What requirements do chemical trucks need to meet?

Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 26 of Decree 25/2026/ND-CP detailing and measures to organize and guide the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals on the development of the chemical industry and chemical safety and security (effective from January 17, 2026), stipulates that vehicles, equipment, and tanks for chemical transportation activities must meet the following requirements:

1. Vehicles, equipment, and tanks serving chemical transportation activities must be inspected, inspected, and licensed to transport dangerous chemicals in accordance with the law on transportation of dangerous goods.

2. Vehicles, equipment, and tanks serving chemical transportation must meet general safety requirements according to national technical standards and regulations; must be selected to ensure minimizing the risk of chemical incidents, environmental pollution, and ensuring fire and explosion safety suitable to the type of chemical and the scale of chemical transportation.

3. Packaging and equipment containing chemicals must be sealed, sturdy, suitable for the type of chemical, not leaking chemicals, and be durable to the impact of chemicals, weather and normal impacts when loading, unloading, and transporting. Used packaging must be stored separately. Used packaging and equipment that is not reused must be collected and treated according to the provisions of environmental protection law.

4. Packaging and equipment containing chemicals must have labels fully stating the contents according to regulations on chemical labeling. Chemical labels must be clear, easy to read and have durability to bear the effects of chemicals, weather and common impacts when loading, stacking, and transporting.

5. Personal protective equipment and chemical incident response equipment for drivers and escort drivers must be equipped with the correct types, quantities, and quality according to the measures for preventing and responding to chemical incidents in transportation that have been developed, meeting the provisions of law on occupational safety and health.

6. Before transporting chemicals, transport vehicles must be inspected to ensure that vehicles participating in traffic are safe; clean packaging and equipment containing used chemicals to eliminate the possibility of reactions and explosions when transporting chemicals.

7. Store measures to prevent and respond to chemical incidents during chemical transportation by means of transportation throughout the transportation process in hard copy or electronic copy.

Thus, from January 17, 2026, vehicles and equipment carrying chemicals need to meet the above requirements.

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