Traffic police's rights on patrol from 2025

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 5, Article 65 of the Law on Road Traffic Safety and Order 2024 (effective from January 1, 2025) stipulates the powers of traffic police when conducting patrols and controls, including:

a) Stopping vehicles participating in road traffic as prescribed in Article 66 of this Law to inspect compliance with regulations on road traffic rules; conditions of vehicles participating in road traffic; conditions of drivers participating in road traffic; regulations on ensuring order and safety of road traffic as prescribed in this Law and other relevant legal provisions;

b) Handling administrative violations of road traffic order and safety and other violations of law according to law provisions;

c) Mobilize people, vehicles, and civil equipment in urgent cases; move vehicles that violate traffic regulations by stopping or parking on the road, causing traffic obstruction or congestion or posing a risk of causing road traffic accidents as prescribed in Articles 68 and 69 of this Law;

d) Operate and use systems, means, equipment, and data as prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4, Article 67 of this Law and weapons and support tools as prescribed in Article 70 of this Law;

d) Other powers as prescribed by the Law on People's Public Security and other relevant legal provisions.

Thus, traffic police have the above rights when conducting patrols and controls.