The traffic-fine schedule does not have a discount for electric drive. What an electric rider pays depends on which of the legal classes the machine sits in — and the difference between those classes is worth millions of dong.
The key rule: class, not fuel
Under Decree 168/2024/NĐ-CP, electric mopeds — the sub-4 kW, 50 km/h class — are fined at the same levels as motorbikes under Article 7. Only pedal-type electric bicycles, legally non-motorised vehicles, fall under the lower non-motorised fine schedule of Article 9. The machine’s classification under Law 36/2024/QH15, not its battery, sets the price of mistakes.
What the common mistakes cost (motorbike/moped levels)
| Violation | Fine (VND) |
|---|---|
| No helmet or unfastened strap | 400,000 – 600,000 |
| Handheld phone while riding | 800,000 – 1,000,000 |
| Red light | 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 |
| Wrong way down a one-way street | 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 |
| Sidewalk riding (non-exempt) | 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 |
| Riding a machine above your licence class | 2,000,000 – 4,000,000 (up to 125 cc / 11 kW class) |
| No valid compulsory insurance certificate | 200,000 – 300,000 |
| No plates | 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 |
The same provisions carry licence-point deductions and, at the top of the alcohol scale, suspension — and riders under 16 are warned rather than fined for the ordinary violations, though the machine’s owner may still face consequences.
The electric-specific trap
The expensive mistake is class mismatch: a rider with no licence on a Dat Bike Weaver 200 — a 6,000 W, A1-class machine — is unlicensed in law, whatever the bike looks like. Our power-and-licence guide maps which verified Vietnamese machines need which licence. Under-16 riders have their own rules explained in the moped-at-16 article.
The cheap defences
Helmet strapped, phone pocketed, one-way streets respected, insurance certificate and registration copy carried. None of these is difficult, and together they remove most of the schedule.
Information, not legal advice. All figures verified against the full text of Decree 168/2024/NĐ-CP on 2026-09-24.