From 15/08/2023: Shall vehicles issued with 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates be allowed to continue to operate on roads in Vietnam?

From 15/08/2023: Shall vehicles issued with 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates be allowed to continue to operate on roads in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 39 of the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulating 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates as follows:

Transition clauses

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4. Vehicles issued with 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates may continue to operate on roads. However, in cases where vehicle owners wish to replace these license plates by identification license plates or vehicle owners carry out procedures for replacement or re-issuance of vehicle registration certificates and license plates or registration of title transfer, vehicle transfer according to regulations of this Circular, such 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates shall be revoked and replaced by identification license plates according to regulations.

5. The commune-level police authority designated to register motorcycles before the effective date of this Circular may continue to register such motorcycles according to regulations in this Circular.

6. Vehicle Registration Form template enclosed with Circular No. 58/2020/TT-BCA of the Minister of Public Security and license plates of automobiles, trailers and semi-trailers, 5-digit license plates of motorcycles manufactured before the effective date of this Circular may continue to be used until their expiry.

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As regulations above, from 15/08/2023, vehicles issued with 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates may continue to operate on roads.

However, vehicle owners wish to replace these license plates by identification license plates or vehicle owners carry out procedures for replacement or re-issuance of vehicle registration certificates and license plates or registration of title transfer, vehicle transfer, such 3-digit license plates or 4-digit license plates shall be revoked and replaced by identification license plates according to regulations.

What are cases of revocation of vehicle license plates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 23 of the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulating cases of revocation of vehicle license plates in Vietnam as follows:

1. Any vehicle that is out of order, unusable and damaged due to objective reasons.

2. End-of-life vehicles; vehicles that are unroadworthy as stipulated by laws;

3. Vehicles that have been lost, stolen, illegally possessed or discarded. The vehicle owner requests the revocation of its/his/her vehicle registration certificate and license plate.

4. Vehicles that are imported dutyfree, temporarily imported by foreign agencies, organizations and individuals and then re-exported, transferred or destroyed.

5. Vehicles that are registered at economic zones as promulgated by the Government when they are re-exported and transferred into Vietnam.

6. Vehicles undergoing title transfer or transfer.

7. Vehicles that are disassembled to use their engine and chassis as spare parts for other vehicles.

8. Any vehicle which has been registered but the application thereof was falsified or any vehicle of which both or either of the engine number and chassis number are/is falsified according to the conclusion of a competent authority or any vehicle whose the license plate has been issued against the law.

What are cases of replacement of vehicle license plates in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 16 of the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulating cases of replacement or reissuance of vehicle license plates in Vietnam as follows:

Replacement and reissuance

1. The vehicle registration certificate and license plate shall be replaced in case of modified vehicle, repainted vehicles, automobiles 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 and vice versa; extension for certificate of vehicle registration; change of information about the vehicle owner (name, personal identification number and address); certificate of vehicle registration which is blurry, torn or lost; license plate which is blurry, broken, or lost or in case where the vehicle owner wishes to replace the old certificate of vehicle registration and license plate with a new certificate of vehicle registration and license plate as per this Circular.

2. The vehicle registration certificate or license plate shall be re-issued in case the certificate or the license plate is lost.

As regulations above, cases of replacement of vehicle license plates in Vietnam are:

- The vehicle registration certificate and license plate shall be replaced in case of modified vehicle, repainted vehicles, automobiles 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 and vice versa;

- License plate which is blurry, broken, or lost or in case where the vehicle owner wishes to replace the old certificate of vehicle registration and license plate with a new certificate of vehicle registration and license plate as per the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA.

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