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• Te chnic a l in spec tion s y s te m

• M a intenance syste m

Technical inspection andMaintenance system

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Technical inspection sys tem in Vietnam

1. Outline of road traffic (1)

1.1. Road system

+ Total length: 209.059 km

+ A low average rate of road length and the wholecountry area: 0,67 km/km2

+ Having 7 road categories

+ No express way

+ Very few high technical standard road (I, II c las s es)

7.23

8.351.41.542.61

22.43

40.4

0 20 40 60 80 100 %

Hamlet andvillage road

Commune road

Special road

Urban road

District road

Province road

National highway

Ro

ad c

ateg

ori

es

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4,02

2,70

0

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

6,47

9,00

0

486,

000

5,58

5,00

0

465,

000

5,30

0,00

0

443,

000

4,82

7,20

0

417,

700

372,

000

Three andfour wheeler(1)

Two wheelmotorcycles,mopeds

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1. Outline of road traffic (2)

1.2. Motor vehic les- Amount of regis tered vehicles

- Average rate (%) of three & four wheeler categories/total amount

28

15

37.8

9

10.2

0 20 40 60 80 100%

Others

Special vehicles

Truck

Bus

Car

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- Ages of three and four wheelers and their rate (%)

36

13

7

44

0 20 40 60 80 100%

More than 20years

Beetween 15and 20 years

Beetween 10and 15 years

Less than 10years

1. Outline of road traffic (3)

- About 60% two wheelers having ages more than 5 years

- Dis tribution feature: Large amount regis tered in Hanoi,Hochiminh C ities .

43,035

785,969

190,000

1,690,000

Hanoi Hochiminh

Three and fourwheeler

Two wheelmotorcycles,mopeds

Average ages:16 years

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2.1. O rganization

2. Technical inspection system (1)

Ministry of Transport (M O T )

Vietnam Register (VR)

Vietnam A u to Register (V A R )

Departments ofTransport

Inspection stations directlyunder VR

Inspection stations directlyunder Departments o f T ransport

Management in adminis tration

Management in inspection operation

C o o rdination

- Number of inspection stations: 78

- Operation scope: the whole country

+ 4 Central c ities (Hanoi, Hochiminh, Danang, Haiphong)

+ 57 Provinces

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2.2. Scope of inspection

2. Technical inspection system (2)

- A ll in-use three and four wheelers

+ Safety: The whole country

+ Environmental protection: Vehicles registered at 4c ities : Hanoi, Hochiminh, Haiphong, Danang

- Main items of inspection

+ Identification+ General: Main sizes, body, cab, chassis, couple,

seats , engine, transmis s ion, wheels , suspensionsystem...

+ Safety:(a) S teering devices;

(b) B raking system;

(c ) L ighting and light - s ignal devices ;

(d) E lec tric Horns ;

(e) Speedometer.- Environmental protec tion

(a) Exhaust emis s ion (TCVN 6438:1998)

(b) Noise (TC V N 6436:1998)

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2.3. Main requirement

2. Technical inspection system (3)

- B raking force: ≥≥ 50% of Unladen weight of Vehicle

- Different of braking forces: ≤≤ 25%

- E xhausted emission:

First registration inVietnam before Aug. 1, 1999

First registration inVietnam since Aug. 1, 1999

GasolineVehicles

DieselVehicles

GasolineVehicles

DieselVehicles

CO (% in volume) 6.5 4.5

HC (ppm):

+ 4-Stroke engine 1200

+ 2-Stroke engine 7800

+ Special engine 3300

Smoke (HSU) 85 72

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2.4. Inspection intervals (month)

2. Technical inspection system (4)

New Modified

Business Non-Business Business Non-BusinessCategories ofvehicles

Firstinterval

Fromsecondinterval

Firstinterval

Fromsecondinterval

Firstinterval

Fromsecondinterval

Firstinterval

Fromsecondinterval

Truck 24 12 24 12 12 06 12 06

Passenger car 24 12 30 18 18 06 24 12

Bus 18 06 24 12 12 06 18 12

Threewheelers

24 12 30 24 18 06 24 12

VehiclesProducedbefore 7 years

06

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2.5.1. Inspection station:

2.5. Future plan (1)

- Number: Increas ing with number of vehicles,particularly, s tations in Hanoi, Hochiminh

- Inspection line: ≥≥ 2 lines per one s tation in big c ities .

- Modernization:

+ Computerization: E s tablishment of computernetwork over the country to manageinspecting operation

+ U s ing cameras to as s is t the management ofeach station.

2.5.2. Expanding scope of environmental protec tinginspection (1)

- In 2002:

+ Exhausted emis s ion and noise check will beexpanded into provinces other than 4 centralc ities .

+ S trengthening the permitted levels of C O ,smoke: Replacing level 1 by level 2:

• C O : 6.5 reduced down 6%

• Smoke: 85 reduced down 72 HS U

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A fter 2005:

+ For newly regis tered vehic les : - G asoline engine:

* C O ≤≤ 3.5 % in volume* H C ≤≤ 600 PPM

- Diesel engine:* Opacity ≤≤ 50 HSU

+ For old vehic les :

- G asoline engine: * C O ≤≤ 4.5 % in volume

- Diesel engine: * Opacity ≤≤ 72 HSU

2.5.3. Inspection interval

Reducing time of intervals

2.5.4. About two wheeler inspection:

Under movement of reducing air pollution bymotorcyc les in A s s is i, V ietnam Register isdeveloping ac tion plan to reduce emis s ion fromtwo wheelers in Vietnam in co-operation with A D B .

A fter 2005, it will be possible to inspect in-use twowheelers equipped with large capacity engines

2.5.2. Expanding scope of environmental protec tinginspection (2)

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3.1. B efore 1990

3. Maintenance system (1)

- An o ld maintenance s y s tem under a s tateeconomy only inc luding automobile-transportenterprises .

- F rame regulation: “Rule and Norm formaintenance and repair of automobiles andtrailers” No. 22 T C N 99-79 has been applieds ince 1979.

- Main guideline: Mandatory-preventionmaintenance and repair according to a plan(annual plan, many-year plan)

- Main weaknes s : No economical

3.2. S ince 1990- E arly 1990s : The old s y s tem is had still been

applied for governmental transport enterprises

- Now, in fac t, the old s y s tem is not applied for allvehic les . Meanwhile, there is no a newmaintenance system to replace the old system.The maintenance is not mandatory now.

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3. Maintenance system (2)

3.3. The future plan

Under Law on road traffic (dated June 29, 2001

of National A s s embly, proclaimed by Vietnam

P res ident on July 12, 2001, enforcement on

January 1, 2002), quality of vehicles will be

maintained during period between consecutive

inspection times . So V ietnam Register plans to

develop a research projec t to evaluate the

ability of periodical maintenance for vehicles

in V ietnam in 2004. If successful, the

maintenance will be possible starting from

2006 ./.

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