Which authorities are responsible for changing license plate with yellow background for vehicles used for transport business? What documents are necessary to change it?

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• Are vehicles used for transport business registered for issuance of license plate with white background, black letters and numbers eligible for replacement of license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers?
• What documents are necessary to change from license plate with white background, black letters and numbers to license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers for vehicles used for transport business?
• Which authorities are responsible for changing from license plate with white background to license plate with yellow background for contract cars?

Are vehicles used for transport business registered for issuance of license plate with white background, black letters and numbers eligible for replacement of license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers?

Pursuant to Article 11 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA of Vietnam:

- Subject matters of replacement and re-issuance of certificate of vehicle registration: refurbished vehicle, repainted vehicles, vehicles used for transport business registered for issuance of license plate with white background, black letters and numbers; extension for certificate of vehicle registration; certificate of vehicle registration which is blurry, torn or lost, or change of vehicle owner details (name, address) or vehicle owner wishes to replace the old certificate of vehicle registration with a new certificate of vehicle registration as per this Circular.

- Subject matters of replacement and re-issuance of license plate: The license plate is blurry, broken, or lost; or the vehicle owner wishes to the replace 3-digit or 4-digit license plate number to 5-digit license plate number; the vehicle used for transport business registered for change from license plate with white background, black letters and numbers to license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers.

Thus, vehicles used for transport business registered for issuance of license plate with white background, black letters and numbers will be replaced with license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers.

Replacement of license plate with yellow background

What documents are necessary to change from license plate with white background, black letters and numbers to license plate with yellow background, black letters and numbers for vehicles used for transport business?

Pursuant to Article 11 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA of Vietnam on procedures for the replacement or re-issuance of vehicle registration and license plate: The vehicle owner shall submit required documents in Articles 7 and 9 of this Circular, the certificate of vehicle registration (in case of change of certificate of vehicle registration) or license plate (in case of change of license plate), regarding a refurbished vehicle which changes engine subassembly or chassis subassembly, additional documents below are required: Proof of payment of registration fee as regulated, title transfer documentation (in case of change of engine or chassis) as regulated, the origin documentation of engine subassembly or chassis subassembly.

Reference to Article 9 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA of Vietnam:

- If the legal owner is Vietnamese, one of these documents must be submitted: Identity card (9-digit or 12-digit) or household register. If the legal owner is a member of armed forces' personnel, one of these documents must be submitted: people’s police or military identity card or document certified by the head of working agency/unit of regiment or higher, division of police office of district or higher (in the absence of identity card of the armed forces' personnel).

- If the legal owner is a Vietnamese expatriate currently living and working in Vietnam, temporary residence or household register and passport (valid) or any other valid document in lieu of passport must be submitted.

- The legal owner is a foreign national.

+ As for foreign nationals who are working for diplomatic missions, consular posts and representative offices of international organizations: they must show a letter of accreditation to Directorate of State Protocol or Department of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic and Official Identity Card (valid);

+ As for foreign nationals working and living in Vietnam: they must show their passport (valid) or other valid substitutes for passport.

- The legal owner is an agency or organization:

+ If the legal owner is a Vietnamese agency or organization: identity card (9-digit or 12-digit) of the authorized person must be shown. Regarding a military enterprise, a letter of introduction signed and sealed by the Director of Department of Vehicles affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense must be shown;

+ If the legal owner is a diplomatic mission, consular post and representative office of international organization in Vietnam: A letter of accreditation from Directorate of State Protocol or Department of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic of Vietnam and Official Identity Card (valid) of the authorized person must be shown;

+ If the legal owner is a joint-venture or wholly foreign-owned enterprise, representative office and a foreign enterprise who have won a bidding in Vietnam, and non-governmental organization: the authorized person to register their vehicle must show his/her identity card (9-digit or 12-digit) or passport (in case of foreigner).

- The authorized person to carry out the vehicle registration, apart from the documentation of the vehicle owner as prescribed in clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, he/she must show his/her identity card (9-digit or 12-digit) or diplomatic or official identity card (valid).

Moreover, you also need to prepare a vehicle registration declaration which is stipulated in Article 7 of of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA of Vietnam.

Which authorities are responsible for changing from license plate with white background to license plate with yellow background for contract cars?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 3 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA of Vietnam (amended by Point a Clause 1 Article 3 of Circular 15/2022/TT-BCA of Vietnam) stipulating:

- The Traffic Police Divisions, the Road and Rail Traffic Police Divisions and the Road Traffic Police Divisions controlled by the Police Departments of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as Traffic Police Division) shall grant registrations and number plates to car, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers and others having the same structures thereof under the ownership of foreign agencies, organizations and individuals; of projects and economic organizations in partnership with foreign entities that are locally operated, agencies, organizations, enterprises, military enterprises, individuals whose offices or permanent addresses are in districts and centrally-affiliated cities or provincially-affiliated cities where Traffic Police Divisions’ offices are located (except types of vehicles under the ownership of agencies, organizations and individuals specified in clause 3 of Article 3 herein).

Thus, the Traffic Police Divisions, the Road and Rail Traffic Police Divisions and the Road Traffic Police Divisions controlled by the Police Departments of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities are responsible for replacement of license plates with yellow background for vehicles used for transport business.