Vietnam: Shall an automobile be fitted with 02 license plates, including 01 short-sized license plate and 01 long-sized license plate at the proposal of the Ministry of Public Security?
- Shall an automobile be fitted with 02 license plates, including 01 short-sized license plate and 01 long-sized license plate at the proposal of the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security?
- What are the proposed regulations on license plate colors and series for automobiles of foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals in Vietnam?
- What are the proposed regulations for motorcycle license plates in Vietnam?
Shall an automobile be fitted with 02 license plates, including 01 short-sized license plate and 01 long-sized license plate at the proposal of the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security?
Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 25 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA as follows:
Regulations on the license plate
1. Materials: the license plate is manufactured in metal, covered with a reflective paint and carved with a security symbol of the police by a unit licensed by the Ministry of Public Security to manufacture license plates, under management of the Department of Traffic Police; temporary license plate shall be printed on a piece of paper.
2. Symbol and size of letters and digits on registered license plate, applied to various types of vehicle, shall adhere to legal regulations at Appendix 02, 03 and 04 attached to this Circular.
3. An automobile requires 02 short license plates with the following size: 165 millimeters in height and 330 millimeters in length. In case the design of special-use vehicles or as the characteristics of the vehicle does not fit on 02 short signs, the vehicle registry shall conduct physical inspection and propose the Head of the Traffic Police Department (vehicles registered at the Traffic Police Department) or Head of Traffic Police (local registered vehicle) to change to 02 long license plates with the following size: 110 mm in height, 520 mm in length or 01 short license plate and 01 long license plate. Any cost incurred shall be at the vehicle owner's expenses.
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Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 36 of Draft 2 Circular stipulating the issuance and revocation of registration certificates and license plates of motor vehicles as follows:
Regulations on the license plate
1. Materials: the license plate is manufactured in metal, covered with reflective paint, and carved with a security symbol of the police according to technical standards of license plates of motor vehicles of the Ministry of Public Security; the temporary license plate specified in Appendix II shall be printed on paper.
2. Symbols, license plate series, dimensions of letters and numbers on vehicle registration plates shall comply with the provisions in Appendices No. 02, 03, and 04 promulgated together with this Circular.
3. An automobile requires 02 license plates, 01 short-sized license plate: height of 165 mm, length of 330 mm; 01 long-sized license plate: Height of 110 mm, length of 520 mm.
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Thus, according to the above content, the Ministry of Public Security has proposed that an automobile requires 02 license plates, including 01 short-sized license plate (height 165mm, length 330mm) and 01 long-sized license plate (height 110mm, length 520mm) instead of current two short-sized license plates.
What are the proposed regulations on license plate colors and series for automobiles of foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 6, Article 36 of the Draft 2 Circular stipulating the issuance and revocation of registration certificates and license plates of motor vehicles, the proposed regulations on license plate colors and series for automobiles of foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals in Vietnam are as follows:
- License plate with white background, red letters, black number, with red "NG" symbol series issued to vehicles of diplomatic missions, consular missions, and foreign employees bearing diplomatic identity cards of that agency.
- Particularly, the license plates of the Ambassador and Consul General have the registration order of 01 and add a red cross between the groups of numbers indicating nationality and order of registration (plate number 01 is reissued when registering for new vehicles).
- License plate with white background, red letters, black number, with red "QT" symbol series issued to vehicles of representative offices of international organizations and foreign employees carrying diplomatic identity cards of that organization.
- Particularly, license plates of heads of representative agencies of United Nations agencies have the order of registration number 01 and add a red cross between the groups of numbers indicating nationality and order of registration (plate number 01 is reissued when registering new vehicles).
- License plate with white background, black letters, and numbers, with the serial symbol "CV" issued to vehicles of technical administrative staff carrying official identity cards of diplomatic missions, consular offices, and international organizations.
- License plate with white background, black letters, and numbers, with the symbol "NN" issued to vehicles of foreign organizations, representative offices and individuals, except for the above-mentioned subjects.
What are the proposed regulations for motorcycle license plates in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 36 of Draft 2 Circular stipulating the issuance and revocation of registration certificates and license plates of motor vehicles, the proposed regulations for motorcycle license plates are as follows:
- Motorcycles are issued license plates mounted on the rear of the vehicle, dimensions: Height 140 mm, length 190 mm.
- The arrangement of letters and numbers on motorcycle license plates of domestic agencies, organizations, and individuals: The first group of numbers is the local symbol for vehicle registration and the registration series. The second group of numbers is the order of registered vehicles consisting of 05 natural numbers, from 000.01 to 999.99.
- The arrangement of letters and numbers on motorcycle license plates of foreign organizations and individuals: The first group is the local symbol of vehicle registration, the second group is the symbol of the country name of the vehicle owner, the third group is the registration series and the fourth group is the order of registered vehicles consisting of 03 natural digits from 001 to 999.
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