Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc has just signed Decision No. 17/2024/QD-TTg amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decision No. 26/2021/QD-TTg on the list of sectors and fields in which public service units can be transformed into joint stock companies. The Decision takes effect from December 10, 2024.

Accordingly, the decision added 3 more sectors and fields for public service units to be transformed into joint stock companies, including the field of technical inspection of road motor vehicles and inland waterway vehicles (except for the field of ship and marine construction inspection).

Thus, from now on, not only the inspection centers under the Department of Transport but also the motor vehicle inspection units and the Inland Waterway Vehicle Inspection Sub-Department under the Vietnam Register will have to carry out equitization.

This is consistent with the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Transport in developing a project to separate state management and inspection service provision of the Vietnam Register.

It is known that since 2016, in many localities, besides private inspection centers, many inspection centers that were previously units under the Department of Transport have also been equitized.

The leader of a private inspection center strongly supports this policy. He believes that equitization will help reduce the State's investment costs and create fair competition among inspection units (previously, State inspection units did not have to pay rent, staff salaries were paid by the State...).

When there are no more "privileges" for State inspection units, in order to survive, the centers are forced to improve service quality and customer service attitude.

"Therefore, I strongly support this policy, which not only reduces the State's investment costs but also improves competitiveness to bring better services to the people," he said.

Speaking to VietNamNet, the leader of the 29.03V Vehicle Inspection Center (Dong Da, Hanoi) said that he fully supports this policy. The unit has also accepted the policy and has been preparing for equitization for a long time.

As a revenue-generating administrative unit under the Vietnam Register, the unit has also arranged and restructured all personnel, the most compact apparatus, and the most reasonable cost structure with the goal of ensuring the most effectiveness and efficiency.

“There were times when the center had about 25-30 staff members, but now after the reorganization of the unit, there are only 21 staff members. We are ready to accept the new policy and implement it as soon as it comes into effect,” the leader informed.

However, this leader is also a bit worried because equitization means having to take care of all salaries and bonuses for employees. Meanwhile, the number of vehicles has continuously decreased in recent months due to the exemption regulations (Circular 03) and the extension of the inspection cycle (Circular 08) for some groups of vehicles.

"Never before has there been so few vehicles coming for inspection in early October, while the 10-year inspection fee has not changed," he worried.

This is a concern of many inspection center leaders. Therefore, inspection centers recommend that when allowing equitization, the management agency also agrees to allow the unit to adjust inspection fees according to market mechanisms.

According to statistics, the country has 292 motor vehicle inspection centers with 542 production lines. Of which, nearly 200 units are affiliated with enterprises, 64 units are affiliated with Departments of Transport and 20 units are affiliated with the Vietnam Register.