On October 17, the Government Office announced that it had just issued Official Letter No. 10032/VPCP-CN conveying the opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on continuing to review and handle parking lots under bridges and roads.
Considering the report of the Ministry of Construction in document No. 247/BC-BXD dated October 10, 2025 on reviewing parking lots under bridges and roads, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to urgently implement the following contents:
Immediately review the planning of parking lots; adjust and supplement the planning of parking lots to ensure feasibility; have specific plans and solutions, focus on implementing investment in parking lots that meet the required ratio, especially prioritizing immediate and timely investment to meet the needs of people in large cities, densely populated areas, and industrial parks.
Apply digital transformation in management, exploitation and maintenance, and implement non-stop fee collection at bus stations and parking lots in urban areas to improve traffic management and promote civilization in urban areas.
Check and review all licensing, management, exploitation and operation of parking lots (including temporary use of roadways and sidewalks for the purpose of keeping vehicles in traffic), especially fire prevention and fighting.
Rectify the licensing and management of parking lots at the ward and commune levels, absolutely do not let spontaneous parking lots exist, which are not in accordance with the provisions of law.
Issue full regulations on the content and responsibilities in the management and protection of road infrastructure in the area.
Strengthen road patrols, bridge patrols, and inspections to promptly detect and prevent acts of encroachment, occupation, use, and illegal construction within the scope of road infrastructure protection, especially under-bridges to ensure traffic order and safety, and safety of road works; strengthen inspection and examination of road infrastructure protection.
Do a good job of propaganda and dissemination to the people to grasp the provisions of the law on the protection of road traffic infrastructure, especially prohibited acts.
Strictly handle violations related to encroachment, occupation, use, and illegal construction within the protection of road infrastructure; violations of fire prevention and fighting regulations and cases of using bridge and road bridges and road bridges as illegal parking lots.
Strictly handle the responsibility of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level if there is a repeat occurrence of violations of the use of bridge and road bridges as parking lots, causing unsafety for road works.
