Vehicle inspection activities will resume normally from the end of June.

There are still two provinces that have not reopened their vehicle inspection centers.

On the afternoon of June 7, when asking a question, delegate Dang Bich Ngoc ( Hoa Binh delegation) said that recently, many vehicle inspection centers have closed while the police initiated and investigated cases related to these centers.

“The closure of the inspection centers has caused frustration and difficulties for people and businesses. Through contact with voters, people have proposed creating favorable conditions to reopen the inspection centers. What is the Minister's solution to reopen the centers soon?”, asked a delegate from the Hoa Binh delegation.

Delegate Dang Bich Ngoc questioned the Minister of Transport about vehicle inspection. (Photo: NA)

In response to the above question, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang said that currently, there are only two provinces in the country, Bac Kan and Hoa Binh, that have not yet reopened their vehicle inspection centers. Regarding Hoa Binh, Mr. Thang said that he has directly worked with the Provincial Party Secretary and the Director of the Department of Transport on reopening the vehicle inspection center.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport supported the training of an officer introduced by Hoa Binh province, then recruited and granted a certificate to take the position of leader of the Inspection Center. The Ministry of Transport also coordinated with local departments to arrange inspectors.

“This inspection center will soon reopen because there are no more problems. The most difficult thing is that the leaders have taken care of it,” said Minister Nguyen Van Thang.

Vehicle inspection activities return to normal at the end of June

Debate with the Minister, delegate Nguyen Truong Giang (Dak Nong delegation) said that with the current mechanism, it is very difficult to maintain inspection centers. Therefore, according to him, it is necessary to innovate the financial mechanism, inspection is a public service, if the State does not do it, it will create conditions for businesses to do it.

Delegate Tran Thi Kim Nhung said that the Ministry of Transport lacks responsible inspection staff.

Delegate Tran Thi Kim Nhung (Quang Ninh delegation) said that the current shortage of vehicle inspection staff is the responsibility of the Ministry of Transport, which the Minister has not yet pointed out.

“Here, is there a lack of initiative or coordination with relevant ministries and branches in coming up with response and replacement plans before leading to a situation of temporary suspension of operations?” Ms. Dung said.

Responding to the debate question, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang said that the recent incidents in vehicle inspection activities were extremely serious and caused consequences. People and businesses had to wait, work very hard, go back and forth but could not get vehicle inspection.

Mr. Thang said that recently, 600 leaders, inspectors, civil servants and public employees were prosecuted. Up to 106 inspection centers were closed. Therefore, recently, the Ministry of Transport has closely coordinated with ministries, especially the Ministry of Public Security to focus on solving the problem.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang proposed solutions to the problem of shortage of inspection staff.

The Minister of Transport said that upon taking office, he had actively researched how to adjust vehicle inspection regulations to conform to international practices, especially to save costs and time for the people. At the same time, he reviewed all vehicle inspection activities to make them both modern and transparent.

“This includes exempting new vehicles from initial vehicle inspection and extending the inspection cycle. This will certainly reduce costs and time for people and businesses,” said Mr. Thang.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thang said that the whole country only has about 2,000 inspectors, but the recent incident has caused a shortage of nearly 1/3. It takes a lot of time to recruit an inspector, through many training steps that take a whole year. When the inspection violation occurred, the Ministry of Transport requested the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense to support the force, mobilize inspectors nationwide to the stations that are in shortage, and invite newly retired inspectors to return, they have to work overtime, without days off.

Currently, the Department of Registration has also recruited 350 inspectors. In the near future, the Ministry of Transport will submit to the Government to adjust Decree 139, the source of inspection personnel in the coming time will be sufficient.

The Minister affirmed: "We commit that by the end of June and the beginning of July, the inspection centers will operate normally."

Transfer 6 sets of documents on driver's license issuance to the police for investigation

Raising questions, delegate Nguyen Thi Hue (Bac Kan delegation) was concerned about the management of training, testing, and issuance of driving licenses.

According to Ms. Hue, this issue still has many limitations such as training exceeding the licensed number; learning and testing are still formal; there is still a situation of granting driving licenses to drug addicts and people who do not have the capacity to act or are not healthy enough.

"I would like to ask the Minister to provide solutions to end the above situation in order to improve the quality of this work?", Hue delegate asked.

According to Minister Nguyen Van Thang, when the Ministry of Transport conducted a comprehensive inspection of driver training, testing and licensing in 63 provinces and cities, it found problems with the quality of training, organization, testing (including theory and practice), and licensing even for drug addicts.

“When I discovered this, I directed the ministry inspectorate to handle it seriously and transferred 6 files to the police for investigation and clarification,” Mr. Thang said, adding that the Ministry of Transport has urgently tightened management so that in the future “there will definitely be no situation of training and granting driving licenses to drug addicts.”

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