More than 20,800 unsafe old buses which should have been taken off the road and scrapped are still carrying passengers in major cities and regions.
They are part of 60,000 obsolete vehicles the Government has ordered off the road and their licence plates cancelled.
The buses are regarded as unsafe and a danger to passengers and other drivers.
Statistics from the Vietnam Register show 2,000 out-of-date coaches are still operating illegally in Hanoi and 12,500 in HCM City . The rest are carrying passengers in rural and remote regions.
Owners of the obsolete buses were required to return the number plates to the Traffic Police Office and scrap the vehicles, said Nguyen Huu Tam, head of Traffic Police Team No 5.
Instead, many owners re-paint the buses and keep them on the road or sell them for use in outlying regions.
"We have just sent notices to owners revoking licence plates for about 20 out-of-date vehicles," said Dao Xuan Lam, head of the Hanoi Public Security's Vehicle Registration and Management Team.
Strict fines applied for violations, he said. Under the Government's Decree No 34, which took effect on May 20, drivers of out-of-date vehicles are liable to fines of 4-6 million VND (209-314 USD), their vehicles seized and drivers' licences suspended for 60 days./.
They are part of 60,000 obsolete vehicles the Government has ordered off the road and their licence plates cancelled.
The buses are regarded as unsafe and a danger to passengers and other drivers.
Statistics from the Vietnam Register show 2,000 out-of-date coaches are still operating illegally in Hanoi and 12,500 in HCM City . The rest are carrying passengers in rural and remote regions.
Owners of the obsolete buses were required to return the number plates to the Traffic Police Office and scrap the vehicles, said Nguyen Huu Tam, head of Traffic Police Team No 5.
Instead, many owners re-paint the buses and keep them on the road or sell them for use in outlying regions.
"We have just sent notices to owners revoking licence plates for about 20 out-of-date vehicles," said Dao Xuan Lam, head of the Hanoi Public Security's Vehicle Registration and Management Team.
Strict fines applied for violations, he said. Under the Government's Decree No 34, which took effect on May 20, drivers of out-of-date vehicles are liable to fines of 4-6 million VND (209-314 USD), their vehicles seized and drivers' licences suspended for 60 days./.
