Dispatch No. 2850/UBND-VX dated August 23rd, 2021 of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City regarding revisions to regulations on permitted road users during social distancing

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh city accepts to exempt road use permits with regard to these groups of entities:

1. Health officials and health workers having health sector cards;

2. People who go to get vaccinated and have vaccination notification messages or vaccination invitations and ID cards at road checkpoints;

3. Employees of distribution systems (supermarkets, convenience stores, food stores) who have employee’s cards and work certification of their workplaces. This only applies until they have the road use permit issued by Ho Chi Minh City Police Department.

In addition, road checkpoints shall not examine road use permits with regard to operators of goods transport vehicles (including the driver and 01 co-driver) who have been issued with QR codes.

Regarding permitted road users during the social distancing period, apart from 17 groups of entities regulated at Dispatch No. 2800/UBND-VX dated August 22nd, 2021, now these entities are also permitted to use roads: Officials and workers of colleges, trade schools and shippers of food suppliers and catering service providers of units and enterprises implementing “three-on-spot” or “one route, two destinations” plans in export processing zones and industrial zones. However, these entities must possess road use permits issued by Ho Chi Minh City Police Department by August 25th, 2021 at the latest.