8 types of vehicles will be given priority vehicle signals from 2025

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 18 of Decree 151/2024/ND-CP detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the law on road traffic order and safety (effective from January 1, 2025) stipulates that vehicles are installed and use priority vehicle signaling devices as follows:

1. Fire trucks of the Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Police and fire trucks of other forces are mobilized to perform fire fighting duties.

2. Vehicles of military forces performing emergency missions include: military vehicles performing firefighting, rescue, combat command, urgent information missions, marching group command, vehicles performing military control missions, inspecting military vehicles, protecting groups; vehicles performing arrest, search or other investigative activities, escorting suspects, defendants, and prisoners; participating in anti-terrorism.

3. Vehicles of the police force performing emergency duties include: Traffic police vehicles performing patrol, inspection, control, command, control, investigation, and traffic accident handling duties; vehicles performing guard duties; vehicles performing rescue and relief duties; vehicles performing arrest, search, or other investigative activities, escorting suspects, defendants, and prisoners; information vehicles performing urgent duties; vehicles performing duties against protests, riots, and dispersing crowds that disturb public order; vehicles performing duties against terrorism and hostage rescue.

4. Vehicles of the prosecution force on emergency missions include: vehicles on missions to arrest, search or carry out other investigative activities.

5. Traffic police car leading the way.

6. Ambulance on emergency duty.

7. Dike protection vehicles on duty; vehicles on duty to rescue, respond to natural disasters and epidemics.

8. Vehicles on duty in an emergency situation as prescribed by law include: vehicles serving the Steering Committee, vehicles serving functional forces mobilized to perform tasks when an emergency situation is declared.

Thus, the types of vehicles installed and using priority vehicle signaling devices are regulated as above.