Gov’t gives green light on personal vehicle fees
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai agreed to apply economic solutions to curb traffic jams in Hanoi and HCM City at a meeting on July 28.
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The Deputy PM agreed with Hanoi and HCM City’s solutions to curb traffics jams and emphasised the need to research, design and apply economic methods to restrict the volume of personal vehicles in big cities.
He assigned the Ministry of Finance to consider the increase of vehicle registration fees and the collection of personal vehicle fees in Hanoi and HCM City and report to the government for approval.
The Deputy PM also told the Ministry of Public Security to evaluate the implementation of the Residence Law in recent time and suggest measures to restrict the increase of populations in big cities.
He urged HCM City and Hanoi to develop traffic facilities like bus stations and bus stops, increase the number of buses and speed up transportation projects in the two cities.
The Deputy PM told competent agencies to quickly move plants, hospitals and universities out of the centres of Hanoi, HCM City and not to develop the inner city to reduce the volume of traffic in the centres.
He asked the Ministry of Transportation to suggest higher fines for violations of traffic rules in the two largest cities in Vietnam.
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HCM City in October 2008 asked the Finance Ministry’s permission to collect annual fees from personal vehicles, specifically 500,000 dong per motorbike and 10 million dong per car. The Finance Ministry didn’t agree with the city’s proposal, saying that it is unfeasible.
As traffic jams are on the rise, HCM City once against asked for permission to collect this kind of fee in July 2009. It hopes that thanks to this fee, it can curb the volume of personal vehicles.
On July 28, Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai instructed the Finance Ministry to consider this policy to apply in HCM City and Hanoi after submitting to the government for approval. |
Source:vietnamnet.vn
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