📋 Tender Overview
The Government issued Decree No. 123/2026/ND-CP dated April 4, 2026 detailing a number of articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport. Download the new Regulations on transporting over-sized and over-weighted goods by water. This Decree details a number of articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport, including: Facilities for building, converting, repairing and restoring vehicles; Transporting over-length and over-weight goods. This Decree applies to organizations and individuals involved in building, converting, repairing and restoring vehicles and transporting over-length and over-weight goods. Plans for transporting over-length and over-weight goods. Regarding the transport of over-length and over-weight goods, the Decree stipulates as follows: Over-length goods are inseparable goods with dimensions of length > 40 m or width > 10 m or height > 4.5 m. Overweight goods are non-detachable goods with total weight > 100 tons. Before carrying out the transport of oversized or oversized goods, the vehicle captain or transporter or transport business person must prepare a plan for transporting oversized or oversized goods and send it to the competent authority for approval. The plan includes the following main contents: a) Current status of the proposed waterway: width, depth, radius of curvature of the channel; Clearance height of river crossing structures; b) Information about the type of goods transported: size (length x width x height) m, total weight (tons); c) Estimated shipping time; Departure port, arrival port; d) Type and size parameters of means of transport; d) Instructions for ensuring traffic safety, support requests (if any). The Decree regulates the authority to approve plans for transporting oversized goods and oversized goods as follows: Vietnam Maritime and Waterways Department organizes approval of transport plans for oversized and oversized goods in the following cases: vehicles leaving seaports; Vehicles leaving ports or inland waterway wharfs have inter-provincial transport itineraries. The Department of Construction organizes approval of plans for transporting over-sized and over-weight goods in cases where vehicles leave ports or inland wharves with intra-provincial transport itineraries. Order and procedures for approving plans for transporting over-length and over-weight goodsOrganizations and individuals submit 01 set of documents directly or via the postal system or via the online public service system to the competent authority. Decree. The dossier includes: written request for approval of the transport plan for oversized and oversized goods according to the Form specified in the Appendix issued with this Decree; Plan for transporting over-length and over-weight goods according to regulations. Within 02 days from the date of receiving the plan for transport over-length and over-weight goods, the competent authority is responsible for organizing the inspection and approval of the plan and sending it directly or via the postal system or via the electronic document management system to the carrier. In case of disapproval, there will be a written response clearly stating the reason. In addition, the Decree also stipulates that facilities for building, converting, repairing and restoring vehicles must meet the requirements of fire prevention, fire fighting, safety, labor hygiene and environmental protection according to regulations. This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2026./. See moreRemove inadequacies in registration of super-long and super-heavy vehicles. Read moreRemove Obstacles in licensing the circulation of over-sized and super-heavy cargo vehicles. See more. Strict handling of negative actions in licensing the circulation of over-sized and super-heavy vehicles. See more. Hotline for granting circulation licenses for over-sized and super-heavy vehicles. See more. Reducing the cost of exporting over-sized and super-heavy goods by rail. See more. Tightening licensing for over-sized and super-heavy cargo vehicles. See more.)
