Vietnam: Is a person aged 18 eligible to apply for a motor vehicle driving license?
Is a person aged 18 eligible to apply for a motor vehicle driving license in Vietnam?
According to Article 60 of the Road Traffic Law 2008 on the age and health of drivers in Vietnam:
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 cars 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 cars 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 cars of over 30 seals; category-D vehicles pulling trailers (FD);
e/ The maximum age of drivers of 30 seat-plus passenger cars 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, when your child turns 18, he/she will be eligible to apply for a driving license for 9-seat passenger motor vehicles.
What does the application of driving learners in Vietnam include?
Under Clause 1, Article 9 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT, the application of learners in Vietnam includes:
Application of learners
1. Learners that apply for the first license shall submit 01 application directly at the training institution, which consists of:
a) Application for learning, test and issuance of driving license according to form prescribed in Appendix 7 enclosed herewith;
b) The copy of people’s identity card, citizen’s identity card or unexpired passport for Vietnamese citizens; copy of unexpired passport for overseas Vietnamese;
c) The copy of passport valid for more than 06 months and temporary residence card/permanent residence card/diplomatic identity card/official identity card for foreigners;
d) Health certificates issued by competent medical facilities as prescribed.
Thus, as your child is just 18 years old and is learning to drive for the first license, he/she must prepare the documents listed above and submit them directly to the training institution where he/she will apply for admission.
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