Proposed Increase in Vehicle Inspection Service Fee up to 220,000 VND

The proposed pricing for the validation service is based on accurate and sufficient calculations according to market mechanisms.

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The fee for motor vehicle inspection may increase in the near future. Photo: Hoang Pham.

In the proposal just submitted to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department has proposed adjusting the service charge for safety inspection and environmental protection of motor vehicles in circulation.

Prior to that, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department had issued instructions to inspection units to develop price proposal plans and submit them to the department in order to facilitate the inspection units and maintain stable operations for the motor vehicle inspection system.

By May 19, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department had received a total of 101 price proposals from 122 inspection centers. After reviewing and excluding 25 proposals with excessive prices compared to neighboring years but without detailed justification, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department selected 76 representative proposals from 96 inspection centers as the basis for the proposal to be sent to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance for consideration and adjustment of the inspection service prices.

Type of motor vehicle Price according to Decree 55 (VND/vehicle) Proposed price adjustment (VND/vehicle) Difference (VND/vehicle)
Trucks with a permissible gross weight for road traffic over 20 tons, tractors with a permissible towing weight for road traffic over 20 tons, and specialized vehicles 570,000 790,000 220,000
Trucks with a permissible gross weight for road traffic from 7 tons to 20 tons, tractors with a permissible towing weight for road traffic up to 20 tons, and towing machines 360,000 490,000 130,000
Trucks with a permissible gross weight for road traffic from 2 tons to 7 tons 330,000 450,000 120,000
Trucks with a permissible gross weight for road traffic up to 2 tons 290,000 390,000 100,000
Towed machines, 4-wheeled motorized vehicles for transporting goods, 4-wheeled motorized vehicles for transporting people, and similar transportation vehicles 190,000 250,000 60,000
Semi-trailers, trailers 190,000 250,000 60,000
Buses with over 40 seats (including driver), coaches 360,000 490,000 130,000
Buses with 25 to 40 seats (including driver) 330,000 450,000 120,000
Buses with 10 to 24 seats (including driver) 290,000 390,000 100,000
Cars with less than 10 seats, ambulances 250,000 340,000 90,000
Three-wheeled vehicles and similar transportation vehicles 110,000 140,000 30,000

According to the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department, the average price proposal is based on determining the output and total inspection costs of the units within a year.

The estimated profit margin is determined to be 10% on the cost and 10% value-added tax based on the cost plus the expected profit. Based on this, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department determines the inspection service prices for vehicles with less than 10 seats and converts the inspection prices between vehicle groups.

In addition, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department proposes to add a fee of 50,000 VND for recording vehicle documents for vehicle groups exempt from initial inspection.

For the case of reprinting labels and inspection certificates for vehicle owners who have lost or request to re-issue them, the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department proposes a fee equal to 50% of the vehicle document recording fee.

Proposal to increase the price of motor vehicle inspection services, up to 220,000 VND/vehicle. Photo: Hoang Pham.

Previously in March, the Ministry of Transport issued Circular 02 allowing new cars to be exempt from initial inspection and extending the inspection cycle for many motor vehicles.

According to the Vehicle Registration and Inspection Department, the above regulation has created favorable conditions for individuals and businesses but has caused a decrease in revenue of inspection units by about 132 billion VND, creating difficulties for vehicle inspection activities.

By May 8, the Government Office announced the conclusions of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting to review the draft Decree amending and supplementing certain provisions of Decree 139 issued in 2018.

Accordingly, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Finance to issue inspection service prices based on accurate and sufficient calculation according to market mechanisms. The Ministry of Finance then proposed that the Ministry of Transport evaluate the situation and the extent to which costs would be compensated for the inspection service prices.

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