Decree No. 153/2025/NĐ-CP amends and supplements certain Articles of Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP dated September 26, 2023, of the Government on standards and quotas for using passenger cars.

DECREE
Amending and supplementing certain Articles of Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP

dated September 26, 2023 of the Government stipulating standards and quotas for the use of motor vehicles

The Circular on standards and quotas for the use of motor vehicles

Pursuant to the Law on the Organization of the Government 2025,

Pursuant to the Law on Local Government Organization 2025;

Pursuant to the Law on Management and Use of State Assets dated June 21, 2017;

Pursuant to the Law amending and supplementing certain Articles of the Securities Law, Accounting Law, Independent Audit Law, State Budget Law, Management and Use of Public Assets Law, Tax Administration Law, Personal Income Tax Law, National Reserve Law, Administrative Violation Handling Law dated November 29, 2024;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance;

The Government promulgates this Decree amending and supplementing certain Articles of Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP dated September 26, 2023 of the Government stipulating standards and quotas for the use of motor vehicles.

Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain Articles of Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP dated September 26, 2023 of the Government stipulating standards and quotas for the use of motor vehicles

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

"a). State agencies, Communist Party of Vietnam agencies, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (including political-social organizations; mass organizations assigned tasks by the Party and State as provided for in this Decree), public service units, project management units using state capital (hereinafter referred to as agencies, organizations, and units)."

2. Supplementing Clause 4a after Clause 4 Article 3 and supplementing Clause 10 into Article 3 as follows:

"4a. Agencies, organizations, and units under the management of the Central Party Office, the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, provincial People's Councils to determine responsibilities and authorities as prescribed in this Decree are the agencies, organizations, and units specified in Point b Clause 6 Article 8 of this Decree.

10. Mass organizations self-fund motor vehicles for their activities in accordance with civil laws, related laws, and the regulations of the organization. The management, use, and disposal of motor vehicles supported by the State as provided for in Point a Clause 1 Article 7, Clause 7 Article 9, and Clause 6 Article 11 of this Decree shall be carried out in accordance with civil laws, related laws, and the regulations of the organization. Such vehicles shall not be sold, transferred, liquidated, or otherwise transferred ownership before meeting the conditions for disposal as provided for in Clause 4 Article 3 of this Decree."

3. Amending and supplementing Clause 2, Clause 5, and Clause 6 Article 8 as follows:

"2. The following entities may use motor vehicles for official duties as assigned by agencies, organizations, and units (not for transportation from residence to workplace and vice versa):

a) Positions with a job title coefficient or job title salary higher than that of a Department Director, Bureau Chief, and equivalent positions but do not meet the conditions for using official cars as stipulated in Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Decree.

b) Department Directors, Bureau Chiefs, and equivalent positions; Deputy Department Directors, Deputy Bureau Chiefs, and equivalent positions.

c) Deputy Chairpersons of People's Councils, Deputy Chairpersons of People's Committees at provincial and centrally-administered city levels (except Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City).

d) Provincial Department Directors, Deputy Department Directors, and equivalent positions.

đ) Heads, Deputy Heads of agencies, units under, directly under departments, and equivalent organizations (not public service units) established vertically on provincial or inter-provincial, city territory.

e) Secretaries, Chairpersons of People's Councils, Chairpersons of People's Committees, Chairpersons of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at commune level; Deputy Secretaries, Deputy Chairpersons of People's Councils, Deputy Chairpersons of People's Committees, Deputy Chairpersons of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at commune level.

g) Members (Members) of the Board of Directors, Board of Management, Deputy General Managers of economic groups; Chairpersons of companies, Directors, Deputy Directors, and equivalent positions in state-owned enterprises.

h) Cadres, civil servants, public officials, workers assigned specific professional tasks as stipulated in the Regulation on the Management and Use of Public Assets of agencies, organizations, and units.

5. In addition to the number of motor vehicles already determined according to the provisions of Articles 9, 11, and 11a of this Decree, the Head of the Central Party Office, the Standing Committee of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Standing Committees, Municipal Party Committees, provincial People's Councils consider and decide the number of pickup trucks, passenger cars from 12 to 16 seats serving common work for agencies and units assigned forest protection, fire prevention, agricultural disease control, border patrol, services for people with meritorious service, social welfare, boundary marker setting, basic geological and mineral survey, transportation of machinery, equipment, samples in the field of science, technology, and innovation, market management within the jurisdiction of ministries, central agencies, localities ensuring economy and efficiency.

6. Allocation (adjustment) of the number of motor vehicles serving common work of agencies, organizations, and units:

a) Not implementing allocation of the number of motor vehicles of agencies and units specified in Clause 5 of this Article.

b) Based on the total number of motor vehicles serving common work of agencies, organizations, and units stipulated in Articles 9, 11, 11a, Point a Clause 1 Article 14, and Clause 7 Article 3 of this Decree (excluding units specified in Point a of this clause, Clause 3 Article 9 of this Decree), the agency or person with authority to decide on allocation of the specific number of motor vehicles as follows:

b1) The Head of the Central Party Office decides on the allocation of the number of motor vehicles serving common work for each Party agency at the central level.

b2) The Standing Committee of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee decides on the allocation of the number of motor vehicles serving common work for each organization and unit of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

b3) The Minister, Head of a central agency decides on the allocation of the number of motor vehicles serving common work for each department, bureau, and equivalent organization, public service unit under, directly under ministries, central agencies.

b3) The Minister, Head of the Central Agency shall decide on the allocation of the number of cars for general work purposes to each department, bureau, and equivalent organization, public service unit under the ministry, central agency.

b4) The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee decides on the allocation of the number of cars for general work purposes for each public institution under the Provincial Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee (excluding the Commune-level Party Committees).

b5) The People's Committee of the province decides on the allocation of the number of cars for general work purposes for each provincial office (excluding the offices of the Provincial Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee); each department, agency, and equivalent entity at the provincial level; the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; each political and social organization; each public institution under the People's Committee of the province; and each commune (including the Commune-level Party Committees).

b6) The allocation shall be based on the principle that the number of cars allocated to each entity may be higher or lower than the number of cars determined according to Articles 9, 11, 11a, point a, Clause 1, Article 14, and Clause 7, Article 3 of this Decree (excluding entities specified in point a of this clause and Clause 3, Article 9 of this Decree), but ensuring that the total number of cars after allocation for all these entities does not exceed the total number of cars determined according to Articles 9, 11, 11a, point a, Clause 1, Article 14, and Clause 7, Article 3 of this Decree (excluding the number of cars of entities specified in point a of this clause and Clause 3, Article 9 of this Decree). In cases where an entity has subordinate units with legal personality, seals, and separate accounts, the competent authority specified herein decides on the allocation of the number of cars to each subordinate unit when implementing the allocation according to this provision.

c) Based on the total number of cars for general work purposes of the entities specified in Clause 3, Article 9 of this Decree, the Director-General and equivalents decide on the allocation of the number of cars for general work purposes for each entity under their management according to the principle that the number of cars allocated to each entity may be higher or lower than the number of cars determined according to Clause 3, Article 9 of this Decree, but ensuring that the total number of cars after allocation for all these entities does not exceed the total number of cars determined according to Clause 3, Article 9 of this Decree.

d) The number of cars after allocation as stipulated in points b and c of this clause shall serve as the standard for the number of cars used for general work purposes by each entity; it will be used as one of the bases for planning and budgeting, allocating, purchasing, arranging, and accounting for the funds used for car services; managing, using, and handling cars within the entity.

The decision on the allocation of the number of cars for general work purposes as stipulated in points b and c of this clause shall be publicly disclosed on the Central Party Office’s website, the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee’s website, the websites of central ministries and agencies, provinces, and centrally governed cities.

4. Amending and supplementing Article 9 as follows:

Article 9. Cars for general work purposes of bureaus, departments, and equivalent organizations under ministries and central agencies

1. The standard for the use of cars for general work purposes of entities under the central Party organs; the Party offices of central Party organs; the Party office of the National Assembly; the Party office of the Government; the Party office of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and central mass organizations shall be determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 20 staff members: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 20 to 40 staff members: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 40 to 80 staff members: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 80 to 120 staff members: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

đ) Units with more than 120 staff members: For every additional 50 staff members, an additional maximum 01 car can be added.

2. The standard for the use of cars for general work purposes of bureaus, departments, and equivalent organizations not organized vertically (not public institutions) shall be determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 20 staff members: Maximum 01 car/02 units; if the number of cars is a decimal, the number of cars is determined based on the whole number part.

b) Units with more than 20 to 40 staff members: Maximum 01 car/unit.

c) Units with more than 40 to 80 staff members: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 80 to 120 staff members: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

đ) Units with more than 120 staff members: For every additional 50 staff members, an additional maximum 01 car can be added.

e) In cases where bureaus and equivalent organizations have subordinate units (centers and other units) with legal personality, seals, and separate accounts:

el) For units with fewer than 20 staff members, the total number of staff from these units is combined with the bureau and equivalent organization's staff to determine the standard for the bureau and equivalent organization according to points a, b, c, d, and đ of this clause.

e2) For units with 20 or more staff members, the total number of staff from these units is not combined with the bureau and equivalent organization's staff to determine the standard for the use of cars for general work purposes according to points a, b, c, d, and đ of this clause; the number of cars for these units is added to the standard at points a, b, c, d, and đ of this clause for the bureau and equivalent organization and is determined as follows:

For public institutions (excluding public institutions in the health, education, and training sectors): The standard is determined according to Clause 5 of this Article.

For public institutions in the health, education, and training sectors: The standard is determined according to Clause 6 of this Article.

For the remaining units, it is determined as follows: Units with 20 to 50 staff members: Maximum 01 car/unit. Units with more than 50 staff members: For every additional 50 staff members, an additional maximum 01 car can be added.

3. The standard for the use of cars for general work purposes of bureaus, units, and equivalent organizations (not public institutions) organized vertically under ministries and central agencies.

a) The standard for using cars to serve general work of the bureau, unit, and equivalent organizations shall be determined according to the provisions of Clause 2 of this Article based on the total number of personnel of the agencies and units under and directly under them (excluding units at point b of this clause). In cases where subordinate units have legal entity status, seals, and separate bank accounts with at least 20 personnel, they shall be implemented according to the provisions of sub-clause e2 of point e of Clause 2 of this Article.

b) The standard for using cars to serve general work of agencies and units under and directly under the bureau, unit, and equivalent organizations located in provincial or inter-provincial, city areas shall be determined as follows:

b1) Units with up to 40 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b2) Units with more than 40 to 80 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

b3) Units with more than 80 to 120 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

b4) Units with more than 120 personnel: For every additional 50 personnel, an additional maximum 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

b5) In cases where units have subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more, the number of personnel of these subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more will not be counted in the personnel of the unit to determine the standard of the unit according to the number of personnel specified in sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, and b4 of this point. In addition to the number of cars determined according to the number of personnel of the unit at sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, and b4 of this point, the unit may supplement the number of cars equal to the number of subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more.

b6) In addition to the standards determined according to the provisions of sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, b4, and b5 of this point, the unit may supplement the number of cars as follows:

In cases where units are assigned to manage one province/city with a natural area from 9,000 km² to less than 12,000 km², they may supplement a maximum of 01 car; from 12,000 km² or more, for every additional 3,000 km², a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

In cases where units are assigned to manage inter-provincial, city areas: In addition to the province/city where the main office is located, for each additional province/city managed, a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented; simultaneously, if the managed area has a natural area from 15,000 km² to less than 18,000 km², the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit; from 18,000 km² to less than 21,000 km², 02 cars/unit; from 21,000 km² to less than 24,000 km², 03 cars/unit; from 24,000 km² or more, for every additional 3,000 km², a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

If the managed area includes more than 50% of administrative units at the commune level belonging to the mountainous, island, and particularly difficult socio-economic conditions area list as prescribed by the Government and the Prime Minister, the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit.

In cases where units have their main offices located in provinces, centrally-administered cities that self-balance the state budget, the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit.

Units meeting any criteria may supplement the maximum number of cars corresponding to those criteria; if a unit meets multiple criteria, the maximum number of cars to be supplemented is the total number of cars supplemented according to those criteria.

c) The standard of the bureau, unit, and equivalent organization is the total standard of points a and b of this clause.

4. The standard for using cars to serve general work of bureaus, departments, and equivalent organizations under and directly under ministries, central agencies organized vertically.

a) The standard for using cars to serve general work of bureaus, departments, and equivalent organizations (excluding units at point b of this clause) shall be determined according to the provisions of Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article.

b) The standard for using cars to serve general work of agencies and units under and directly under ministries, central agencies located in provincial or inter-provincial, city areas shall be determined as follows:

b1) Units with up to 40 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b2) Units with more than 40 to 80 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

b3) Units with more than 80 to 120 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

b4) Units with more than 120 personnel: For every additional 50 personnel, an additional maximum 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

b5) In cases where units have subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more, the number of personnel of these subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more will not be counted in the personnel of the unit to determine the standard of the unit according to the number of personnel specified in sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, and b4 of this point. In addition to the number of cars determined according to the number of personnel of the unit at sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, and b4 of this point, the unit may supplement the number of cars equal to the number of subordinate units assigned to manage areas of 450 km² or more or 10 communes or more.

b6) In addition to the standards determined according to the provisions of sub-clauses b1, b2, b3, b4, and b5 of this point, the unit may supplement the number of cars as follows:

In cases where units are assigned to manage one province with a natural area from 9,000 km² to less than 12,000 km², they may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit; from 12,000 km² or more, for every additional 3,000 km², a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

In cases where units are assigned to manage inter-provincial, city areas: In addition to the province/city where the main office is located, for each additional province/city managed, a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented; simultaneously, if the managed area has a natural area from 12,000 km² to less than 15,000 km², the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit; from 15,000 km² to less than 18,000 km², 02 cars/unit; from 18,000 km² to less than 21,000 km², 03 cars/unit; from 21,000 km² to less than 24,000 km², 04 cars/unit; from 24,000 km² or more, for every additional 3,000 km², a maximum of 01 car/unit may be supplemented.

If the managed area includes more than 50% of administrative units at the commune level belonging to the mountainous, island, and particularly difficult socio-economic conditions area list as prescribed by the Government and the Prime Minister, the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit.

In cases where units have their main offices located in provinces, centrally-administered cities that self-balance the state budget, the unit may supplement a maximum of 01 car/unit.

Units meeting any criteria may supplement the maximum number of cars corresponding to those criteria; if a unit meets multiple criteria, the maximum number of cars to be supplemented is the total number of cars supplemented according to those criteria.

5. The standard for using cars to serve general work of public service units under and directly under ministries, central agencies (excluding public service units in the health, education, and training sectors) shall be determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 50 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 50 to 100 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 100 to 200 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 200 to 500 personnel: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 500 to 1,000 personnel: Maximum 05 cars/unit.

e) Units with more than 1,000 personnel: Maximum 06 cars/unit.

g) In cases where units have subordinate units (centers, institutes, and other units) with legal entity status, seals, and separate bank accounts, the determination of the standard shall follow the principle stipulated in point e of Clause 2 of this Article.

6. The standard for using cars to serve general work of public service units under and directly under ministries, central agencies in the health, education, and training sectors shall be determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 100 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 100 to 300 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 300 to 500 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 500 to 1,000 personnel: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

d) Units with a staffing level from over 1,000 to 2,000 people: Maximum 05 vehicles/unit.

e) Units with a staffing level of 2,000 people or more: Maximum 06 vehicles/unit.

g) In cases where units have subordinate units (centers, institutes, and other units) with legal entity status, seals, and separate bank accounts, the determination of the standard shall follow the principle stipulated in point e of Clause 2 of this Article.

7. Vehicles serving the common work of mass organizations assigned tasks by the Party and State at the central level.

In cases where the organization does not yet have vehicles for common work or all existing vehicles (excluding the official vehicles of the Chairpersons of the mass organizations specified in point a, Clause 1, Article 7 of this Decree) have met the conditions for liquidation as stipulated in Clause 4, Article 3 of this Decree, and the organization falls under the category eligible for state financial support for activities related to tasks assigned by the Party and State according to the laws on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, on organization, operation, and management of associations, and relevant laws, depending on the budget capacity and the current stock of vehicles, the organization may be considered for support as follows:

a) Financial funds to purchase vehicles from the state budget according to the current state budget classification or support in kind as follows: For organizations with a staffing level allocated from 20 to 50 people, one vehicle will be supported; for organizations with a staffing level allocated over 50 people, up to two vehicles will be supported.

The amount of financial support for purchasing vehicles shall not exceed the price of vehicles serving common work as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree. In cases of support in kind, it shall be carried out through reallocation, and the remaining value of the reallocated vehicle shall not exceed the price prescribed in Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree.

The provision of financial support for purchasing vehicles shall be implemented in accordance with the laws on the state budget. The reallocation of vehicles shall be carried out in accordance with the laws on the management and use of public assets.

b) For organizations with a staffing level allocated below 20 people, financial support for renting vehicles or allocating financial funds for vehicle usage when performing tasks assigned by the Party and State shall be provided.

5. Amend and supplement Article 11 as follows:

Article 11. Vehicles serving the common work of agencies, organizations, and units at the provincial level.

1. The standard for vehicles serving the common work of the Provincial Office (including: Provincial Party Committee Office, City Party Committee Office; Office of the Delegation of National Assembly Members and People's Council at the provincial level; Provincial People's Committee Office) is determined as follows:

a) For Hanoi City and Ho Chi Minh City:

a1) Maximum 10 vehicles/Office.

a2) In cases where the Provincial Office has subordinate units with legal personality, seals, and separate bank accounts, and a staffing level of 20 people or more, the number of vehicles determined in this paragraph shall be added to the Provincial Office's standard in paragraph a1 of this point and shall be determined as follows:

For public service units (excluding public service units in the fields of health, education, and training): The standard is determined according to Clause 4 of this Article.

For public service units in the fields of health, education, and training: The standard is determined according to Clause 5 of this Article.

For other units, it is determined as follows: Units with a staffing level from 20 to 50 people: Maximum 01 vehicle/unit. Units with a staffing level of over 50 people: For every additional 50 staff members, up to 01 additional vehicle can be supplemented.

b) For the remaining provinces and cities:

b1) For centrally-administered provinces and cities with an area of less than 5,000 km²: 05 vehicles/Office.

b2) In addition to the number of vehicles determined according to the regulations in paragraph b1 of this point, for centrally-administered provinces and cities with an area from 5,000 km² to less than 8,000 km², up to 01 additional vehicle/Office can be supplemented; from 8,000 km² to less than 11,000 km², up to 02 additional vehicles/Office can be supplemented; from 11,000 km² and above, for every additional 3,000 km², up to 01 additional vehicle/Office can be supplemented.

b3) In cases where the Provincial Office has subordinate units with legal personality, seals, and separate bank accounts, and a staffing level of 20 people or more, the number of vehicles determined in this paragraph shall be added to the Provincial Office's standard in paragraphs b1 and b2 of this point and shall be determined as in paragraph a2 of point a of this clause.

b4) In addition to the standards determined according to the regulations in paragraphs b1, b2, and b3 of this point, each Office may be supplemented with the following number of vehicles:

For centrally-administered provinces and cities where over 50% of commune-level administrative units fall within the mountainous, island, and particularly difficult socio-economic conditions areas as defined by the Government and Prime Minister, up to 01 additional vehicle/Office can be supplemented.

For centrally-administered provinces and cities that self-balance the state budget, up to 01 additional vehicle/Office can be supplemented.

If the Office meets any criteria, it can be supplemented with the maximum number of vehicles corresponding to those criteria; if the Office meets multiple criteria, the maximum number of vehicles to be supplemented is the total number of vehicles determined according to those criteria.

c) In cases where the Provincial Party Committee Office serves the common work for the advisory and assisting agencies of the Provincial Party Committee, the standard for using vehicles serving the common work of the Provincial Party Committee Office includes both the number of vehicles prescribed in this clause and the number of vehicles prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

d) Committees under the Provincial People's Council use vehicles within the standard for vehicles serving the common work of the Provincial Office of the Delegation of National Assembly Members and the Provincial People's Council prescribed in this clause to serve their work.

2. The standard for vehicles serving the common work of agencies and units under and directly affiliated with the Provincial Party Committee (excluding the Provincial Party Committee Office, public service units under the Provincial Party Committee, and grassroots Party Committees) is determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 20 staff members: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 20 to 40 staff members: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 40 to 80 staff members: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 80 to 120 staff members: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

đ) Units with more than 120 staff members: For every additional 50 staff members, an additional maximum 01 car can be added.

e) In addition to the standards determined according to the regulations in points a, b, c, d, and đ of this clause, the unit may be supplemented with the following number of vehicles:

e1) For centrally-administered provinces and cities with a natural area from 9,000 km² to 12,000 km², up to 01 additional vehicle can be supplemented; for areas of 12,000 km² and above, for every additional 3,000 km², up to 01 additional vehicle/unit can be supplemented.

e2) For centrally-administered provinces and cities where over 50% of commune-level administrative units fall within the mountainous, island, and particularly difficult socio-economic conditions areas as defined by the Government and Prime Minister, up to 01 additional vehicle/unit can be supplemented.

e3) For centrally-administered provinces and cities that self-balance the state budget, up to 01 additional vehicle/unit can be supplemented.

e4) An entity meeting any criterion shall be entitled to supplement the corresponding maximum number of vehicles according to such criteria; if multiple criteria are met, the total maximum number of vehicles to be supplemented shall be the sum of the maximum numbers determined under sub-items e1, e2, and e3 of this point.

3. Vehicle usage quota for provincial-level departments, agencies, and equivalent entities, and Provincial People's Front Committees (including provincial-level political-social organizations) (excluding entities specified in Clauses 1, 2, 4, and 5 of this Article).

a) Vehicle usage quota for provincial-level departments, agencies, and equivalent entities, and Provincial People's Front Committees (including provincial-level political-social organizations)

a1) Entities with up to 40 staff members: Maximum 01 vehicle per entity.

a2) Entities with more than 40 but up to 80 staff members: Maximum 02 vehicles per entity.

a3) Entities with more than 80 but up to 120 staff members: Maximum 03 vehicles per entity.

a4) Entities with more than 120 but up to 200 staff members: Maximum 04 vehicles per entity.

a5) Entities with more than 200 staff members: For every additional 100 staff members, an additional maximum of 01 vehicle may be supplemented.

a6) In addition to the quotas determined under sub-items a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of this point, entities may supplement the following number of vehicles:

If a centrally governed province or city has a natural area from 9,000 km² to less than 12,000 km², it may supplement a maximum of 01 vehicle; for areas of 12,000 km² or more, an additional maximum of 01 vehicle per entity may be supplemented for every additional 3,000 km².

If a centrally governed province or city has over 50% of its commune-level administrative units listed as mountainous, island, or particularly difficult socio-economic conditions areas as defined by the Government and Prime Minister, it may supplement a maximum of 01 vehicle per entity.

If a centrally governed province or city can self-balance its state budget, it may supplement a maximum of 01 vehicle per entity.

Units meeting any criteria may supplement the maximum number of cars corresponding to those criteria; if a unit meets multiple criteria, the maximum number of cars to be supplemented is the total number of cars supplemented according to those criteria.

b) In cases where provincial-level departments, agencies, and equivalent entities, and Provincial People's Front Committees (including provincial-level political-social organizations) have subordinate units (district-level bureaus, centers, and other units) with independent legal status, seals, and separate bank accounts:

b1) For units with fewer than 20 staff members, the staff numbers of these units will be aggregated into the staff number of the provincial-level department, agency, and equivalent entity, and Provincial People's Front Committee to determine the quota of the provincial-level department, agency, and equivalent entity, and Provincial People's Front Committee according to sub-items a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of point a of this clause.

b2) For units with 20 or more staff members, the staff numbers of these units will not be aggregated into the staff number of the provincial-level department, agency, and equivalent entity, and Provincial People's Front Committee to determine the vehicle quota for common work purposes according to sub-items a1, a2, a3, a4, and a5 of point a of this clause; the number of vehicles determined under this sub-item will be added to the quota of the provincial-level department, agency, and equivalent entity, and Provincial People's Front Committee and will be determined as sub-item a2 of point a of Clause 1 of this Article.

4. Standards and quotas for the use of vehicles serving common work purposes for public service establishments under, directly under the Provincial Party Committee, Municipal Party Committee, and Provincial People's Committee (excluding public service establishments in the health, education, and training sectors) are determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 50 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 50 to 100 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 100 to 200 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 200 to 500 personnel: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 500 to 1,000 personnel: Maximum 05 cars/unit.

e) Entities with more than 1,000 staff members: Maximum 06 vehicles per entity.

g) In cases where the entity has subordinate units (centers, institutes, and other units) with independent legal status, seals, and separate bank accounts under, directly under the entity, the determination of the quota shall follow the principle stipulated in point b of Clause 3 of this Article.

5. Standards and quotas for the use of vehicles serving common work purposes for public service establishments under, directly under the Provincial Party Committee, Municipal Party Committee, and Provincial People's Committee in the health, education, and training sectors are determined as follows:

a) Units with up to 100 personnel: Maximum 01 car/unit.

b) Units with more than 100 to 300 personnel: Maximum 02 cars/unit.

c) Units with more than 300 to 500 personnel: Maximum 03 cars/unit.

d) Units with more than 500 to 1,000 personnel: Maximum 04 cars/unit.

d) Units with a staffing level from over 1,000 to 2,000 people: Maximum 05 vehicles/unit.

e) Units with a staffing level of 2,000 people or more: Maximum 06 vehicles/unit.

g) In cases where the entity has subordinate units (centers, institutes, and other units) with independent legal status, seals, and separate bank accounts under, directly under the entity, the determination of the quota shall follow the principle stipulated in point b of Clause 3 of this Article.

6. Vehicles serving common work purposes for mass organizations assigned tasks by the Party and State at local levels shall be implemented according to Clause 7 of Article 9 of this Decree.

6. Supplement Article 11a after Article 11 as follows:

"Article 11a. Vehicles serving common work purposes for communes

Usage quota for vehicles serving common work purposes: Maximum 02 vehicles per commune."

7. Supplement Article 14a after Article 14 as follows:

"Article 14a. Management methods for vehicles serving common work purposes

1. Management methods for vehicles serving common work purposes

a) Centralized management method: Entrust a state agency or public service establishment or public utility enterprise to manage vehicles centrally to allocate them to entities entitled to use vehicles for common work purposes according to the principle of not establishing new entities and not increasing the staffing of the Central Party Committee Office, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, and Provincial People's Committees. Agencies, organizations, and entities using vehicles pay the centralized management unit for the costs of managing and operating vehicles similar to the case of shared public assets according to the laws on the management and use of public assets. Based on the standards and quotas for the use of vehicles of the agencies, organizations, and entities (determined according to point b and point c of Clause 6 of Article 8 of this Decree) to implement the management and handling of vehicles serving common work purposes managed centrally under this point.

b) Direct management method: Entrust each agency, organization, and entity with standards and quotas for the use of vehicles to directly manage and use vehicles to serve common work purposes of the agency, organization, or entity; in cases where the agency, organization, or entity has subordinate units, the head of the agency, organization, or entity decides on the allocation and use accordingly.

c) Combined centralized and direct management methods as stipulated in points a and b of this clause.

2. Authority to decide on the management method for vehicles serving common work purposes:

a) The Director of the Central Party Committee Office decides or delegates authority to decide for Party agencies and units at the central level.

b) The Standing Committee of the Central Front Vietnam Fatherland decides or delegates authority to decide for agencies, organizations, units under its management scope.

c) Ministers, Heads of central agencies decide or delegate authority to decide for agencies, organizations, units under their management scope.

d) Provincial Party Committee Standing Committees, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committees decide for agencies, units under their management scope.

đ) Provincial People's Committees decide or delegate authority to decide according to the Law on Organization of Local Administration and related laws for agencies, organizations, units under their management scope.

8. Amend and supplement Clause 2 of Article 15 as follows:

"2. In cases where it is necessary to equip a number of cars with large engine capacity among the vehicles serving common work as stipulated in Clause 1, Clause 2 of Article 9, Clause 1 of Article 11 of this Decree to perform special tasks of central Party agencies, the Central Front Vietnam Fatherland, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, Provincial People's Committees (including: serving flood and storm prevention, disaster response, search and rescue, epidemic control; preventing smuggling and commercial fraud; serving inspection and supervision of economic, cultural, social fields; serving monitoring delegations, meetings with voters; serving foreign affairs, receiving international guests, picking up and accompanying domestic and foreign delegations for work; directing border management activities and other special tasks), then the car purchase price shall be regulated as follows:

a) Each ministry, central agency, province, centrally governed city is allowed to equip 01 car with a maximum price of 4.5 billion VND per car and 02 cars with a maximum price of 2.8 billion VND per car.

b) For Party agencies at the central level, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, Provincial People's Committees with positions specified in Articles 4 and 5 of this Decree, in addition to the number of cars with prices as prescribed in point a of this clause, Party agencies at the central level, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, Provincial People's Committees are allowed to equip cars with a maximum price of 5 billion VND per car to serve the performance of special tasks of positions specified in Articles 4 and 5 of this Decree. The specific number of cars applying this price shall be decided by the Head of the Central Party Office after obtaining the consensus opinion of the Standing Member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat (for positions belonging to central Party agencies), the Standing Committee of the Central Front Vietnam Fatherland, Ministers, Heads of central agencies, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committees, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committees, Provincial People's Committees (for the remaining cases).

In case the number of cars serving special tasks as stipulated in this point has been approved by the Prime Minister according to Decree No. 04/2019/NĐ-CP, it shall be implemented according to the content already approved by the Prime Minister, without having to report again to the competent authorities as prescribed in this point; except in cases where it is necessary to adjust the number of cars that have been approved.

9. Amend and supplement Clause 3 and add Clause 3a after Clause 3 of Article 16 as follows:

"3. Cars equipped with specialized devices (specialized devices fixed to the car) or cars marked with identification signs according to the law (satellite receiving and transmitting cars; mobile broadcasting and television cars; traffic inspection cars; funeral service cars; customs supervision cars; driving training, testing cars, money escort cars, disaster prevention cars, environmental monitoring equipment cars, etc.).

3a. Special purpose cars in the field of atomic energy and radiation and nuclear safety, including:

a) Radioactive material transport cars; radioactive waste transport cars (used). Transport cars for radioactive materials (waste) have a special structure to ensure radiation safety and security during operation.

b) Special purpose cars with a special structure used in the field of nuclear accident response: Cars carrying specialized equipment (radiation monitoring equipment, decontamination equipment, etc.); cars carrying irradiation equipment.

c) Special purpose cars with specific requirements operating in nuclear facilities (radiation facilities).

10. Amend and supplement Clause 3, add Clause 3a after Clause 3 of Article 26 as follows:

"3. The Central Party Office, central Party agencies, the Central Front Vietnam Fatherland, ministries, central agencies, provincial people's committees, central agencies, organizations, units, state-owned enterprises under their management scope are responsible for:

a) Organizing inspections and supervision of compliance with vehicle usage standards and regulations stipulated in this Decree; handling violations in vehicle management and use according to their authority or reporting to competent authorities for handling according to the law.

Determining the number of vehicles serving common work used by agencies, organizations, units, state-owned enterprises under their management scope according to the standards and quotas stipulated in this Decree, and notifying these entities and the Ministry of Finance. Units under ministries classified as first-level budget units must also comply with this regulation.

Fulfilling other responsibilities as stipulated in this Decree and other relevant laws.

b) Directing agencies, organizations, units, state-owned enterprises under their management to manage and use vehicles according to standards and quotas; disposing of excess vehicles and liquidating vehicles when conditions are met according to this Decree; arranging and deploying drivers when disposing of excess vehicles according to labor laws; accounting and publicly disclosing vehicle usage costs, cost-sharing expenses for vehicle use, and hiring car services for work purposes according to the law; updating vehicle data into the National Database of State Assets as required.

3a. The Government Inspectorate and other inspection agencies with inspection functions are responsible for:

a) Organizing inspections of compliance with vehicle usage standards and regulations stipulated in this Decree.

b) Perform the tasks specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

Article 2. Supplement, replace, and abolish certain terms, phrases, points, clauses, and articles of Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP dated September 26, 2023 of the Government on standards and regulations for the use of passenger cars.

1. Supplement the following phrase:

a) Supplement the phrase "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front," before the phrase "Ministries," at Point a Clause 1 Article 17; before the word "Ministry," at Point a Clause 2 Article 17.

b) Supplement the phrase "Central Party Office, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front" before the word "ministry," at Clause 4 Article 17.

2. Replace the following phrases:

a) Replace the phrase "Minister, head of central agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities (after seeking opinions from relevant agencies according to the Working Regulations of Provincial Party Committees and Municipal Party Committees)" with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, Minister, head of ministries equivalent to ministries, agencies under the Government, other central agencies (hereinafter referred to as Minister, head of central agencies), Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities (hereinafter referred to as provincial-level People's Committees)" at Point b Clause 4 Article 1.

b) Replace the phrase "ministry, central agency, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees (hereinafter referred to as provincial-level People's Committees)," with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, ministry, central agency, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees," at Point a Clause 5 Article 3.

c) Replace the phrase "ministries, central agencies, provincial-level People's Committees" with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, ministries, central agencies, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees" at Clause 6 Article 3.

d) Replace the phrase "Minister, head of central agencies, provincial-level People's Committees," with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, Minister, head of central agencies, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees" at Clause 8 Article 3, Clause 2 Article 7.

đ) Replace the phrase "Chairmen of mass organizations assigned tasks by the Party and State at the central level (for organizations with party groups)" with "Chairmen of mass organizations assigned tasks by the Party and State at the central level shall be considered for provision of official vehicles at this point if they fall within the cases provided for by law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, on organization, operation, and management of associations, and related laws;" at Point a Clause 1 Article 7.

e) Replace the phrase "Minister, head of central agencies decide on the provision of passenger cars for the activities of each project under their management; provincial-level People's Committees decide on the provision of passenger cars for the activities of each project under local management." with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, Minister, head of central agencies, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees decide on the provision of passenger cars for the activities of each project of agencies, organizations, and units under their management." at Point b Clause 2 Article 14.

g) Replace the phrase "When negotiating to sign project aid agreements without repayment from the date this Decree takes effect, and the donor requires the purchase of passenger cars for project activities, in addition to complying with regulations on procedures and formalities for signing, joining, and implementing international treaties, the agency or unit entrusted with the main responsibility must seek the opinion of the state financial agency at the same level before submitting to the competent authority for approval of the project acceptance proposal" with the phrase "Negotiations to sign project aid agreements without repayment from the date this Decree takes effect, where the donor requires the purchase of passenger cars for project activities, shall be carried out in accordance with regulations on procedures and formalities for signing, joining, and implementing international treaties" at Point c Clause 2 Article 14.

h) Replace the phrase "Ministry, central agency, provincial-level People's Committees" with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, ministry, central agency, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees," at Clause 1 Article 15.

i) Replace the phrase "provincial-level People's Committees (after seeking opinions from relevant agencies according to the Working Regulations of Provincial Party Committees and Municipal Party Committees)" with "Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees" at Point b Clause 1, Point b Clause 2 Article 17.

k) Replace the phrase "Minister, head of central agencies, provincial-level People's Committees (after obtaining opinions from relevant agencies according to the Working Regulations of Provincial Party Committees and Municipal Party Committees), Board of Directors, Management Councils of economic groups decide or define decision-making authority" with "Permanent Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Central Party Office, Minister, head of central agencies, Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, provincial-level People's Committees, Board of Directors, Management Councils of economic groups decide or delegate decision-making authority" at Clause 7, Point b Clause 9, Point b Clause 10 Article 21.

3. Remove the following phrases:

a) Remove the phrase "When the price of passenger cars on the market increases or decreases by more than 15% compared to the prices stipulated in this Decree, the Minister of Finance shall submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision to adjust the purchase price of passenger cars stipulated in this Decree accordingly" at Point a Clause 5 Article 3.

a) Delete the phrase "When the price of cars commonly available on the market increases or decreases by more than 15% compared to the prices specified in this Decree, the Minister of Finance shall submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision to adjust the purchase price of cars specified in this Decree accordingly" from point a, Clause 5, Article 3.

b) Delete the phrase "In cases where necessary, the Head of the Central Party Office shall review and decide on the transfer of used vehicles with residual value or re-evaluated value exceeding 15% of the maximum purchase price specified in this Decree, after obtaining the unified opinion of the Secretary of the Party Central Committee's Standing Bureau (for cases involving the transfer or reallocation of vehicles from central Party agencies and units), and the Prime Minister, upon the proposal of the Minister or the head of a central agency or the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province concerned (for other cases)." in point b, Clause 5, Article 3.

c) Delete the phrases "management market authority," "Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board," and the phrase "In cases of changes to organizational structure, functions, tasks, and other necessary cases, the Head of the Central Party Office shall approve (after obtaining the unified opinion of the Secretary of the Party Central Committee's Standing Bureau) the standards and quotas for vehicle use for the common work of central Party agencies and units; the President's Office, the Government Office, the National Assembly Office, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the State Audit Agency, the Government Inspectorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam News Agency, Voice of Vietnam Radio; the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board shall report to the Prime Minister for approval of the number of vehicles for common work to meet the requirements of assigned tasks." in Clause 7, Article 3.

d) Add the phrase "shall take the lead in coordinating with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to submit to the Prime Minister" in Clause 2, Article 18.

d) Delete the phrase "report to the Prime Minister" in Clause 2, Article 19.

e) Delete the phrase "unify with the Ministry of Finance to propose" in Clause 3, Article 19.

g) Delete the phrase "For ministries, central agencies, and sectoral general administrations located in provinces and centrally-administered cities, if after restructuring and disposing of vehicles according to the regulations, the number of vehicles for common work stipulated in this Decree is lower than the sum of the number of vehicles for common work plus pick-up trucks and specialized vehicles serving special tasks previously approved by competent authorities according to existing regulations, they may continue to manage and use the current vehicles for common work. When conditions for liquidation are met as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 3 of this Decree, the agencies, organizations, and units shall carry out liquidation in accordance with the Law on Asset Management and Use and related detailed regulations, ensuring the number of vehicles for common work within the quota stipulated in this Decree." in Clause 4, Article 25.

h) Delete the phrase "after obtaining the opinions of relevant agencies" in Clause 4, Article 26.

4. Repeal Clause 2, Article 5, Article 10, Article 12, Article 20, point a, Clause 1, Article 21, and point b, Clause 1, Article 22.

Article 3. Implementation Provisions

1. This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2025.

The Central Party Office, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries, central agencies, provincial People's Committees, and central and local agencies, organizations, and units may use the standards and quotas set forth in this Decree to develop plans, decisions, and organize the allocation, restructuring, and disposal of vehicles when implementing the streamlining of the political system's organizational apparatus and building and implementing two-level local governments from the date this Decree takes effect.

2. Transitional Provisions

a) For positions of General Director and equivalent that have been provided with vehicles for official duties in accordance with Decree No. 72/2023/NĐ-CP, if after restructuring the organizational apparatus they no longer meet the criteria for using official duty vehicles, they shall be reallocated or disposed of in accordance with Article 23 of this Decree; in cases where they retain the position allowance coefficient for a certain period as stipulated in Decree No. 178/2024/NĐ-CP dated December 31, 2024 of the Government on policies and systems for cadres, civil servants, public officials, workers, and armed forces personnel in the process of restructuring the organizational apparatus of the political system (amended and supplemented by Decree No. 67/2025/NĐ-CP dated March 15, 2025 of the Government), they may continue to use the official duty vehicles provided during the retention period of the position allowance coefficient.

b) In cases of consolidation and merger when restructuring the organizational apparatus of the political system, if the receiving agency, organization, or unit, or the newly formed agency, organization, or unit has a larger number of vehicles for common work than the number specified in Clause 2, Article 15 of this Decree due to the receipt of assets from the pre-restructuring agency, organization, or unit, they may continue to manage and use the current vehicles for common work. When conditions for liquidation are met as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 3 of this Decree or when handling according to the laws on asset management and use, the agencies, organizations, and units shall handle the vehicles in accordance with the regulations, ensuring the number of vehicles for common work within the quota stipulated in this Decree.

3. The Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of agencies under the Government, Chairmen of Provincial People's Committees of centrally-administered cities, Chairmen of Councils of Members, Chairmen of Councils of Directors of state economic groups, heads of agencies, organizations, units, enterprises, and individuals concerned are responsible for implementing this Decree.