Lawyer Hoang Thi Quynh, YouMe Law Firm replied:

Point c, Clause 6, Point c, Clause 7, Point e, Clause 8, Points dd, e, g, Clause 10, Article 6 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in the field of transportation Road and railway traffic regulates penalties for drivers of motorcycles, mopeds (including electric scooters), motorcycle-like vehicles and motorcycle-like vehicles who violate road traffic rules as follows:

6. A fine of between VND 2,000,000 and VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed on vehicle operators who commit one of the following violations:

c) Driving a vehicle on the road with an alcohol content of less than 50 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood in the blood or breath or less than 0.25 milligrams per 1 liter of breathing air.

7. A fine of between VND 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 shall be imposed on vehicle operators who commit one of the following violations:

c) Driving a vehicle on a road with an alcohol concentration exceeding 50 milligrams to 80 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood in the blood or breath or exceeding 0.25 milligrams to 0.4 milligrams per liter of breathing air.

8. A fine of between VND 6,000,000 and 8,000,000 shall be imposed on vehicle operators who commit one of the following violations:

e) Driving a vehicle on the road with an alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood in the blood or breath or 0.4 milligrams per 1 liter of breathing air;

10. In addition to being fined, the vehicle operator committing the violation shall also be subject to the following additional sanctioning forms:

đ) Committing the act specified at Point c, Clause 6 of this Article, the right to use the driver's license will be stripped from 10 to 12 months;

e) Committing the act specified at Point c, Clause 7 of this Article, the right to use the driving license shall be revoked from 16 to 18 months;

g) Committing the acts specified at Points e, g, h, and i, Clause 8 of this Article, the right to use the driving license shall be stripped from 22 to 24 months.

Thus, motorbike drivers violating alcohol content can be fined from VND 2,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 and have their driving license revoked from 10 to 24 months. Penalties for each specific violation are applied according to the provisions cited above.

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