Converting Old Car and Motorcycle Driver's License to PET Plastic Card (according to new law)

Dear audience, this morning's western program will revolve around a lot of information about an issue of concern to the whole society, which is the issuance and exchange of car and motorcycle licenses from paper to card form. PET plastic.

It can be said that in the past few months, people across the country have reflected a lot, both positive and urgent, when spending a lot of time and money waiting for a new license. In addition to the objective reason that many local transport departments are overloaded in converting driving licenses to new ones, the fact that many people do not fully understand the functions and advantages of the new PET driving license also causes a lot of frustration in the society. festival.

Coming to the public information section, we invite the audience to learn about the benefits of this new driving license being carried out by the Ministry of Transport on the conversion route.

The most obvious advantage is that the new license plate is made of flexible plastic, so it is more durable and thicker than the previous paper license, the size of these license plates is as compact as a convenient ATM card. For users to easily maintain, the data information integrated in the PET license is digitized, so if it is lost, it is also simple to apply for a re-issue, saving a lot of time, the database system for managing the driving license is managed. nationwide to serve well for patrolling and controlling traffic participants, but also to help transport enterprises manage their vehicles well and their drivers.

Not to mention that we suddenly change the license to a PET plastic card, it will be very easy for state management agencies to exchange databases to sanction and process information as well as sanction. In addition, road users also limit the use and counterfeiting of driving licenses

Changing the driving license from paper to plastic card is also a roadmap to promote the implementation of e-government towards the goal of international integration. Dear audience, the benefits of changing to a PET-type license are quite clear, but this renewal of license continues to receive many disagreeable opinions from people, according to them that the issuance of a new license This new issue is causing them a lot of trouble, here are the people's opinions that a reporter from the West recorded yesterday afternoon.

Mr. Mai Tuan Kiet "it has one shortcoming that I am not satisfied with, the first is a matter of time, currently the term of my license is still quite long, but currently according to the notice we have to change, we have not seen any immediate effect from this change will be very time consuming”

Ms. Phan Tran Que Dan "yes, it's very difficult for me, because I also recently took the driver's license test, if I do that, I will get a driver's license and the state forces me to change my license, so I have to pay another fee." medical examination costs, photography fees, other fees

Ms. Pham Hoang Phuong Vy "As a student going to school, changing my driver's license like this will waste my time and I have to wait all day to be able to change it back and the procedure is very cumbersome"

It can be said that up to this point, there are still many people, specifically the spectators who have just reflected above, still do not know the information of the driver's license conversion, in fact, the audience above, can wait until next year or wait until your paper license card expires before you change it to a PET plastic card, it won't be affected.

It is also important to emphasize that changing the driving license to a new model, the view of the Ministry of Transport is to increase management efficiency as well as to protect people's lives from the risks of people making fake driver's licenses and driving unsafe vehicles. all traffic. However, before the feedback, as well as the frustration of the people, recently, the Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has also issued regulations on extending the roadmap to convert a new driving license.

“The new regulation on the roadmap for converting automobile licenses will last until December 31, 12 instead of the deadline of December 2015, 31. The regulations on converting the license of other vehicles remain the same. Accordingly, the A12 license must be converted before December 2014, 4. Unlimited driving license of grades A31, A12, A2015 issued before 1 converted before December 2, 3 issued before 2003, converted before December 31, 12 issued before 2016 converted before December 2004, 31, grant before 12 will be converted before December 2017, 2007, and issued after 31 will be converted before December 12, 2018”

In addition to the extension of the roadmap to convert the license. The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam also announced that a paper license after 2014 and a motorcycle license with paper materials after 2020 still valid for use can be changed to PET material when it expires.

According to the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, there is currently no regulation that penalizes those who use a paper driving license if the expiry date has not yet been converted to PET. The goal of the Ministry of Transport to decide to extend for 1 year the roadmap for granting a motorcycle license with PET material and to notify the driver of a paper driving license, if it is still valid, it will still be valid until its expiration is to relieve pressure. The force for the switching points is always overloaded. However, in reality, there has been no change, in the past few days, there have been a lot of people coming to register to convert to a PET plastic card, the following is the record of a group of reporters in Can Tho city. Poetry yesterday afternoon

“This time is 15pm, but at the place of issuance of the driving license of the Department of Transport, there are still many people waiting to complete the procedures and it seems that the overload has not shown any signs of cooling down, the reporter did 1 A small survey to answer this overcrowding situation is that most people do not know new information about the route”

“The new regulation of the Ministry of Transport is for an extension of up to 1 year, ie until 2015, do you know this information?

Mr. Nguyen Duc Hung: I don't know, I heard on the news that I only have a motorbike license

Mr. Nguyen Van Ly: the renewal situation makes people extend the time to choose a driver's license, the first is to reduce overload

Mr. Lu Hoang Minh: I heard that 2015 is the expiration date, but I don't know what is the date with my driver's license

Currently, in 400 applications per day at the Department of Transport of Can Tho city, there are about 70% of conversion requests for 2-wheelers, even though the route of this type of vehicle is still several years away, while thousands of lakes About half of cars are still due to be converted, this is also a common problem in the country, will this momentum make the points of driving license conversion continue to be successful for a long time?

Although the information was released on 13/11, but until now people still do not understand, people coming to change their driving license have not cooled down, hopefully they will understand this information, slowly change their license

The fact that people do not know information or have inaccurate information like now is overloading the authorities and also putting pressure on themselves.

Dear audience from 2015, Vietnam will issue an international driving license, related to this issue Mr. Nguyen Thang Quan, director of the driver management department - General Department of Roads has some basic information to the agencies. the media

“According to the international convention, this driving license can be used in about 85 countries, Vietnamese citizens who are granted an international driving license will be able to drive in countries participating in this convention without having to study and take the national license exam. In that country, on the contrary, citizens of member countries when having an international driving license issued by their country will be recognized by Vietnam, according to the provisions of the convention, the license type will only be valid for 3 years with the project level. 150 thousand VND, the license plate has the same model as the international one when it is presented in 5 languages ​​in English, French, Russian and Chinese. This is good news for those who need to drive a road vehicle without having to study or retake the test to issue a driving license.”

Currently, the circular guiding the issuance and exchange of international driving licenses is still in the process of being completed. It is expected that in the second quarter of 2 it will be deployed and piloted in a number of major cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang. Nang. In fact, the international driver's license only promotes travel efficiency for Vietnamese citizens working and studying abroad, but not for domestic people who do not go abroad to study or work. This type of license should be taken into account. Regarding the fact that many countries participating in the convention use right-hand steering, the director of the Department of Motor Vehicles Administration of the General Department of Roads also said that the convention does not require any additional procedures, but users International driving license users must be responsible for learning about traffic laws as well as safe driving regulations of the host country, especially when using vehicles with reverse steering.