From July 1, public vehicles for commune level will be allocated by the Provincial People's Committee.

The Government issued Decree No. 153/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 72/2023/ND-CP dated September 26, 2023 of the Government regulating standards and norms for the use of automobiles. The Decree will take effect from July 1, 2025.

According to the new regulations, the following commune-level positions are allowed to use cars for general work to perform duties and tasks assigned by agencies, organizations and units (not to be used to pick up and drop off from residence to agency and vice versa):

Secretary, Chairman of the People's Council, Chairman of the People's Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front at the commune level; Deputy Secretary, Vice Chairman of the People's Council, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the commune level.

One of the notable amendments is the regulation on the allocation (regulation) of the number of cars serving the general work of agencies, organizations and units:

Based on the total number of cars serving the general work of agencies, organizations and units, the competent authority and person shall decide to allocate the specific number of cars as follows:

The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the City Party Committee decides to allocate the number of cars for general work to each agency and public service unit belonging to or directly under the Provincial Party Committee and the City Party Committee (not including the Party Committee at the commune level).

The Provincial People's Committee decides to allocate the number of cars for general work to each provincial-level Office (except the Provincial Party Committee Office and the City Party Committee Office); each provincial-level department, branch, and equivalent, the provincial-level Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, each socio- political organization; each public service unit under or directly under the Provincial People's Committee; each commune (including the commune-level Party Committee).

The allocation according to the principle that the number of cars allocated to each agency or unit may be higher or lower than the number of cars determined according to the provisions of this Decree, but must ensure that the total number of cars after allocation of all agencies, organizations and units does not exceed the total number of cars determined according to the provisions.

In case an agency, organization or unit has a affiliated or subordinate unit with legal status, its own seal and account, the competent authority or person shall decide to allocate the number of vehicles to each affiliated or subordinate unit of the agency, organization or unit when implementing the allocation according to the provisions of this point.

The number of vehicles after being allocated is the norm for the number of cars used for general work of each agency, organization, and unit; used as one of the bases for planning and estimating budgets, assigning, purchasing, arranging, allocating funds for use, renting car services; managing, using, and handling cars at agencies, organizations, and units.

The decision to allocate the number of cars for general work is made public on the electronic information portal of the Central Party Office, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries, central agencies, provinces and centrally run cities.

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