Vietnam: Officially allowing automatic renewal of inspection intervals for personal cars, non-business family cars?
Officially automatically renewing inspection intervals for personal cars, non-business family cars?
On June 2, 2023, the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam has just issued Circular No. 08/2023/TT-BGTVT amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 16/2021/TT-BGTVT
Notably, Circular No. 08/2023/TT-BGTVT will allow automatic renewal of inspection intervals for personal cars.
According to that, the registry agency automatically issues a confirmation of the validity period of the Certificate, the inspection stamp for vehicles participating in traffic that the car owner does not need to bring the vehicle to the registration center for re-inspection, helping to fundamentally solve the current situation of traffic jams in motor vehicle inspection.
Subjects of application are passenger cars with up to 9 seats not doing transport business (with a production time of up to 7 years and a production time of 13 - 20 years) that have been issued with Certificates, Pre-inspection stamps before March 22, 2023 and still have had the inspection deadline until the effective date of Circular No. 08/2023/TT-BGTVT (ie June 3, 2023) will be automatically confirmed inspection intervals for an additional 6 months.
At the same time, according to the provisions of Article 3 of Circular No. 08/2023/TT-BGTVT stipulating as follows:
Effect and implementation
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2. Inspection certificates and inspection stamps that have been issued before the effective date of this Circular shall continue to be used until the expiration of the duration stated in the inspection certificates and inspection stamps. In case the Certificate of Inspection and Inspection Stamp of passenger cars with up to 9 seats not doing transport business was issued before March 22, 2023 and valid until July 1, 2024, it may continue to be used until the expiration of the interval according to the interval specified in Appendix V of this Circular. The validity period of the Inspection Certificate and the Inspection Stamp shall be certified according to the form of the Certification specified in Appendix VI issued with this Circular. This regulation does not apply to the cases where the Certificate of Inspection and the Inspection Stamp expires before the effective date of this Circular.
Thus, inspection certificates and inspection stamps that were issued before June 3, 2023 will continue to be used until the expiration of the duration stated in the inspection certificate and inspection stamp.
In case the Certificate of Inspection and Inspection Stamp of passenger cars with up to 9 seats not doing transport business was issued before March 22, 2023 and valid until July 1, 2024, it may continue to be used until the expiration of the interval according to the interval specified in Appendix V of with Circular No. 08/2023/TT-BGTVT.
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How to register for automatic renewal?
Starting from June 3, 2023, car owners can assess the Vietnam Register's web portal by following the link: http://app.vr.org.vn/ptpublic/ to register for automatic renewal.
Step 1: Access the online registration search page on the Vietnam Register's web portal at website: http://app.vr.org.vn/ptpublic/
Step 2: At the online registration lookup page, enter the following information:
- License plate
- Current number of stamps and certificates;
- Enter Auth Code
Step 3: Click on the "Search" box, the system will automatically check the information and conduct an online registration search.
Returns include:
- General information: Brand, chassis number, vehicle type, engine number.
- Specifications: Size of bag, size of cargo box, self weight, allowable volume of transported cargo, number of people allowed to carry, total weight allowed to enter traffic, number of axles, allowable towing mass.
- Last time of most recent inspection: Testing unit, date of inspection, number of certificate stamps.
- The most recent road toll payment:
- Notice of the agency related to the vehicle: if the vehicle is not fined, this line will have nothing, but if the vehicle is fined, this line will be the vehicle with a cold fine.
The car owner clicks the link containing the Certificate of Inspection Information to view and print the Certificate to use when participating in traffic.
What are the regulations on the vehicle inspection process at the current registration unit?
Pursuant to Clause b, subsection 1.1, Section 1, Part II of the administrative procedures promulgated together with Decision No. 305/QD-BGTVT in 2023, the vehicle inspection process at the current registry is regulated as follows:
Issuance of certificates and stamps of technical safety and environmental protection for road motor vehicles
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1.1. The order of execution:
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b) Handling administrative procedures:
* Inspection at the registrar:
The registration unit receives the documents and conducts the inspection in the order specified as follows:
- Receive, check, look up warnings, compare records with data on the Inspection Management Program (especially in the case of the next inspection right after the first time the motor vehicle is exempt from inspection, the registration unit must further compare the actual vehicle's specifications with the production, assembly, and import database of the Vietnam Register), if incomplete, guide the vehicle owner to complete it, if sufficient, register for inspection, conduct inspection, assess the technical safety and environmental protection status of the motor vehicle and print the inspection slip;
- If the motor vehicle meets the requirements, the registration unit returns the Certificate of Inspection and affixes the Inspection Stamp to the vehicle. For motor vehicles with only an appointment letter for vehicle registration, the appointment issuing unit will return the inspection certificate to the vehicle owner, when the vehicle owner presents the vehicle registration document, the registration unit shall make a copy to store in the vehicle file, inspection file and return the Certificate of Inspection. In case a motor vehicle has a notice of failure on inspection on the portal of the Vietnam Register, the registration unit shall delete the notice;
- If the motor vehicle has a defective or damaged item, the registration unit prints and sends a Notice of defective or damaged item to the vehicle owner for repair and remediation. In case the inspection fails and the Certificate of inspection is not granted, the registration unit must enter the failing content in the warning box of the vehicle failing on the portal of the Vietnam Register.
Thus, the vehicle inspection at the registration unit is carried out in accordance with the above provisions.
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