Representatives of transport enterprises and
cooperatives participated in the dialogue
Remove problems for transport
businesses
At the dialogue, Xuan Loc
Transport Service Cooperative and Thong Nhat Transport Service Cooperative
jointly proposed to the authorities to reconsider the collection of bus tolls
to be in line with reality. In response to this issue, Mr. Le Van Duc, Head of
Transportation Division, Department of Transport, said that the Provincial
People's Committee has issued a decision on specifying the price of vehicle
service charges. On that basis, the transport unit and the bus station
management unit will work and agree with each other to have an appropriate form
of toll collection. Therefore, the transport unit should come to work directly
with the bus station management unit and in the process of continuing to
encounter difficulties and problems, report them to the Department of Transport
for timely support.
Also related to the bus problem, Mr. Duong Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Department
of Transport said that transport units that have built an operation plan must
apply it correctly. In the process of operation, if the plan is not suitable
with reality, then register it with the competent authority to apply for
adjustment.
Many businesses and cooperatives
have the same opinion about the time to issue badges for cars for
transportation business. Regarding this issue, Mr. Le Van Duc, Head of Transport Division, Department of Transport answered, Decree No.
10/2020/ND-CP dated January 17, 2020 of the Government and Circular No.
12/2020/TT - The BGTVT dated May 29, 2020 of the Minister of Transport clearly
stipulates: Badges issued to automobiles doing transport business, badges
issued to transit vehicles are valid for 7 years or at the request of the
transportation business (recommended time is from 1 year to 7 years) and must
not exceed the useful life of the vehicle. The "fixed-route vehicle"
badges issued to vehicles to increase passenger clearance during the Lunar New
Year Holidays are valid for no more than 30 days; holidays, New Year's Eve and
national high school exams, university and college admissions valid for no more
than 10 days. Transport businesses themselves base on regulations to do it
properly.
Mr. Nguyen Tat Thanh, Director of Van Thanh Phuc Co.,
Ltd., Long Thanh District said, the regulation that drivers are not allowed to drive
continuously for 4 hours is not consistent with reality. Specifically, the
company assigns staff to drive containers to transport import and export goods
from Cat Lai Port through the following areas: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong,
Dong Nai with a total length of about 100 km. Driving on the road often
encounters traffic jams and traffic jams. Therefore, the above time regulation
is not reasonable and affects the business activities of the unit. Mr. Thanh
suggested the authorities should consider this case.
Responding to Mr. Thanh's
problem, Mr. Le Van Duc, Head of the
Vehicle Transport Division, Department of Transport said that the Road Traffic Law
stipulates that the working time of a car driver must not exceed 10 hours in a
day, and the drivers must not drive continuously for
more than 4 hours. Before promulgating the regulations, the authorities have
also carefully studied the working time as well as the rest time of the driver
to ensure health and safety when participating in traffic. Therefore, the
company needs to stipulate the Road Traffic Law and develop a suitable and
effective business plan.
Mr. Duong Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Department
of Transport added: “In the immediate future, the transport unit must
strictly comply with the law. The Department of Transport will record and
transfer comments to relevant authorities and the Ministry of Transport for
consideration and adjustment of regulations accordingly in the near future.
Announcement of new
regulations
At the dialogue, the Department
of Transport also spent time to inform about the management of transport
business activities in the province from the beginning of 2022. At the same
time, information on some new regulations according to the roadmap in Decree
No. 10/2020/ND-CP dated January 17, 2020 of the Government and Circular No.
12/2020/TT-BGTVT dated May 29, 2020 of the Government. Minister of Transport
for enterprises to timely realize and strictly comply with the provisions of law.
Some new regulations take effect
from July 1, 2022. For example, enterprises and cooperatives operating in
passenger transport business by bus must provide information (including: name
of the business, transport cooperative; full name of the driver; vehicle number plate; route of operation; hours of operation);
departure time) on the transport order of each vehicle through the
software of the Ministry of Transport.
Before the bus leaves the
station, enterprises and cooperatives doing business in passenger transport by
car along fixed routes shall provide information (including: name of bus
station; name of business, transport cooperative; full name of driver; vehicle number plate; operating route;
departure time; actual number of passengers when the vehicle departs) on the
transport order via the software of the Ministry of Transport.
Before carrying out the
transportation, the freight transport business unit must provide all the
minimum contents of the Transport Certificate (Transportation Permit) through the software of the Ministry of Transport. In addition, the transport business unit must make and
update fully the regulations on the operation of the vehicle and driver under
the unit into the vehicle history and driving practice record. From July 1,
2022, the update is done through the software to manage transport business by
car of the Ministry of Transport.
Mr. Duong Manh Hung, Deputy Director of the Department
of Transport emphasized: "We hope that transport enterprises and
cooperatives will know the new regulations and strictly abide by the law in the
near future, do not let them violate and be fined
because that will affect the business of the enterprise”.
Nhan Nhan