Regarding the handover of the task of testing and granting driving licenses to the Ministry of Public Security, the Vietnam Road Administration has requested the Department of Transport of the provinces to coordinate with local police to fully prepare the contents related to the task of testing and granting driving licenses to be able to hand over immediately upon request.
The transport departments have a suitable assessment plan, to receive and renew driving licenses and complete the issuance of driving licenses for cases that have submitted documents to the departments before that time.
According to the Vietnam Road Administration, the units handed over are to implement the direction of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport at the meeting on February 11 on preparing to hand over the task of State management of testing and issuing driving licenses from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Public Security before February 19.
The Vietnam Road Administration further informed that in order not to interrupt the work of issuing driving licenses to people during the transfer of tasks, and at the same time avoid waste when the Ministry of Transport stops testing and issuing driving licenses, the Vietnam Road Administration requests the transport departments to review and forecast the number of driver's license stamps that need to be used to serve the need to issue and change driving licenses until February 2025, including a plan to use them until February 19 and a plan to use them until February 28.
Departments report to the Department to synthesize and place production; proactively plan to effectively use the production of driver's license stamps, avoid leaving excess and causing an increase in the volume of driver's license stamps.
According to Lao Dong Newspaper, recently, there have been many people changing their driving licenses in big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
In Hanoi, the Hanoi Department of Transport has authorized 13 districts and towns to carry out procedures for granting and exchanging driving licenses for people, including the districts, towns and cities: Nam Tu Liem, Long Bien, Dong Anh, Soc Son, My Duc, Ung Hoa, Phu Xuyen, Dan Phuong, Quoc Oai, Me Linh, Thanh Oai, Ba Vi and Son Tay town.
The Department of Transport said that in the coming time, it will step up propaganda so that people have information about the authorization of districts, towns and cities to carry out procedures for reissuing and changing driving licenses.
