The Ministry of Finance has just published a draft circular setting out the rate, method of collection, payment, management and use of driving test fees, fees for issuing driver’s licenses and certificates of use of vehicles and registration fees, license plates for specialized motorcycles.
Accordingly, the fee for the driving test is expected to increase by 10,000 – 50,000 VND (corresponding to 10-15%) depending on the vehicle class. In particular, for the motorcycle driving test (class A1, A2, A3, A4), the theory exam is increased from 40,000 VND to 60,000 VND and the practical exam from 50,000 VND to 70,000 VND.
The Ministry of Finance proposes to increase the driving test fee from 450,000 VND to 630,000 VND (Artwork).
For the driving test (classes B1, B2, C, D, E, F), the theoretical exam increases from VND 90,000 to VND 100,000, the practical exam in the photo increases from VND 300,000 to VND 350,000, Practical exam public transport increased from VND 60,000 to 80,000 VND. In addition, the provisional additional fee is a driving test by simulating traffic situations of 100,000 VND.
“After 9 years of implementation, the driving test rate (according to Circular 23/2013) is no longer up to date due to many price fluctuations. Typically, the minimum wage has increased from 1.05 million VND to 1.49 million VND (an increase of 40%), fuel, prices of supplies, raw materials and costs directly related to collecting fees from 2013 to date is significantly increased,” the Ministry of Finance said.
In addition, the system of legal documents regulating driving test activities has supplemented and revised many new rules that require modernization to improve the quality of tests, such as: Installing test equipment. For the long-distance test, adding a cross-section test to the parking lot for B1 and B2 vehicles, installing a camera to monitor the test content, the driving test center should invest in equipment to install driver testing software, simulate driving and test to be performed by simulation software…
If the new fee is applied as draft content, the total amount that candidates must pay to take a test for a class B1 to F driver’s license will be increased from VND 450,000 to VND 630,000.
Source: CafeF
