To address increasingly severe traffic congestion, especially in major cities like Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the Department of Transport (GTVT) has issued numerous regulations on traffic flow management and vehicle restrictions for trucks. Understanding the roads currently banned for light trucks is crucial for transportation businesses and drivers to ensure smooth and legal delivery operations. This article from Xe Tải Mỹ Đình, a website specializing in trucks and related regulations, will provide detailed and updated information on this issue, helping you operate light trucks in the city with peace of mind.
Light Truck Ban Hours in HCMC in 2024
According to Decision No. 23/2018/QĐ-UBND issued on July 19, 2019, by the People’s Committee of HCMC, truck ban hours in HCMC are specifically regulated as follows:
- Light trucks (under 2.5 tons): Prohibited from circulating in the inner city area during two peak hours:
- Morning: from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Afternoon: from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Outside of these restricted hours, light trucks are allowed to circulate normally in the inner city. However, knowing the specific roads that are banned and how the inner city area is limited is essential to avoid violations.
- Heavy trucks (over 2.5 tons): Subject to stricter ban hours, heavy trucks are not allowed to circulate in the inner city area from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. After 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM the next morning, heavy trucks are only allowed to circulate on certain designated corridor routes.
HCMC is the largest economic and cultural center in the country, and also a major transportation hub for the southern region. The volume of personal vehicles and trucks entering the city every day is very high, putting significant pressure on the transportation infrastructure. Implementing truck ban hours is one of the solutions to reduce congestion, ensure traffic safety, and improve urban environmental quality.
Violating truck ban hour regulations can result in administrative penalties with fines of up to 2 million VND and driver’s license revocation for up to 3 months. Therefore, compliance is extremely important.
Kia K250 light truck with a load capacity of 2.49 tons, popular in Vietnam, needs to comply with road ban regulations to avoid violations.
Truck Classification and Definition of Restricted Areas
To better understand light truck ban regulations, we need to grasp truck classification and the scope of restricted inner-city areas.
Types of Trucks Regulated
- Heavy trucks: Including trucks with a carrying capacity of 2.5 tons or more, specialized vehicles, tractors, semi-trailers pulled by automobiles or trailers.
- Goods vehicles: Vehicles designed to carry goods or specialized equipment, with a certificate of technical safety and environmental protection inspection under 1.5 tons (excluding pickup trucks).
- Pilot vehicles (4-wheeled motorized cargo vehicles): Engine-powered vehicles, two axles and four wheels, with a cargo box and engine mounted on the same chassis, similar to trucks under 3.5 tons.
- Trucks (cargo vehicles): Vehicles carrying goods or specialized equipment with a certificate of technical safety and environmental protection inspection exceeding 1.5 tons.
- Tractors: Self-propelled machines using tracks or tires for bulldozing, digging, pulling, leveling, lifting, loading, and pushing.
- Light trucks: Including goods vehicles with a carrying capacity of under 1.5 tons (trucks under 1.5 tons, excluding pickup trucks), trucks with a carrying capacity from 1.5 tons to 2.5 tons, and pilot vehicles.
- Trailer trucks: Vehicles designed to pull trailers.
- Semi-trailer trucks: Motor vehicles specializing in transporting goods where the cargo body is a semi-trailer.
- Trailers: Vehicles designed so that the total weight of the trailer does not rest on the towing vehicle.
- Pickup trucks: Vehicles with a liền thân cargo box structure, a carrying capacity of less than 1.5 tons and fewer than 5 seats. Pickup trucks are also banned during peak hours on some routes.
Inner-City Area Limits of HCMC
The inner-city area of HCMC is limited by the following routes:
- North and West: National Highway 1 (from Thu Duc intersection to the section where National Highway 1 intersects Nguyen Van Linh Street).
- South: Vo Chi Cong Road (from Dong Van Cong section to Phu My Bridge), Phu My Bridge, elevated road (from Area A South Saigon to Phu My Bridge), Nguyen Van Linh Road (from Area A South Saigon to National Highway 1A).
- East: Hanoi Highway (from Thu Duc Intersection to Cat Lai intersection) – Mai Chi Tho – Dong Van Cong (to Vo Chi Cong).
In summary, the inner-city area of HCMC is limited by the following routes:
- National Highway 1 (section from the intersection of National Highway 1 – Hanoi Highway to the intersection of National Highway 1 – Nguyen Van Linh Street).
- Hanoi Highway (section from the intersection of National Highway 1 – Hanoi Highway to Cat Lai intersection) – Mai Chi Tho Road – Dong Van Cong Road (to Vo Chi Cong Road).
- Vo Chi Cong Road (from Dong Van Cong Road to Phu My Bridge) – Phu My Bridge – Elevated Road (from Phu My Bridge to the intersection of Area A South Saigon) – Nguyen Van Linh Road (section from the intersection of Area A South Saigon to National Highway 1).
Corridor Routes for Light Trucks
Despite the truck ban regulations in the inner city during peak hours, there are still corridor routes that allow light trucks to circulate during certain hours to serve essential goods transportation needs.
Routes for Light Trucks Permitted from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM:
- Vehicle registration corridor 50,01s: National Highway 1 – Kinh Duong Vuong Road, Motor Vehicle Registration Center.
- Vehicle registration corridor 50,03V: on National Highway 1
- Pham Van Dong Road – National Highway 13 – Motor Vehicle Registration Center 50,03s.
- Pham The Hien Road: Section from Trinh Quang Nghi to Pham The Hien – National Highway 50.
- National Highway 50: From Nguyen Van Linh to Pham The Hien.
- Mai Chi Tho Road: From Nguyen Co Thach Road to Dong Van Cong.
- Nguyen Xuan Soan Road: From Huynh Tan Phat to Le Van Luong.
Routes for Heavy Trucks Permitted (for reference, latest regulations need to be checked):
Routes for heavy trucks usually have separate and more complex time restrictions. For accurate and updated information, heavy truck drivers should directly consult notices from the HCMC Department of Transport or competent authorities. Some reference corridor routes for heavy trucks (may have time restrictions):
- Road to Nha Rong Port: From Tan Thuan 1 Bridge – Nguyen Tat Thanh Road – to Warehouse 5 of Nha Rong Port.
- Corridor to Tan Thuan 2 Port: Nguyen Van Linh Road – Huynh Tan Phat – Bui Van Ba Road – Tan Thuan 2 Port.
- Route to Lo Tus Port: Nguyen Van Linh Road – Nguyen Thi Thap Road – Nguyen Van Quy Road – Lotus Port.
- Section of Road No. 14, Thu Duc City: From National Highway 1 to Road No. 13.
- Route to the milk factory: From Hanoi Highway – Vo Van Ngan – Thong Nhat – Dang Van Bi – Road No. 6…
- Le Trong Tan Road: From National Highway 1 to Tan Binh Industrial Park
- Route to Tan Binh Industrial Park: Road D7 to Road MI.
- Route to Phu Dinh Port: National Highway 1 – Vo Van Kiet – Ho Hoc Lam Road – Phu Dinh Port.
Important Note: Information about corridor routes may change over time and depends on actual traffic conditions. Drivers should regularly update information from official sources to ensure compliance with regulations.
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The above article has provided detailed information about light truck ban roads in HCMC, along with ban hour regulations and truck classifications. Hopefully, this information will be helpful for drivers and transportation businesses operating in HCMC. If you have any questions or need further advice on trucks, please contact Xe Tải Mỹ Đình via phone number 0901 757 716 – Hoang Thaco Ho Chi Minh for dedicated support.
