Authority to restore driving license points

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Thuy, YouMe Law Firm LLC, replied:

Clause 1, Article 51 of Decree No. 168/2024/ND-CP stipulates the authority to restore driving license points as follows:

a) The Director of the Traffic Police Department is responsible for managing and operating the Database on handling administrative violations of road traffic order and safety to update and automatically restore driving license points in cases specified in Clause 2 of this Article;

b) The Director of the Traffic Police Department, the Head of the Traffic Police Department where the test is conducted on legal knowledge on road traffic order and safety has the authority to restore points for driving licenses in cases specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

Clause 3, Article 51 of Decree No. 168/2024/ND-CP stipulates the order and procedures for restoring driving license points in cases where all points are deducted from the driving license as follows:

a) After the person with a driving license has all points deducted from participating in the test on legal knowledge on road traffic order and safety and meets the requirements, the test results will be updated into the software for testing legal knowledge on road traffic order and safety and synchronized with the Database on handling administrative violations on road traffic order and safety, the driving license score data will be restored with all 12 points and automatically updated in the Database on handling administrative violations on road traffic order and safety;

b) Immediately after the driver's license score data is restored to 12 points, the competent person specified in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article shall notify the person whose driving license points are restored about the restoration of points;

c) The notification of the revocation of driving license points shall be done in writing according to the form prescribed by the Minister of Public Security and shall be delivered directly or sent via postal service or the notification shall be done electronically through the citizen's account registered on the Public Service Portal, Traffic Application on mobile devices; at the same time, update information about the driver's license with the revocation points on the Traffic Police Department's Electronic Information Page. In case the driving license is shown in the form of a data message, the competent authority or person shall update the status of the recovery of driving license points in the electronic identification card and electronic identification account on the national identification application.

Thus, the competent person to restore driving license points is specified as above.