Circular No. 13/2025/TT-BCA Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of Circulars on Road Traffic Order and Safety, Railways, and Inland Waterways

CIRCULAR

Amending and supplementing certain articles of circulars regulating traffic order and safety on roads, railways, and inland waterways

Traffic order and safety on roads, railways, and inland waterways

Pursuant to the Law on Inland Waterway Transport dated June 15, 2004; the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport dated June 17, 2014; the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of 37 related laws concerning planning dated November 20, 2018;

Pursuant to the Railway Law dated June 16, 2017;

BASED ON THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDER AND SAFETY LAW dated June 27, 2024;

Decree No. 02/2025/NĐ-CP dated 18 the 2 Pursuant to Decree No. 32/2019/NĐ-CP dated April 10, 2019 of the Government on assigning tasks, procurement or tendering for the supply of products and services using state budget from regular operating expenses;25 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security;

"a) State agencies, organizations, and individuals owning power plants operating within the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam connected to the national power grid, except strategic multi-purpose hydropower plants, small renewable energy power plants applying the avoided cost tariff, power plants and units providing ancillary services, independently invested energy storage systems, and power plants applying the electricity purchase price mechanism as stipulated in relevant authorized documents;" Traffic Police;

The Minister of Public Security issues this Circular amending and supplementing certain articles of circulars regulating traffic order and safety on roads, railways, and inland waterways.

Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 34/2018/TT-BCA dated October 15, 2018 of the Minister of Public Security on procedures for investigating and resolving railway traffic accidents by the Traffic Police force

a) Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 2 as follows:

"Article 4. Forms used in the work of resolving railway traffic accidents

1. Forms used in the work of investigating and resolving railway traffic accidents shall be implemented in accordance with the Government's regulations on forms used in administrative penalty proceedings, the Minister of Public Security's regulations on forms, documents, and records for criminal investigations, and the forms prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. The following forms are attached to this Circular:

a) Accident record book (Form No. 01/TNDS);

b) Incident report (Form No. 02/TNDS);

c) Record of determining technical standards for railway tracks, level crossings, shared bridges, bridges, tunnels, and matters related to railway traffic accidents (Form No. 03/TNDS);

d) Request for forensic examination and asset valuation (Form No. 04/TNDS);

đ) Decision on assigning personnel to investigate, verify, and resolve railway traffic accidents (Form No. 05/TNDS);

e) Investigation, verification, and resolution plan for railway traffic accidents (Form No. 06/TNDS);

g) On-site investigation record of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 07/TNDS);

h) Diagram of the accident scene of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 08/TNDS);

i) Report on the results of on-site investigation of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 09/TNDS);

k) On-site investigation record of vehicles involved in railway traffic accidents (Form No. 10/TNDS);

l) Report proposing solutions for resolving railway traffic accidents (Form No. 11/TNDS);

m) Record of noting traces on the bodies of victims (Form No. 12/TNDS);

n) Diagram of positions and injuries on the bodies of victims (Form No. 13/TNDS);

o) Notification of investigation, verification, and resolution results of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 14/TNDS);

p) Resolution record of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 15/TNDS);

q) Plan to reconstruct the accident scene of railway traffic accidents (Form No. 16/TNDS);

r) Record of statements (Form No. 17/TNDS)."

2. Amending and supplementing Clause 1, Clause 2, and Clause 3 of Article 6 as follows:

"1. Upon receiving information about a railway traffic accident, the Highway Traffic Police Department must notify the Highway Traffic Police Division and dispatch officers to the scene to coordinate in providing emergency medical care to victims, protecting the scene, securing victims' property, and identifying witnesses.
2. Upon receiving information about a railway traffic accident, the Highway Traffic Police Division must dispatch officers to the scene to handle, investigate, and resolve the accident within their authority. If the accident falls under Clause 3 of this Article, they must coordinate in providing emergency medical care, protecting the scene, securing property, and identifying witnesses.
3. If a railway traffic accident exhibits any of the following signs of consequences: death at the scene, death during transport to medical care, death while being treated, risk of death; severe injuries such as crushed, torn, severed limbs; brain trauma; three or more people with broken limbs; or if there is evidence indicating bodily harm with a disability rate of 61% or higher, or if there is evidence indicating property damage of 100 million VND or more, then the officers of the Highway Traffic Police Division must report to the Division Chief to immediately transfer the case to the Provincial Criminal Investigation Agency for resolution."

3. Amending and supplementing Clause 6 of Article 7 as follows:

"6. Mobilizing civilian persons, means, and equipment in emergencies In cases of emergency to transport injured persons for medical care, apprehend criminals who fled after causing a railway traffic accident, rescue, provide assistance, extinguish fires, or other urgent tasks to ensure public order and safety, the right to mobilize civilian persons, means, and equipment shall be carried out in accordance with Article 68 of the Road Traffic Order and Safety Law 2024."

4. Amending and supplementing Clause 8 of Article 7 as follows:

"8. Responsibilities for implementing tasks stipulated in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Article:
a) For railway traffic accidents not falling under Clause 3 of this Circular that fall under the responsibility of the Highway Traffic Police Division, if it is determined that the accident may involve crimes specified in Articles 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, and 281 of the Penal Code 2015 (amended in 2017), then the officers of the Highway Traffic Police Division must report to the Division Chief to carry out investigative duties and exercise powers according to Article 38 of the Criminal Investigation Organization Law 2015 (amended in 2021) and Article 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 (amended in 2021);
b) For railway traffic accidents not covered by point a of this clause, the Division Chief of the Highway Traffic Police must assign Traffic Police officers meeting the required standards to conduct investigations, verifications, and resolutions according to this Circular."

5. Supplementing Clause 9 after Clause 8 of Article 7 as follows:

"9. During the process of investigating, verifying, and resolving railway traffic accidents, if a victim dies while being treated or there is evidence indicating that the cause of death was due to the railway traffic accident, then the officers of the Highway Traffic Police Division must report to the Division Chief to transfer the case to the Provincial Criminal Investigation Agency for investigation and resolution."

6. Amending and supplementing Clause 1 of Article 15 as follows:

"1. The temporary detention of evidence, means of transport, licenses, and certificates of qualification of the person operating the road vehicle related to railway traffic accidents shall be carried out in accordance with Article 125 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020) and other relevant provisions. In cases where relevant documents related to persons and vehicles have been integrated into electronic identification cards or electronic identity accounts on the National Identification Application, when temporarily detaining documents, traffic police shall carry out the temporary detention of documents in the electronic environment. The handling of evidence, means of transport, licenses, and certificates of qualification of the person operating the means of transport related to railway traffic accidents shall be carried out in accordance with Article 126 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020) and other relevant provisions."

7. Amend and supplement Clause 11 of Article 15 as follows:

"11. Specialized examination, valuation of property damage:
a) In cases requiring specialized examination of the degree of bodily injury of the victim or examination of traces, specialized technical examination of vehicles, bridges, roads, ferries, and the quality of transportation works directly related to railway traffic accidents for the purpose of resolving railway traffic accidents according to Clause 1 of Article 59 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020), and valuation of property damage, traffic police officers assigned the task of investigating, verifying, and resolving railway traffic accidents shall report to the competent authority to issue a decision requesting specialized examination and valuation of property damage to request and propose relevant agencies to conduct specialized examination and valuation of property according to the law;
b) Traffic Police Department officers during the process of verifying and resolving railway traffic accidents within the scope of investigation tasks assigned to agencies under the Police force in the People's Public Security shall, if they consider it necessary to implement procedures for requesting specialized examination and valuation of property when falling under one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 205 or Article 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2021), report to the Head of the Traffic Police Department to issue a written request to the Provincial Public Security Investigation Agency to conduct specialized examination and valuation of property according to Model No. 04/TNDS issued together with this Circular. Within 24 hours from the issuance of the request, the Traffic Police Department must send the document to the same-level People's Procuratorate with the Investigative Agency requested;
c) In cases where the victim or the representative of the victim in railway traffic accidents refuses to undergo injury examination without valid reasons or due to objective obstacles, efforts should be made to persuade, explain their rights and obligations according to the law; if they persistently refuse, a record should be made detailing the refusal reasons, confirmed by them and witnesses. Actively collect medical records at healthcare facilities to cooperate with functional units to conduct specialized examination through records in cases where direct examination of the victim is difficult. If the victim or the representative continues to obstruct or oppose, handle according to the nature and severity as prescribed by law."

8. Supplement Article 15a after Article 15 as follows:

"Article 15a. Reviewing the results of investigation and verification of railway traffic accidents

Traffic police officers while performing tasks as prescribed in Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of this Circular shall determine:
1. Railway traffic accidents without signs of criminal offenses shall report the results and propose solutions to railway traffic accidents according to Model No. 11/TNDS issued together with this Circular to the competent authority to issue a notification of the results of investigation, verification, and resolution of railway traffic accidents according to Model No. 14/TNDS issued together with this Circular. The resolution of railway traffic accidents shall be carried out according to Article 16 of this Circular.
2. Railway traffic accidents with signs of criminal offenses, the Traffic Police Department officer shall report to the Head of the Department to instruct the investigation and resolution of railway traffic accidents according to Article 17 of this Circular;
3. In cases where individuals or organizations intentionally infringe upon the lives, health, or property of others or intentionally cause railway traffic accidents to conceal other criminal acts, traffic police officers shall report to the competent authority to issue a decision transferring case files, evidence, and means of transport to the competent investigative agency to pursue criminal responsibility according to Article 62 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020)."

9. Supplement Article 15b before Article 16 as follows:

"Article 15b. Time limit for investigation, verification, and resolution of railway traffic accidents
1. For railway traffic accidents without signs of criminal offenses, the time limit for investigation, verification, and resolution is as follows: Upon receiving reports about railway traffic accidents, traffic police must investigate, verify, and resolve within no more than seven working days; in cases where railway traffic accidents have complex circumstances requiring additional verification or specialized examination, the time may be extended but not exceeding one month from the date of receiving reports about railway traffic accidents; in cases requiring additional time for verification and collection of evidence, further extension is allowed, with the extended period not exceeding two months from the date of receiving reports about railway traffic accidents. Any extension must be reported in writing to the competent authority according to Model No. 11/TNDS issued together with this Circular."
2. In case of railway traffic accidents as stipulated at point a, Clause 8, Article 7 of this Circular or during the investigation, verification process of railway traffic accidents as stipulated at point b, Clause 8, Article 7 of this Circular, if signs of criminal offenses are discovered, the Traffic Police Department shall conduct verification and resolution according to the deadlines prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 147 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2021) and Articles 9 and 11 of Joint Circular No. 01/2017/TTLT-BCA-BQP-BTC-BNN&PTNT-VKSNDTC dated December 29, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Supreme People's Procuracy on cooperation among competent agencies in implementing certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 regarding the acceptance, handling of reports of criminal offenses, and recommendations for prosecution (amended and supplemented according to Joint Circular No. 01/2021/TTLT-BCA-BQP-BTC-BNN&PTNT-VKSNDTC dated November 29, 2021) and Article 12 of Circular No. 28/2020/TT-BCA dated March 26, 2020 issued by the Minister of Public Security on procedures and formalities for accepting, classifying, processing, and handling reports of criminal offenses and recommendations for prosecution by the People's Public Security forces (amended and supplemented according to Circular No. 129/2021/TT-BCA dated December 31, 2021).

10. Amend and supplement Article 16 as follows:

"Article 16. Handling Railway Traffic Accidents through Administrative Procedures

Based on the investigation and verification files and materials, traffic police officers report to authorized leaders to handle railway traffic accidents as follows:
1. Invite all relevant parties to the unit's premises to announce the investigation and verification results (conclusion on the cause, course of the railway traffic accident, determination of the fault of those involved in the railway traffic accident, and form of administrative violation handling), while preparing the accident resolution record according to Model No. 15/TNDS, and the administrative violation record (if applicable) in accordance with the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020).

If one of the parties involved in the railway traffic accident is absent for legitimate reasons, a record must be made noting the absence and scheduling a time for resolution.
2. Report to authorized leaders to issue decisions on administrative penalties in the field of railway traffic (if applicable); when applying the form of revoking licenses or certificates, traffic police will implement the revocation electronically in cases where these documents have been integrated into electronic ID cards or digital identity accounts on the National Identity Application; deduct points, restore driving license points according to regulations (if applicable).
3. Guide the parties involved in the railway traffic accident to resolve civil compensation claims themselves.

If the parties involved in the railway traffic accident cannot reach an agreement on civil compensation claims, a record must be made, and guide the parties to contact the competent court to resolve the matter through civil litigation procedures.
4. After completing the investigation, verification, and resolution of the railway traffic accident, the traffic police officer handling the case will complete the file and report to the unit leader to conclude the investigation, verification, and resolution of the railway traffic accident; implement statistical and reporting systems for railway traffic accidents, registration, and storage of files according to the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security and related laws.
5. For railway traffic accidents handled and resolved by the Investigation Agency but later decided not to initiate a criminal case, revoke the decision to initiate a criminal case, terminate the investigation, or terminate the case, but the act has signs of administrative violations that fall under the category of transferring the case file, evidence, and means of transportation of the railway traffic accident to the traffic police agency responsible for maintaining traffic order and safety on the route or area for administrative violation handling, the traffic police officer assigned to accept and handle the case will report to the authorized person to implement according to Article 63 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020) and based on each specific railway traffic accident, implement the provisions of Clause 2 of this Article.
6. Upon concluding the investigation, verification, and resolution of the railway traffic accident, if the agency or unit handling the railway traffic accident discovers deficiencies, inadequacies, or shortcomings in the management of railway infrastructure, driver management, or vehicle management, they will submit a written recommendation to the management agency or the main industry to take corrective measures.
7. The statistics of railway traffic accidents must update information about the railway traffic accident into the Accident Database, Comprehensive Software, synchronize data, and process accidents, Criminal Investigation Software according to regulations.

11. Amend and supplement Article 17 as follows:

"Article 17. Handling Railway Traffic Accidents with Signs of Criminal Offenses According to the Functions of the Agency Assigned to Conduct Certain Investigation Activities
1. During the implementation of the investigation, verification, and resolution of railway traffic accidents as stipulated in Clause 8, Article 7 of this Circular, if signs of criminal offenses are discovered and do not fall under the cases requiring transfer to the competent Military Criminal Investigation Agency, the traffic police officer assigned to investigate, verify, and resolve the railway traffic accident will report to the Chief of the Department to implement or assign a deputy chief, investigator, or change the deputy chief, investigator to carry out as follows:
a) The Traffic Police Department will notify the Provincial People's Procuracy about receiving information on criminal offenses; consider deciding whether to initiate or not initiate a criminal case according to the law.
b) Coordinate to implement forensic requests and asset valuation requests in accordance with Clause 11, Article 15 of this Circular and Inter-ministerial Directive No. 02/HDLN-BCA-VKSNDTC dated January 31, 2024 on coordinating the implementation of procedures for forensic requests and asset valuation requests by agencies assigned tasks to conduct certain investigative activities of the People's Public Security.
c) Perform investigative duties and powers as prescribed in Article 38 of the Criminal Investigation Organization Law 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2021), Article 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2021), Joint Circular No. 01/2017/TTLT-BCA-BQP-BTC-BNN&PTNT-VKSNDTC dated December 29, 2017 of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Supreme People's Procuracy on the coordination among competent authorities in implementing certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 regarding the acceptance, handling of reports of criminal offenses, and recommendations for prosecution (amended and supplemented according to Joint Circular No. 01/2021/TTLT-BCA-BQP-BTC-BNN&PTNT-VKSNDTC dated November 29, 2021) and Circular No. 28/2020/TT-BCA dated March 26, 2020 of the Minister of Public Security on the procedures and formalities for accepting, classifying, processing, and resolving reports of criminal offenses and recommendations for prosecution by public security forces (amended and supplemented according to Circular No. 129/2021/TT-BCA dated December 31, 2021).
2. The traffic accident case file of railway traffic accidents shall be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Agency:
a) Documents for agencies assigned tasks to conduct certain investigative activities issued together with Circular No. 119/2021/TT-BCA;
b) On-site investigation record of the traffic accident; diagram of the traffic accident scene; photographs of the scene; moving image storage device (if any);
c) Vehicle inspection record; temporary detention of evidence and vehicles record; decision on temporary detention of evidence and vehicles; vehicle documents, driver's documents, and cargo documents (if any);
d) Record of statements and narrative of persons involved in the traffic accident;
đ) Record of traces on the body of the injured person; diagram of the location of injury traces on the body of the injured person; record of reconstructing the traffic accident scene (if any);
e) Damage assessment conclusions on persons and property; other related documents (if any);
g) Evidence, vehicles, and items related to the traffic accident (if any);
h) Record of handover and receipt of the case file.

12. Add the phrase "Vietnam" after the phrase "Railway" in Clause 4, Article 6, and the phrase "tail signal equipment" after the phrase "sand discharge system" in Point b, Clause 2, Article 10.

13. Delete certain phrases in Points and Clauses of Articles as follows:

a) Delete the phrase "and Clause 3" in Clause 4, Article 6, the phrase "criminal procedure" in Clause 1 and Clause 3, Article 10, and Clause 2, Article 14;

b) Delete the phrase "request the authorized criminal procedure prosecutor" in Clause 2 and the phrase "request the authorized procedure prosecutor" in Clause 4, Article 14;

c) Delete the phrase "Participate" in the name of Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, and Article 14.

14. Repeal Clause 5, Article 6 and Clause 7, Article 7.

Article 2. Amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 64/2020/TT-BCA dated June 19, 2020, issued by the Minister of Public Security on the procedures for investigating and handling inland waterway traffic accidents by traffic police forces.

1. Amending and supplementing Point b Clause 1 Article 5 as follows:

"b) Traffic Police Department;"

2. Amend and supplement Clause 5, Article 5 as follows:

"5. Other agencies and units within the People's Public Security receiving reports about traffic accidents shall have the responsibility to report such information to the agency or unit specified in Clause 1 of this Article to receive reports on inland waterway traffic accidents. All traffic accidents must be reported to the Traffic Police Department and the Police Station at the commune where the accident occurred to handle according to their authority or cooperate when required."

3. Amending and supplementing Point b Clause 2 Article 6 as follows:

"b) If the report of a traffic accident does not occur on the assigned inland waterway route for patrol, inspection, and violation handling, then it shall be reported to the duty officer of the Traffic Police Department where the accident occurred for handling the report and cooperating when required."

4. Amending and supplementing Clause 4 Article 6 as follows:

"4. In cases where a traffic accident involves complex circumstances resulting in three or more deaths or missing persons; causing prolonged traffic congestion along multiple routes, across multiple areas, and between provinces; causing disasters or requiring cooperation in rescue, relief, traffic regulation, and clearance from the public security forces of several central cities and provinces, immediately report to the Director of the Provincial Public Security (through the Planning Department or the Traffic Police Department) and simultaneously report to the Ministry of Public Security (through the Traffic Police General Department) for guidance and resolution."

5. Amending and supplementing Clause 6, Clause 7 Article 6 as follows:

"6. The Traffic Police Department, upon receiving a report of a traffic accident as stipulated in Clause 4 of this Article or involving foreign nationals; related to public security officers, shall report the incident according to Circular No. 66/2022/TT-BCA dated December 30, 2022, issued by the Minister of Public Security on reporting regulations within the public security system.
7. In cases where traffic police officers arrive at the scene of a traffic accident but the parties involved have already left the scene (no longer present), they must prepare a Record of the Incident according to Form No. 02/TNĐT issued together with this Circular."

6. Amending and supplementing Point a Clause 7 Article 7 as follows:

"a) If a traffic accident is discovered with one of the following signs regarding consequences: death at the scene, death during transportation to emergency care, death while being treated, risk of death; severe injuries such as crushed, torn, severed limbs; brain trauma; three or more people injured with broken limbs or there is evidence to determine health damage with a body injury ratio of 61% or higher or there is evidence to determine property damage of 100 million VND or higher, then the traffic police officer must report to the Department Head to transfer the case to the competent provincial criminal investigation department for handling;"

7. Amending and supplementing Clause 2 Article 8 as follows:

"2. Traffic police officers assigned to the scene to conduct investigative measures, verification, and resolution of traffic accidents must prepare a Record of the Incident according to Form No. 02/TNĐT issued together with this Circular. Within 24 hours from the time of preparing the administrative violation record, the traffic police officer must prepare a report to the authorized leader to issue a decision assigning an investigator to verify and resolve the traffic accident according to Form No. 04/TNĐT issued together with this Circular and develop a Verification and Resolution Plan for the traffic accident according to Form No. 03/TNĐT issued together with this Circular, which has been approved by the authorized leader; the administrative violation record must be prepared immediately upon identifying the organization or individual committing the violation."

8. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 3 Article 9 as follows:

"c) Determining the autopsy team: Depending on the nature and severity of the traffic accident, invite appropriate members for the autopsy such as: technical crime officers; fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue personnel; police station representatives in communes, wards, towns, or border posts in counties where there is no commune-level administrative unit at the accident site; representatives of inland waterway transport vehicle inspection units or individuals, organizations with expertise (related to inspecting inland waterway vessels); representatives of inland waterway management units; representatives of relevant technical units related to waterworks or river-crossing structures; witnesses, interested parties; representatives of local government at the commune level where the accident occurred; representatives of enterprises or institutions (individuals with expertise in valuation fields) to determine initial asset damage value;"

9. Amend and supplement Article 10 as follows:

Article 10. Temporary detention and handling of evidence, vehicles, certificates, and licenses through administrative procedures
1. The temporary detention of evidence, vehicles, certificates of professional capability, and other licenses (hereinafter referred to collectively as certificates and licenses) of crew members related to inland waterway traffic accidents shall be carried out in accordance with Article 125 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020) and other relevant provisions. For cases where relevant documents related to persons and vehicles have been integrated into electronic identity cards or electronic identification accounts on the National Identification Application, traffic police will carry out the temporary detention of documents in the electronic environment.
2. Before extending the period of temporary detention of evidence, vehicles, certificates, and licenses of crew members, the investigator assigned to investigate, verify, and resolve inland waterway traffic accidents must report and propose to extend the detention period to the authorized leader according to Form No. 14B/TNĐT issued together with this Circular.
3. The handling of evidence, means of transport, licenses, and certificates of seafarers related to inland waterway traffic accidents shall be carried out in accordance with Article 126 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 (amended and supplemented in 2020) and other relevant provisions.
4. After completing the examination of the means of transport, if it is determined that the person in control of the means of transport has no fault and has not violated other legal regulations, the means of transport shall be immediately returned to its owner or the person in control of the means of transport.

10. Amend and supplement Clause 1 of Article 14 as follows:

"1. In cases where it is necessary to assess the degree of bodily injury of the victim, value the damage to property, examine traces; conduct specialized technical examinations of vehicles, bridges, ferries, river-crossing structures, underwater structures, inland waterway ports, transportation organizations, and the quality of transportation works for the basis of resolving inland waterway traffic accidents according to administrative law regulations, traffic police officers shall report to the competent authority to issue a decision requesting an expert examination in accordance with the Government's regulations on forms used in administrative violation penalties to request and propose the competent agency to conduct the examination and valuation of assets in accordance with the law."

11. Amend and supplement Point c of Clause 4 of Article 15 as follows:

"c) The inspection and verification of the means of transport, the person in control of the means of transport; passengers, transported goods, load on the means of transport, and related documents must invite representatives from the establishment, enterprise (persons with expertise in valuation fields and asset valuation fields) to determine the value of property damage and record the Verification Report in accordance with the Government's regulations on forms used in administrative violation penalties."

12. Amend and supplement Clause 2 of Article 17 as follows:

"2. Inland waterway traffic accidents with signs of criminal offenses as stipulated in one of Articles 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, and 281 of the Criminal Code 2015 (amended and supplemented in 2017), traffic police officers shall report and propose the Head of the Department to direct and investigate the resolution of the traffic accident in accordance with Article 20 of this Circular."

13. Amend and supplement Point a of Clause 2 of Article 20 as follows:

"a) Documents used for agencies assigned to carry out certain investigative activities issued together with Circular No. 119/2021/TT-BCA dated December 8, 2021, by the Minister of Public Security on forms and documents for criminal investigation (hereinafter referred to as Circular No. 119/2021/TT-BCA);"

14. Amend and supplement Point g of Clause 2 of Article 20 as follows:

"g) Record of handover of case files according to Form No. 240 issued together with Circular No. 119/2021/TT-BCA."

15. Amend and supplement Article 23 as follows:

"Article 23. Inspection of investigation and resolution of traffic accidents
1. The inspection of investigation, verification, and resolution of inland waterway traffic accidents shall be conducted in accordance with this Circular and Circular No. 35/2024/TT-BCA dated August 2, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on inspections within the People's Police.
2. When an inland waterway traffic accident occurs as prescribed in Clause 4 of Article 6 of this Circular or as directed by the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security, the Traffic Police Department shall cooperate with relevant units and local public security organs where the accident occurred to inspect traffic order and safety to evaluate causes, consider the responsibility of individuals and organizations involved in the occurrence of the traffic accident."

16. Amend and supplement Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 24 as follows:

"1. During the investigation, verification, and resolution of inland waterway traffic accidents, if the Traffic Police Department discovers signs of criminal offenses, they shall use the forms issued together with Circular No. 119/2021/TT-BCA.
2. For the investigation, verification, and resolution of inland waterway traffic accidents through administrative procedures, forms shall be used in accordance with the Government's regulations on forms used in administrative violation penalties and the forms specified in Clause 3 of this Article."

17. Amend and supplement Point b of Clause 3 of Article 24 as follows:

"b) Case Record (Form No. 02/TNĐT);"

18. Amend and supplement Clause 2 of Article 26 as follows:

"2. For traffic accidents identified during initial investigations as having signs of criminal offenses, the Traffic Police Department shall transfer all relevant case files, materials, and means of transport to the competent military criminal investigation agency for resolution and retain copies of the files for monitoring. After transferring the case to the military criminal investigation agency, the Traffic Police Department shall continue to cooperate as requested by the military criminal investigation agency."

19. Replace the phrase "Provincial Public Security" with "Provincial-level Public Security" in Clause 8 of Article 7 and Article 29; replace the phrase "transfer to Provincial Public Security" with "Traffic Police Department" in Article 29.

20. Remove certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Remove the phrase "Waterway Police" in Article 1;

b) Remove the phrase "Provincial-level Public Security or Waterway Police" in Clause 1 of Article 6;

c) Remove the phrase "simultaneously notify the Provincial Public Security where the traffic accident occurred or request cooperation in investigating, verifying, and resolving the traffic accident as prescribed" in Point a of Clause 2 of Article 6;

d) Remove the phrase "with the Provincial Public Security where the traffic accident occurred" in Clause 5 of Article 6.

21. Repeal Point a of Clause 1 of Article 5, Clause 3 of Article 6, and Point c of Clause 1 of Article 22.

1. Add Point c following Point b, Clause 4, Article 6 as follows:

"c) Develop plans to organize patrols, inspections, and handle violations along routes and areas according to the plan approved by the Director of the Traffic Police Department."

2. Amend and supplement Clause 7, Article 6 as follows:

"7. The Head of the Police Station of Commune, Ward, Town where there is no administrative unit at the commune level (hereinafter referred to as the Head of the Commune Police Station): shall perform tasks to ensure traffic safety and security and public order for people and means of transport at passenger river ports and areas of water that have not been announced within the administrative boundaries of the commune."

3. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1, Article 16 as follows:

"c) Send a notification (according to Form No. 02/36) requesting the owner of the means of transport, organization, or individual related to the administrative violation to come to the office of the police agency where the violation was discovered or to the office of the Commune Police Station, Traffic Police Department where they reside or operate if travel is difficult and direct access to the office of the police agency where the violation was discovered is not possible, in accordance with Clause 2, Article 15 of Decree No. 135/2021/NĐ-CP dated December 31, 2021 of the Government on the list, management, and use of technical equipment and procedures for collecting and using data obtained from such equipment provided by individuals or organizations to detect administrative violations (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 135/2021/NĐ-CP)."

4. Replace certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Replace the phrase "Head of the County Police" with the phrase "Head of the Traffic Police Department" in Clause 2, Article 16;

b) Replace the phrase "County Police" with the phrase "Traffic Police Department" in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 16.

5. Remove certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Remove the phrases "Head of the Inland Waterway Police Department" and "(hereinafter referred to as the Head of the Traffic Police Department); Head of the District Police, City Police under Province; Head of the District Police, City Police under Central City (hereinafter referred to as the Head of the County Police)" in Clause 5, Article 6;

b) Remove the phrase "Head of the County Police" in Points a and b, Clause 6, Article 6, and Point b, Clause 1, Article 8;

c) Remove the phrase "leadership of the County Police" in Clause 4, Article 15;

d) Remove the phrase "County Police" in Clause 1, Article 19 and remove the phrase "Head of the County Police" in Clause 3, Article 19.

6. Repeal Point c, Clause 1, Article 17.

7. Replace Forms 01, 02, and 05 promulgated together with Circular No. 36/2023/TT-BCA with Forms 01/36, 02/36, and 05/36 promulgated together with this Circular.

Article 4. Amend and supplement some articles of Circular No. 26/2024/TT-BCA dated June 21, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on statistics, compilation, management, exploitation, and use of the database on road traffic accidents, railway traffic accidents, and inland waterway traffic accidents.

1. Remove certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Remove the phrase "Traffic Police Team, Order Maintenance Police of the County Police" in Point a, Clause 1, Article 10;

b) Remove the phrase "used at the County Police" in Clause 4, Article 29.

2. Repeal Clause 2, Article 30 and Point g, Clause 3, Article 30.

Article 5. Amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 63/2024/TT-BCA dated November 12, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on traffic police work related to inspection, supervision, and handling of administrative violations in railway traffic.

1. Amending and supplementing Point b Clause 1 Article 18 as follows:

"b) Sending a notification requesting the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual related to the administrative violation to attend at the public security agency's office where the violation was discovered, or at the traffic police station or post under the Traffic Police Department where they reside or have their headquarters if travel is difficult and direct attendance at the public security agency's office where the violation was discovered is not possible according to Clause 2 Article 15 Decree No. 135/2021/NĐ-CP. The violation notification shall be made in writing or electronically (when infrastructure, technical conditions, and information meet the requirements)."

2. Removing certain phrases from Points and Clauses of Articles as follows:

a) Removing the phrase "Head of the Public Security Office of the district, town, city under province, centrally governed city (hereinafter referred to as Head of the Public Security Office of the district)" from Clause 3 Article 6;

b) Removing the phrase "Head of the Public Security Office of the district" from Clause 3 Article 8;

c) Removing the phrase "Traffic Police - Order Maintenance Team" from Clause 4 Article 8.

3. Repealing Point c Clause 1 Article 19.

Article 6. Amending and supplementing Circular No. 65/2024/TT-BCA dated November 12, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on examination of knowledge of traffic regulations for restoring points on driving licenses.

Amending and supplementing Clause 1 Article 6 as follows:

"1. Examination content includes:
a) Theoretical knowledge examination of traffic regulations conducted according to the theoretical question bank for driving license examinations for motor vehicles issued by the Traffic Police Corps (hereinafter referred to as theoretical knowledge examination);
b) Examination of traffic regulations through simulated traffic scenarios on computers approved and issued by the Ministry of Public Security (hereinafter referred to as knowledge examination through simulation)."

Article 7. Amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 66/2024/TT-BCA dated November 12, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on training, examination, issuance of Driving Licenses; and legal knowledge training for motorcycle drivers in the People's Public Security Forces.

1. Amending and supplementing Clause 1 Article 26 as follows:

"1. Examiner criteria: officers working in the Traffic Police Force; holding a valid driving license corresponding to the examination category for at least three years since issuance, with remaining points and validity period; having attended examiner training and been issued an examiner card by the Traffic Police Corps."

2. Amending and supplementing Point a Clause 2 Article 26 as follows:

"a) The examiner card is issued to officers meeting the criteria stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article, with a validity period corresponding to the validity period of the driving license but not exceeding three years from the date of issuance;"

3. Amending and supplementing Clause 3 Article 31 as follows:

"3. Officers and soldiers in the People's Public Security Forces are issued a separate driving license number consisting of twelve digits. In cases where a driving license has already been issued, when renewing or reissuing, it shall follow the driving license model prescribed in this Circular."

4. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 3 Article 33 as follows:

"c) For cases stipulated in Point d Clause 1 of this Article, the Traffic Police Office managing the driving license must notify the competent authority in the People's Army for coordination in management. The driving license category in the People's Public Security Forces after conversion corresponds to the previous driving license category. A driving license category CX issued by the Ministry of National Defense can be converted to a driving license category C in the People's Public Security Forces according to Point e Clause 1 of Article 31 of this Circular. The validity period and number of the driving license shall comply with the provisions of Clause 2 and Clause 3 of Article 31 of this Circular."

5. Amending and supplementing Point a Clause 1 Article 36 as follows:

"a) If a driving license expires within less than three months but due to work requirements, there is a written request with confirmation from the workplace, then the renewal of the driving license will be considered according to the provisions of Clause 2 and Clause 3 of Article 33 of this Circular. If there is no request, then a theoretical examination must be passed before renewal;"

6. Amending and supplementing Clause 7 Article 36 as follows:

"7. When officers and soldiers in the People's Public Security Forces cease their security duties, they may convert their current driving license to the new model of driving license issued by the Minister of Public Security regarding examination, issuance of driving licenses; issuance and use of international driving licenses."

7. Replacing Model No. 16 issued together with Circular No. 66/2024/TT-BCA with Model No. 16/66 issued together with this Circular.

Article 8. Amend and supplement Circular No. 67/2024/TT-BCA dated November 12, 2024 of the Minister of Public Security on the procedures for managing and using technical equipment in the People's Police and data obtained from technical equipment provided by individuals and organizations to detect administrative violations.

Delete the phrase "police force of district, town, city under province, city directly under the central government" at Point b Clause 1 Article 4.

Article 9. Amend and supplement some articles of Circular No. 69/2024/TT-BCA dated November 12, 2024 of the Minister of Public Security on command and control of traffic on roads by traffic police.

1. Delete the phrase "Head of District Police Force, Town Police Force, City Police Force under Province, City directly under the Central Government (hereinafter referred to as Head of District Police Force)" at Point a Clause 1 Article 5.

2. Replace Model No. 03A and Model No. 03B issued together with Circular No. 69/2024/TT-BCA with Model No. 03A/69 and Model No. 03B/69 issued together with this Circular.

Article 10. Amend and supplement some articles of Circular No. 72/2024/TT-BCA dated November 13, 2024 of the Minister of Public Security on the procedures for investigating and resolving traffic accidents on roads by traffic police.

1. Amend and supplement Clause 10 Article 4 as follows:

"10. Traffic accidents on roads must be reported to the Traffic Police Department and the Police Station, Ward Police Station, Town Police Station, Police Post in the district where there is no administrative unit at the commune level (hereinafter collectively referred to as Commune-level Police Station) where the traffic accident occurred for resolution within their authority or cooperation when requested and monitoring, statistics, and summarizing traffic accidents occurring in the area."

2. Amend and supplement Point b Clause 1 Article 5 as follows:

"b) If the report of a traffic accident on a road does not occur on the route assigned for patrol, inspection, and violation handling tasks, then notify the duty officer of the Traffic Police Department to perform the task according to the provisions of this Circular."

3. Amend and supplement Point b Clause 2 Article 5 as follows:

"b) If the report of a traffic accident on a road does not occur on the route assigned for patrol, inspection, and violation handling tasks, then notify the duty officer of the Highway Police Department to perform the task according to the provisions of this Circular."

4. Replace certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Replace the phrase "District Police Force" with the phrase "Traffic Police Department" at Point a Clause 1 Article 5;

b) Replace the phrase "Investigation Department of the District Police Force" with the phrase "Investigation Department of the Provincial Police Force" at Point b Clause 7 Article 6, Point a Clause 8 Article 6, and Point a Clause 9 Article 6;

c) Replace the phrase "People's Procuracy at the District Level" with the phrase "People's Procuracy at the Same Level" at Point b Clause 7 Article 6.

5. Delete some words and phrases at points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Delete the phrase "District Police Force" at Point a Clause 4 Article 5, Clause 5 and Clause 6 Article 5;

b) Delete the phrase "simultaneously notify the District Police Force where the traffic accident on a road occurred to cooperate in solving" at Point b Clause 4 Article 5;

c) Delete the phrase "For traffic police officers of the District Police Force, report to the Head of the District Police Force to assign the Investigator to accept investigation and resolution" at Point a Clause 8 Article 6;

d) Delete the word "Station" at Point c Clause 3 Article 8.

6. Repeal Point c Clause 1 Article 4, Clause 3 Article 5, Point c Clause 4 Article 5, Point b Clause 9 Article 6, and Point b Clause 2 Article 16.

Article 11. Amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 73/2024/TT-BCA dated November 15, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on traffic patrol, control, and handling of administrative violations related to traffic order and safety on roads by Traffic Police.

1. Amending and supplementing Point b and Point c Clause 1 Article 24 as follows:

"b) In cases where the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual involved in the administrative violation does not reside or have their office at the district level where the administrative violation was discovered by the public security agency, if it is determined that the administrative violation falls within the penalty authority of the Chief of the Public Security Station, Ward, Town (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Chief of the Public Security Station at the commune level), then the results obtained through technical equipment shall be transferred to the Public Security Station, Ward, Town (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Public Security Station at the commune level) where the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual involved in the administrative violation resides or has their office according to Model No. 03/73 issued together with this Circular for resolution and handling of the violation (when equipped with a network connection system, the transfer shall be made electronically).

In cases where the administrative violation does not fall within the penalty authority of the Chief of the Public Security Station at the commune level or falls within the penalty authority but the Public Security Station at the commune level has not been equipped with a network connection system, the results obtained through technical equipment shall be transferred to the Traffic Police Department where the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual involved in the administrative violation resides or has their office according to Model No. 03/73 issued together with this Circular for resolution and handling of the violation;

c) Sending a notification according to Model No. 01/73 issued together with this Circular requesting the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual involved in the administrative violation to come to the office of the public security agency where the administrative violation was discovered or to the offices of traffic police stations under the Traffic Police Department, Public Security Station at the commune level where they reside or have their office to resolve the administrative violation if travel is difficult and there are no conditions to directly go to the office of the public security agency where the administrative violation was discovered as stipulated in Clause 2 Article 15 Decree No. 135/2021/NĐ-CP. The sending of the violation notification shall be carried out in writing or electronically via the VNeTraffic App when infrastructure, technology, and information meet the conditions.

At the same time, update the information of the traffic vehicle that violated the rules (type of vehicle; license plate number, color of license plate; time, location of violation, violation behavior; unit discovering the violation; unit resolving the case, contact phone number) on the electronic information page of the Traffic Police Corps, VNeTraffic App so that the owner of the vehicle, organization, or individual involved in the administrative violation can know, search, and contact to resolve the issue."

2. Amending and supplementing Point b Clause 1 Article 29 as follows:

"b) The Director of the Provincial Public Security Agency decides to mobilize other forces under his/her management to participate in cooperation with Traffic Police to carry out patrols and controls within the jurisdiction he/she is responsible for."

3. Amending and supplementing Point a Clause 1 Article 30 as follows:

"a) Building plans for traffic patrol and control. If the Minister of Public Security decides to mobilize, the Traffic Police Corps shall be responsible for building the plan. If the Director of the Provincial Public Security Agency decides to mobilize, the Traffic Police Department shall be responsible for building the plan;"

4. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 2 Article 30 as follows:

"c) In cases where there is no Traffic Police force accompanying, the Public Security Station at the commune level may only inspect and handle violations on roads under its management according to the plan already issued by the competent authority and report the situation and results to the Traffic Police force; in cases where a person driving a motorcycle, motorbike, or simple vehicle commits one of the following violations, they may be handled according to regulations: not wearing a helmet as required; carrying more passengers than allowed; carrying oversized goods beyond the prescribed size limit; parking improperly; weaving, swerving, riding on one wheel for two-wheeled vehicles; lacking a left-side rearview mirror as required; using an umbrella (parasol); towing or pushing another vehicle or object; being underage to drive a vehicle as required; or discovering serious violations of traffic order and safety on roads, social security.

When resolving and handling violations, if other violations are discovered, they may be handled according to authority, if exceeding the penalty authority, a record of administrative violation shall be established and reported to the competent authority for handling according to regulations. The process of stopping traffic vehicles, inspection, and handling of violations shall be carried out according to this Circular."

5. Replacing certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Replacing the phrase "Chief of the Public Security Station, Ward, Town" with the phrase "Chief of the Public Security Station at the commune level" in Clause 2 Article 24;

b) Replacing the phrase "Public Security Station, Ward, Town" with the phrase "Public Security Station at the commune level" in Clause 3, Clause 4, Clause 5 Article 24; Clause 5 Article 25;

c) Replacing the phrase "Chief of the Public Security Station at the district level" with the phrase "Chief of the Traffic Police Department" in Clause 2 Article 24;

d) Replacing the phrase "Public Security Station at the district level" with the phrase "Traffic Police Department" in Clause 3, Clause 4, Clause 5 Article 24.

6. Removing certain phrases in points and clauses of various articles as follows:

a) Removing the phrase "Chief of the Public Security Station at the district, city district, town, provincial city (hereinafter abbreviated as Chief of the Public Security Station at the district level)" in Clause 4 Article 6;

b) Removing the phrase "Chief of the Public Security Station at the district level" in Point a Clause 3 Article 7, Clause 3 Article 10;

c) Removing the phrase "Traffic Police Station, Order Maintenance" in Clause 4 Article 10.

7. Abolishing Point c Clause 1 Article 25, Point c Clause 1 Article 29.

8. Replacing Models No. 01, 02, 03, and 05 issued together with Circular No. 73/2024/TT-BCA with Models No. 01/73, 02/73, 03/73, and 05/73 issued together with this Circular.

Article 12. Amending and supplementing some articles of Circular No. 79/2024/TT-BCA dated November 15, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on the issuance and revocation of vehicle registration certificates and license plates for motor vehicles and special-purpose motorcycles.

1. Amending and supplementing Clause 8 of Article 3 as follows:

"8. Organizations and individuals who win the auction for automobile, motorcycle, and motorbike license plates shall be entitled to choose to register and obtain the won license plates at the Traffic Police Room where they have their headquarters, residence, or at the Traffic Police Room managing the won license plates."

2. Amending and supplementing Clause 9 of Article 3 as follows:

"9. Organizations and individuals with headquarters or residence in a district without a commune-level administrative unit may choose to register their vehicles at the Traffic Police Room or Police Station assigned the task of registering vehicles."

3. Amending and supplementing Point b of Clause 2 of Article 4 as follows:

"b) Motor vehicles, motorcycles, and motorbikes registered with license plates won through auctions;"

4. Amend and supplement Clause 4 of Article 4 as follows:

"4. The police stations of communes, wards, towns, and police stations in districts without commune-level administrative units (hereinafter referred to collectively as commune-level police) shall carry out vehicle registration as follows:"

a) Commune-level police that were authorized to register motorcycles before this Circular takes effect shall continue to register all types of motor vehicles, specialized motorcycles, and motorcycles of domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in the locality (excluding the types of vehicles specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article);

b) Commune-level police in places where the district-level police previously had offices or conducted registrations shall continue to register all types of motor vehicles, specialized motorcycles, and motorcycles of domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in those localities and in the communes, wards, and towns within the districts, counties, towns, and cities that have not been authorized to register vehicles (excluding the types of vehicles specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article).

5. Amending and supplementing Clause 5 of Article 4 as follows:

"5. For communes with special geographical conditions, based on the actual number of vehicles registered, the nature of the area, and the geographical distance, the Director of the Provincial Public Security Department (hereinafter referred to as the provincial public security department director) shall coordinate with the Director of the Traffic Police Corps to decide on organizing vehicle registration as follows:"
a) For communes with more vehicles than can be registered, in addition to the direct registration by the commune-level police, the neighboring commune-level police that have been authorized to register vehicles will support the organization of cluster-based vehicle registration for domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in the area;
b) For districts without commune-level administrative units, the registration of vehicles shall be assigned to the police station or traffic police room;
c) For commune-level police specified in Point b of Clause 4 of this Article that have not met the conditions for organizing vehicle registration, the registration of vehicles shall be assigned to other commune-level police within the district;
d) Continue to authorize vehicle registration for commune-level police that have not yet been authorized, to be completed before June 30, 2026."

6. Amending and supplementing Point b of Clause 3 of Article 11 as follows:

"b) Sales invoice for state assets or sales invoice for national assets or sales invoice for confiscated assets or handover receipt for assets (in cases handled through transfer procedures) in accordance with the provisions of the law;"

7. Amend and supplement Point c Clause 1 Article 14 as follows:

"c) Vehicle registration officers shall accept online full-process initial registration applications from the government service portal or the National Identity Application, transfer them to the vehicle registration and management system for data verification and correction (without having to physically inspect the vehicle, scrape the engine number and frame number, or take photos of the vehicle as required); print the vehicle registration application form and certificate of registration; submit the vehicle registration file and certificate of registration and related documents for approval and signature by the competent authority; stamp the vehicle registration file. Deliver the certificate of registration and license plate (with recognition stickers affixed to the auctioned license plate or clean energy license plate stickers according to regulations) to the vehicle owner via postal services or directly at the registration office;"

8. Amending and supplementing Point b of Clause 2 of Article 27 as follows:

"b) Based on the list of motor vehicles that have exceeded their service life, scrapped vehicles, and vehicles prohibited from circulation according to the law provided by the registration office, the commune-level police shall notify the owners or users of vehicles with headquarters or residences in the area to proceed with the recovery of the vehicle registration certificate and license plate and issue a recovery certificate (paper or electronic version). In cases where the commune-level police have not been authorized to register vehicles, they shall recover and hand over the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the authorized police unit for cluster management to handle the recovery on the registration and management system according to regulations;"

9. Amending and supplementing Clause 3 of Article 34 as follows:

"3. The forms prescribed in Points a, b, c, d, e, q, and r of Clause 2 of this Article shall be printed securely at the Bureau of Industrial Security. The Traffic Police Corps shall be responsible for printing upon request from local public security units. Based on the actual needs of the commune-level police and the units, the Traffic Police Room shall send a letter to the Traffic Police Corps, copied to the form production unit to place orders for the forms and settle accounts according to regulations."

10. Removing the phrase "district-level police" in Clause 1 of Article 10 and the term "public welfare" in Clause 6 of Article 3; Point a of Clause 1 of Article 14; Points a and d of Clause 2 of Article 14; Points c and d of Clause 2 of Article 17; Clause 2 of Article 20; Points a, b, and c of Clause 1 of Article 21; Point b of Clause 2 of Article 21; Point a of Clause 1 of Article 26; Point d of Clause 1 of Article 29.

11. Repealing Clause 3 of Article 4.

12. Replacing the models DKX01, DKX02, DKX03, DKX05, DKX06, DKX07, DKX08, DKX09, and DKX10 issued together with Circular No. 79/2024/TT-BCA with the models DKX01/79, DKX02/79, DKX03/79, DKX05/79, DKX06/79, DKX07/79, DKX08/79, DKX09/79, and DKX10/79 issued together with this Circular.

Article 13. Amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BCA dated January 12, 2024, issued by the Minister of Public Security on security documents.

1. Amending and supplementing Point a Clause 1 Article 5 as follows:

"a) Identity card, citizen identification certificate;"

2. Amending and supplementing Point d Clause 1 Article 5 as follows:

"d) Vehicle registration certificate; driver's license issued by public security authorities; various certificates and certifications; permit for use in public security work;"

Article 14. Implementation clause

1. This Circular takes effect from March 1, 2025.

2. The Director of the Traffic Police Corps shall be responsible for monitoring, guiding, inspecting, and urging the implementation of this Circular.

3. Heads of units under the Ministry, Directors of Public Security Departments of provinces and centrally-administered cities, organizations, and individuals concerned shall be responsible for implementing this Circular.

4. During the implementation of this Circular, if there are difficulties or obstacles, local public security units shall report to the Ministry of Public Security (through the Traffic Police Corps) for timely guidance./.