Operation of ETC

1. Time for operation of ETC

a) A toll booth which has installed the ETC system must operate ETC as soon as possible.

b) A toll booth which has been operating but has not been installed with the ETC system must, no later than December 31, 2020, operate the ETC as per this Decision.

c) A toll booth under management of Vietnam Expressway Corporation shall have its time for performance subject to consideration of the Ministry of Transport and Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises based on the sources of funds of the project.

2. Any toll booth-to-be in a new construction project shall only collect toll if it is going to operate the ETC system as per this Decision.

3. Depending on particular conditions in each toll booth, the Competent Authority shall consider:

a) maintaining 1 mixed-used lane (applying both ETC and MTC) on one direction of traffic at that toll booth.

b) the date when converting the mixed-use lane specified in point a hereof to ETC lane and ETC will apply to the entire toll collection system.

c) suspending and time for suspension of toll collection with respect to toll booths which have not operated ETC as prescribed in points a and b, clause 1 hereof and clause 3 Article 7 of this Decision owning to the fault of the investor.

d) collecting toll with the ETC system with regard to toll booths remaining payback time of which are under 3 years in an effective, public and transparent manner.

Article 6. The ETC system

1. The ETC system is constituted by:

a) a central operating system;

b) a surveillance, maintenance, and customer care center.

c) a transponder service center.

d) a data center.

dd) a data transmission system.

e) an equipment system assembled at the toll booth.

g) transponders mounted on road vehicles.

h) Other system, equipment, and components to ensure operation of the ETC system; ensure interconnectivity between ETC systems, between MTC and ETC system at every toll booth and in the entire system.

2. The ETC system must be designed, installed, and constructed synchronously nationwide and operated in a continuous, prompt, accurate, effective and safe manner.

Article 7. Design, construction, renovation, management, operation and maintenance of ETC booths

1. The ETC system shall be designed, constructed, renovated, managed, operated and maintained in accordance with national standards and regulations as per relevant law.

2. The preparation, appraisal and approval of ETC projects or projects with ETC component; the preparation, appraisal and approval of engineering design and estimates following fundamental design shall be done in accordance with applicable law.

3. The design, investment, construction, renovation, management, operation and maintenance of the ETC system shall be done by an ETC provider. If the investor wishes to do the design, construction, renovation, management, operation and maintenance of the ETC system at the toll booth on their own and then connect with the data center of an ETC provider, the investor must seek such an approval from the Competent Authority, and also ensure the synchronous connection with the existing ETC system of the ETC provider.