Vietnam: Can a 25-year-old person take the driving test for a driving license to operate 16-seat passenger motor vehicles?
Can a 25-year-old person in Vietnam take the driving test for a driving license to operate 16-seat passenger motor vehicles?
According to Article 60 of the Road Traffic Law 2008, the regulations are as follows:
1. The driver age is prescribed as follows:
a/ Persons aged full 16 years or older may drive mopeds with a cylinder capacity of under 50 cm3;
b/ Persons aged full 18 years or older may drive motorcycles, three-wheeled motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity of 50 cm3 or higher and vehicles with similar structure; trucks, tractors with a mass of under 3,500 kg; passenger motor vehicles of up to 9 seats;
c/ Persons aged full 21 years or older may drive trucks, tractors with a mass of 3,500 kg or more; category-B2 vehicles pulling trailers (FB2);
d/ Persons aged full 24 years or older may drive passenger motor vehicles of between 10 and 30 seals; category-C vehicles pulling trailers or semi-trailers (FC);
dd/ Persons aged full 27 years or older may drive passenger motor vehicles of over 30 seals; category-D vehicles pulling trailers (FD);
e/ The maximum age of drivers of 30 seat-plus passenger motor vehicles is 50 for women and 55 for men.
2. Drivers must be physically fit for the types and utilities of vehicles they drive. The Minister of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Minister of Transport in, prescribing health standards for drivers, periodical health checks for automobile drivers, and medical establishments providing such health checks.
Thus, persons aged 24 and older are eligible to operate 16-seat passenger motor vehicles. Therefore, since you are 25 years old this year, you may take the driving test for a driving license to operate 16-seat passenger motor vehicles.
Which category of driving license is required for 16-seat passenger motor vehicle operators in Vietnam?
According to Clause 9, Article 16 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT, the regulations are as follows:
9. D class licenses are issued to drivers controlling the following types of motor vehicles :
a) 10 to 30-seat motor vehicles including driver seat;
b) motor vehicles intended for B1, B2 and C classes.
Thus, the 16-seat passenger motor vehicle operators in Vietnam must have a D-class driving license.
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