The driver was fined a total of 36.4 million VND and deducted 6 points from his driver's license. The vehicle owner was fined 26 million VND for handing over the vehicle to a worker to carry goods and collect money by car without transport business.
It should be clarified that the amount of 36.4 million VND is not only for the act of carrying goods to collect money. The driver also committed three other violations including using air horns, attaching license plates in the wrong position and not having a vehicle registration certificate. The act of using a non-business car to carry goods to collect money was fined 10 million VND.
It is necessary to clarify each error so that people do not understand that just using white-plated vehicles to transport goods will be fined tens of millions of VND.
In fact, finding customers, agreeing on fares and paying can be done quickly via telephone or social networks, making it easy for paid freight transportation activities to take place in many forms.
A business activity but taking place in the form of non-business vehicles, will gradually be seen as normal.
Decree No. 238/2026/ND-CP, effective from August 15, 2026, has supplemented direct sanctions for this act. Therefore, the first penalty case is a milestone showing that management work is beginning to delve into the nature of vehicle operation.
The use of non-business transport vehicles to receive and transport goods for collected money has become an act subject to penalties according to new regulations. Vehicle owners must fully comply with the procedures and conditions according to regulations, and cannot continue to operate under the name of non-business vehicles.
This regulation also aims to ensure fairness. Transport business vehicles must comply with the corresponding conditions on registration, license plates, equipment, driver management and related obligations according to each type.
If a vehicle actually operates as a business vehicle but does not fulfill the corresponding obligations, the cost of compliance between the right person and the person who avoids regulations will become unfair.
Handling both the driver and the vehicle owner in this case shows that the responsibility is not only placed on the driver. The vehicle owner must also be responsible when handing over the vehicle to commit the violation of regulations.
However, the first penalty case is only of warning significance. The important thing is that regulations must be implemented regularly, uniformly and transparently, avoiding the situation of tightening in the early stages but then inspection and handling are not maintained.
Only when inspection is carried out seriously, transparently and continuously can the matter of white license plate cars carrying goods and collecting money be effectively prevented.
