84 percent of national highways decentralized to local authorities
The Vietnam Road Administration has announced a significant policy shift, commencing in 2025, with the decentralization of road management authority to provincial People’s Committees. This initiative will encompass approximately 84 percent of the national highway network, approximately 19,000 kilometers.
After the decentralization takes effect, provincial people’s committees are responsible for investing and constructing national highways according to the approved road network planning and road infrastructure planning while managing, operating, and protecting the road infrastructure of the decentralized national highway to ensure synchronous traffic connection in the network planning and infrastructure planning.
The Department of Road of Vietnam is actively preparing to facilitate the decentralization of national highway management, which will commence following the enforcement of Decree 165. This decree outlines several provisions of the Road Law and Article 77 of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, set to take effect on January 1, 2025.
Translated By Anh Quan
