenance Fund is a State Fund, operating not for profit. The Fund established at the Central level is called the Central Fund and the Fund established at the provincial level is called the Local Fund.



The fund will solve the current lack of capital for road maintenance.

The source of the Fund is from the annual road use fee collected from each road motor vehicle, including: automobiles; trailers; semi-trailers pulled by automobiles, tractors, and two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorbikes.

The principle of dividing the revenue from road use fees is: road use fees collected for motorbikes in a locality are added to the Fund of that locality. Road use fees collected for cars are divided into 65% for the Central Fund, 35% for the local Funds.

Mr. Nguyen Van Quyen, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Roads, said that the Ministry of Transport is currently coordinating with the Ministry of Finance to develop toll rates for each type of vehicle and will issue specific toll rates and collection methods. Accordingly, cars will be collected through inspection, while motorbikes will be handed over to local authorities for collection.

Previously, in the draft submitted to the Prime Minister on the road maintenance fund, the Ministry of Transport proposed car toll collection rates according to 7 groups. The lowest level for cars under 12 seats, trucks under 2 tons is 180,000 VND/month; the highest level for trucks from 18 tons and up, trucks carrying goods in 40-foot containers is 1.44 million VND/month. For motorbikes, the collection rate is 80,000-120,000 VND/year (depending on cylinder capacity).

According to the Ministry of Transport, if this collection method is implemented, all toll stations that pay the state budget on national highways will be eliminated, only BOT stations will be kept./.

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