Ministry of Public Security proposes auction of license plates, starting price is 40 million VND

The information is stated in the draft Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting granting the right to choose to use car number plates through auction. The draft has been completed by the Ministry of Public Security and is collecting comments for 2 months, from April 22. In which, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the starting price will be 40 million VND for a number plate.

The Ministry of Public Security proposes regulations on auction of license plates, in which in two localities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the starting price will be 40 million VND for a license plate.

The scope of regulation of this draft Resolution is to pilot the granting of the right to choose according to demand to use license plates of automobiles through auction, including: starting price of number plates put up for auction; the case of sale to the only person participating in the auction; rights and obligations of the auction winning agency, organization or individual (hereinafter referred to as the person); using revenue from number plate auction.

Accordingly, Number plate selected for auction means a license plate with a white background, black letters and numbers in the stock of unregistered number plates that the Registry is expected to issue on a monthly, quarterly, 6-monthly or yearly basis.

The draft stipulates that no auction will be made for license plates issued for vehicles purchased from the State budget, vehicles of the Army used for national defense purposes, vehicles of enterprises that the Army does for business, and vehicles of organizations. foreign enterprises, diplomatic missions, representative offices of international organizations and foreigners working in such agencies and organizations operating in the Vietnamese territory.

The subjects eligible to participate in the auction are organizations, enterprises and individuals who are allowed to participate in the auction of number plates in the locality where they are headquartered (for organizations and enterprises) or where they have registered their permanent residence (for individuals). core).

The auction organization is the Police Department of the province or city directly under the Central Government, which organizes the auction of number plates according to the decentralization of vehicle management registration. Regarding the form of auction, the Ministry of Public Security assigns the provincial-level Public Security to sign a contract to hire an asset auction organization that has an online auction website to organize an online auction.

Notably, the determination of the starting price is divided into 2 zones, with different prices.

Region 1 (Hanoi and HCMC): Starting price = 2 times the highest applicable local registration fee.

Region 2 (remaining localities): Starting price = 10 times the highest applicable local registration fee.

The auction winner has the right to sign a contract with the auction agency to establish the right to use the winning number plate. When transferring a car, the auction winner is entitled to keep the number plate to register for another car owned, also known as the “passenger number plate”. When changing the permanent address of the place of residence in another province or city, the auction winner is not required to return the winning number plate.

The man in Nghe An himself pressed the number plate of the fifth quarter of the 9th quarter recently. Photo: KT

Auction winning number plates are only issued to those who have registered to participate and win the auction. The winning number plate of the auction is managed by the registration agency and only issued when the auction winner completes the registration procedures according to the regulations on vehicle registration. This agency has the right to revoke the number plate that won the auction when the number plate is used in contravention of the law. For example, a vehicle with a number plate that won the auction in violation of the law was confiscated.

According to the Ministry of Public Security, many people now have the need to own a license plate according to their preferences, often called “beautiful license plates” depending on the concept of each person. In fact, each person will choose a number plate according to personal preferences such as date of birth, anniversary, not necessarily a beautiful number plate, special number. Therefore, selling license plates at auction for one person will bring benefits to the people and increase revenue for the state.

The Ministry proposes to include in the National Assembly’s Resolution provisions on “selling to the only person in the case when the expiration date has expired, there is only one auction participant, one bidder, and one person who accepts the price at least equal to the price of the auction”. starting at the first auction”.

The Ministry of Public Security will assign the provincial police to sign a contract to hire an asset auction organization with a website to organize online auctions. The agency organizing the auction is the Public Security of the province or city directly under the Central Government. All organizations, businesses and individuals are entitled to participate in the auction of number plates of the locality where they are headquartered or where they are permanently registered.

It is expected that the proceeds from the number plate auction, after deducting the costs of organizing the auction as prescribed, will divide the revenue at the rate of 70% to be paid to the central budget, 30% to the central budget. local books.

Phi Long