Hanoi, HCMC airports to collect automatic car tolls

A representative from the Airport Corporation of Vietnam said more than VND210 billion (US$8.6 million) was spent investing in the ETC systems at the airports.

Car owners with valid ETC accounts used for expressways will be able to use them at the airports without having to go through any more procedures, the source said.

Cars enter Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCMC in January 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Gia Minh

Vietnam’s two largest airports receive 16,000-20,000 cars every day, and manual toll collection has caused severe traffic congestion on high travel demand days such as the Lunar New Year holiday, which officially begins next week.

With the ETC system adopted, the fee will remain VND10,000-25,000 for every 10 minutes, depending on the car size.

Nearly five million cars in Vietnam, 96% of all legally-registered cars in the nation, have ETC accounts.