The Government promulgates Decree No. 241/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 165/2024/ND-CP dated December 26, 2024 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Road Law and Article 77 of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety.
Decree No. 241/2026/ND-CP amends and supplements Article 4 on decentralization of national highway management as follows:
Article 4. Decentralization for provincial People's Committees to manage national highways
1. National highways under the road network planning are decentralized for provincial-level People's Committees to manage, including:
a) National highways in provinces and centrally-run cities, except for national highways specified in Clause 2 of this Article and Article 6;
b) Works and items belonging to road infrastructure associated with decentralized national highways specified in points a and c of this clause;
c) Bridges, tunnels, and ferry terminals of the route specified in point a of this clause are located in the territory of two provinces and centrally-run cities, the Ministry of Construction shall seek opinions from relevant provincial-level People's Committees before deciding on a provincial-level People's Committee to manage the works.
2. National highways in the non-decentralized road network planning include: National Highway 1, Ho Chi Minh Road, national highways with technical level as expressways, national highways with special requirements for ensuring national defense and security and other cases according to the Prime Minister's decision.
Regarding the responsibility of the Provincial People's Committee for national highways under decentralized management, implementing management, investment, and construction according to the approved plan; the rights and responsibilities of the managing agency for national highway construction investment projects under decentralized management in the area, except in cases where the investment project is assigned to the Provincial People's Committee, city or other agency as the managing agency according to the provisions of relevant laws.
Exercise the rights and responsibilities of competent authorities according to the provisions of law for investment projects under the PPP method; exercise other rights and obligations on investment and construction according to the provisions of law.
Exercise the rights and responsibilities of managing agencies and competent agencies for national highway construction projects specified in Clause 1 of this Article carried out in the area of 2 or more provincial-level administrative units when assigned according to the provisions of law, specified in Clause 8 of this Article;
Organize the implementation of management, operation, exploitation, and maintenance of road infrastructure; management, use, operation, and exploitation of road infrastructure assets in accordance with the provisions of road law, law on ensuring road traffic order and safety, law on management and use of public assets and other relevant legal regulations;
Ensure synchronous traffic connection in terms of load capacity, road boundary, vehicles participating in traffic on the national highway section managed by decentralization with roads in the road network planning and ensure convenient traffic connection with other roads in the area.
The above regulations take effect from July 1, 2026.
