On the evening of November 26 and into the early hours of November 27, the Traffic Police force of the Hanoi City Police simultaneously launched patrols and inspections of transport operations.
Acting on directives from the Head of the Traffic Police Division of the Hanoi City Police, traffic police units simultaneously deployed patrol and enforcement teams across key traffic routes at 8:00 PM on November 26.
The teams focused on inspecting and strictly penalizing common violations that pose high accident risks or negatively impact urban aesthetics and the environment. These violations included: carrying oversized or overloaded loads; unauthorized modification of cargo bed sides; spillage of construction materials; obscured or illegible license plates; unauthorized installation or modification of horns and lights; and running red lights.
In just one night of operations (from 8:00 PM on November 26 to 6:00 AM on November 27), Hanoi traffic police inspected 395 vehicles (including 208 trucks transporting construction materials). They detected and penalized 69 violations (32 of which involved vehicles carrying construction materials), with total fines estimated at nearly 200 million VND.
On-site observations revealed that authorities detected and penalized numerous instances of overloading violations.
On the Nguyen Trai route: Road Traffic Police Team No. 7 handled four cases of truck violations; notably, one vehicle was found to be overloaded by 22%.
On the Hanoi Southern Axis route: A task force from Road Traffic Police Team No. 10 stopped a driver, N.V.T. (residing in Ung Hoa District), operating a truck (license plate 29C-720.xx) that exceeded the permitted load limit by 18%.
When questioned, driver N.V.T. explained that he was unable to control the volume of material loaded onto his vehicle by the excavator. Nevertheless, the act of overloading was strictly penalized in accordance with regulations, regardless of the driver’s stated reasons.
In addition to overloading violations, authorities have discovered numerous drivers employing sophisticated tactics to evade enforcement. The most common method involves obscuring license plates to bypass automated traffic enforcement cameras. Vehicles with unauthorized modifications—such as altered headlights or horns—are also subject to inspection and strict penalties.
Patrol, enforcement, and violation-handling operations are consistently and vigorously directed by the City Police leadership with the aim of protecting transport infrastructure, preventing accidents, and reducing dust and noise pollution in the area.
Previously, between October 15 and November 14, Hanoi’s traffic police handled nearly 800 violations involving oversized loads, overloading, and unauthorized modifications to vehicle cargo boxes.
The Traffic Police Division affirmed that it would continue to proactively monitor the situation and deploy forces to patrol and inspect gateway routes and major arteries leading into the city through the end of 2025 and during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. The objective is to promptly detect and strictly penalize violations regarding oversized loads, overloading, and cargo box modifications, thereby contributing to ensuring traffic order and safety across the capital.
