Guidelines for quick inquiry of camera-based fines for motorcycles in Vietnam in 2025
What are guidelines for quick inquiry of camera-based fines for motorcycles in Vietnam in 2025?
Below is the guide for the quick inquiry of camera-based penalties for motorbikes in 2025:
[1] Lookup by license plate
Step 1: Access the Traffic Police Department’s website at https://www.csgt.vn
Step 2: Go to the Traffic Violation Lookup by Image section on the right side of the screen.
Step 3: Enter lookup information
Enter the license plate number for lookup, select "Motorbike," enter the security code, and click "Lookup."
Step 4: Results
At this point, the system will return the traffic violation results of the vehicle via camera. If no results are found, it means the vehicle has not incurred a cold penalty.
[2] Lookup camera-based penalties on the website of Vietnam Register
Step 1: Go to the Vietnam Register’s website using the link below: www.vr.org.vn
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Motor Vehicle section for vehicle owners in the Data Lookup section on the right side of the screen.
Step 3: Enter complete information to perform the lookup.
For 5-digit plates: add "T" for white plates, "X" for blue plates, "V" for yellow plates
Similar to current seal numbers, certificate numbers enter the "-" delimiter between letters and numbers.
Step 4: Scroll down, and the screen will display a notification from the competent authority related to the vehicle at the bottom.
If the vehicle has a camera-based penalty, all information will be listed in the returned results section.
If this section is empty, it means that the vehicle has not incurred a camera-based penalty, and the registration process proceeds normally.
If a black box with violation handling information appears below this section, it indicates that the vehicle has not completed the camera-based penalty payment and will be denied registration.
Guidelines for quick inquiry of camera-based fines for motorcycles in Vietnam in 2025 (Image from Internet)
What traffic violations of motorcycles in Vietnam are subject to fines of 10 million VND or more?
Based on Clause 10, Article 7 of Decree 168/2024/ND-CP regulating fines and point deductions on licenses of motorbike and moped drivers, and similar vehicles violating road traffic rules:
Article 7. Fines and point deductions on licenses of motorbike, moped drivers, and similar vehicles violating road traffic rules
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- Fines ranging from 10,000,000 VND to 14,000,000 VND for drivers committing one of the following violations:
a) Driving without observation, reducing speed, or stopping to ensure safety as regulated, causing traffic accidents; driving over the speed limit causing traffic accidents; entering highways, stopping vehicles, parking, turning around, reversing, overtaking, changing direction, changing lanes not conformable causing traffic accidents; not using correct lanes, not maintaining safe distance between vehicles as regulated causing traffic accidents or entering roads with signs prohibiting entry for the type of vehicle being driven, driving against the one-way traffic, driving against traffic signs saying “No Entry” causing traffic accidents;
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Thus, violations for motorbikes fined from 10 million VND or more include:
[1] Driving without observation, reducing speed, or stopping to ensure safety as regulated causing traffic accidents
Driving over the speed limit causing traffic accidents
Entering highways, stopping vehicles, parking, turning around, reversing, overtaking, changing direction, changing lanes not conformable causing traffic accidents
Not using correct lanes, not maintaining safe distance between vehicles as regulated causing traffic accidents or entering roads with signs prohibiting entry for the type of vehicle being driven, driving against the one-way traffic, driving against traffic signs saying “No Entry” causing traffic accidents
[2] Committing the following acts causing traffic accidents:
- Failing to comply with instructions on signs, road surface markings
- Carrying passengers using umbrellas
- Failing to comply with right-of-way regulations at intersections
- Not using lights from 6 PM to 6 AM or in fog, smoke, dust, rain, or bad weather limiting visibility
- Overtaking non-conformably; using high beams when encountering pedestrians or traveling through areas with working lighting systems or oncoming vehicles (except when dividers prevent glare) or when changing directions at intersections; not giving way to oncoming vehicles as regulated in narrow roads, slopes, or obstacles
- Using horn from 10 PM to 5 AM in densely populated areas, medical facilities, except for priority vehicles on duty
- Driving below the minimum speed on roads with a specified minimum speed
- Driving slow without keeping to the right of the roadway causing traffic obstruction
- Unauthorized vehicles installing, using priority signals
- Carrying more than two passengers, except in cases of transporting injured persons, accompanying children under 12, the elderly or disabled, or escorting offenders
- Carrying three or more passengers
- Drivers or passengers holding onto, pulling, pushing other vehicles, objects, leading pets, or carrying cumbersome items; standing on the seat, carrier, or handlebars
- Towing other vehicles, objects
- Driving through tunnels without using low beams
- Driving side by side in groups of three or more
- Drivers using umbrellas, audio devices (except hearing aids), holding and using phones or other electronic devices
- Not reducing speed (or stopping) and yielding when entering priority roads from non-priority roads, entering main roads from branches
- Not reducing speed and yielding to vehicles from the right at non-signaled roundabouts; not reducing speed and yielding to vehicles from the left at roundabouts with signaling
- Failing to comply with traffic signals
- Failing to comply with orders, instructions of traffic controllers or officers
- Failing to yield or causing obstacles to prioritized vehicles with active signals on duty
- Driving swerving, weaving on roads; using kickstands or dragging objects while driving
- Driving in groups of two or more exceeding the speed limit
- Sitting behind, reaching around the driver to steer, except when carrying children under six in front
- Using horns, revving continuously in densely populated areas, medical facilities, except for priority vehicles on duty.
What documents must drivers in Vietnam carry when participating in road traffic?
According to Article 56 of the 2024 Road Traffic Order and Safety Law, drivers must carry the following documents when participating in road traffic:
- Vehicle registration certificate or a certified copy with the original document from a credit institution, foreign bank branch still valid if the vehicle is mortgaged at a credit institution, foreign bank branch
- A driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle being operated
- Certification of technical safety and environmental protection for motor vehicles according to legal regulations
- Mandatory civil liability insurance certificate of the motor vehicle owner.
