​Penalization of vehicles across the Vietnam-Laos border is not overdue if the driver has to quarantine

 The General Department of Customs has just sent a document to the border customs departments with Laos to guide procedures for transport means of entry and exit through the Vietnam-Laos land border gate to be overdue in the epidemic period.Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 7 of the Protocol on Implementation of the Agreement, creating favorable conditions for road motor vehicles to cross the Vietnam-Laos border; Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 11 of the Law on Penalties for administrative violations, administrative sanctions shall not be imposed on administrative violations due to force majeure events.
In Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 88/2014 / TT-BGTVT dated December 31, 2014 of the Ministry of Transport, the means of transport are temporarily imported for re-export for circulation in the territory of the Contracting Party. more than 30 days from the date of entry and may be extended once for a maximum period of not more than 10 days in case of force majeure or for objective and legitimate reasons.
The General Department of Customs said that the implementation of the regulations on concentrated isolation of the Government of Vietnam and the Lao Government to strengthen measures to prevent and control Covid-19 is not a measure to restrict or suspend import. entry into Vietnam for Vietnamese citizens or entry into Laos for Lao nationals.
In case the driver of a vehicle is subject to concentrated isolation according to medical regulations, the isolation time of the driver is a legitimate and objective reason, force majeure and in the case of extension. and not sanctioning administrative violations according to the provisions of law.
According to: Haiquanonline