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The Government issued Decree No. 218/2026/ND-CP dated June 19, 2026 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 158/2024/ND-CP dated December 18, 2024 regulating road transport activities. Download From January 1, 2028, contracted passenger transport business units must connect and share data about the contents of the Passenger Transport Contract before making the trip to the Ministry of Public Security (Traffic Police Department). Decree No. 218/2026/ND-CP amends and supplements a number of clauses in Article 7 of Decree No. 158/2024/ND-CP on transport business transporting passengers under contract, specifically: Amending and supplementing point a, clause 4 in the direction of tightening the management of contract vehicles, and adding regulations prohibiting picking up and dropping off passengers at fixed points of the enterprise. Accordingly, the passenger transport business unit under the contract is not allowed to confirm reservations for each passenger; Tickets are not allowed; no money is collected; It is not allowed to set a fixed itinerary or schedule to serve many passengers or many different transport charterers; Do not use transportation business vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers at the head office, branch headquarters, representative office or at another fixed location rented or cooperated by the transportation business unit, on the streets. Notably, Decree No. 218/2026/ND-CP supplements Clause 11 and Clause 12 in Article 7 of Decree No. 158/2024/ND-CP stipulating related to connection and share data about the contents of the Passenger Transport Contract. Accordingly, from January 1, 2028, the passenger transport business unit under the contract must connect and share data about the contents of the Passenger Transport Contract before making the trip to the Ministry of Public Security (Traffic Police Department). Data from the system of the Ministry of Public Security (Traffic Police Department) is exploited and used to serve patrol, control and other related operations; Connect and share data for the Ministry of Construction (Vietnam Road Department), Ministry of Finance (Tax Department, Customs Department), Provincial Peoples Committee (Department of Construction) to serve state management according to functions and tasks. The Ministry of Public Security regulates and guides the connection, sharing and use of passenger transport contract data. Standardizes the process of organizing transport professional training, supplementing computer-based multiple choice exams. In addition, Decree No. 218/2026/ND-CP amends and supplements Clauses 5, 6, 7 of Article 12 of Decree No. 158/2024/ND-CP on organizing transport professional training for transport business drivers in the direction of transferring all training organization from transport enterprises to the Department of Construction, at the same time standardizing the organizational process, adding computer-based multiple choice exams, increasing record keeping time and improving transparency and modernity in testing and certification. Specifically: 5. The Department of Construction is responsible for organizing transport training for transport business drivers of transport business units in the province or city under management and meeting the following requirements: a) Ensuring the correct content as prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3 and Clause 4 of this Article; b) During the training process, the Department of Construction is coordinated with the transport business unit in the local area, the Vietnam Automobile Transport Association. Nam, local auto transport associations, car driver training establishments, training schools for cadres and civil servants of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, intermediate and higher training schools (schools with transport majors) to organize training for drivers; c) Before organizing training, the Department of Construction notifies the local transport business unit at least 30 days in advance (up to the date the training begins) about the training plan (including including: time, training location, list of training staff, training form, course cost for one student) so that the transport business unit needs to register a list of drivers of its unit to participate in the training. Within 20 days (up to the start date of the training), the transport business unit shall prepare and send a list of students registered for training to the Department of Construction to receive and synthesize the list of students according to the registration of the transport business unit. Developing a training plan includes: organizing classes depending on local needs, arranging the appropriate number of driver training classes; can be divided into classes according to transport specialties such as goods, passengers or general organization; arranging time, location, list of training staff, class schedule, contact phone number and must issue a decision to organize training; d) Manage and supervise the training process, check and issue certificates to those who have completed the training according to the form specified in Appendix VI attached to this Decree; training program records and training results (including: summary records, list of completed students, tests, decisions on recognition of results) are archived for 05 years from the date of completion of training according to the provisions of law on archives..6. Training format: face-to-face or online.7. Organization of inspection and issuance of Certificatea) Organization of inspection is carried out as sau:Training participants must ensure that they attend the full class period to be eligible to be tested. At the end of the training program, you must take a test lasting 120 minutes. Test scores at the end of the training program are graded on a 10-point scale, a test score of 5 points or more is satisfactory; b) Centralized testing form: take a written test (essay or multiple choice) on paper or take a multiple choice
