What are signs of the license plate of 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam? Which authorities are responsible for registration of the license plate in Vietnam?

What are signs of the license plate of 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Appendix 02 issued together with the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulating signs of the license plate issued to domestic automobiles and motorcycles in Vietnam:

What are responsibilities of vehicle owners in vehicle title transfer in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 6 of the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA, the following regulations are stipulated:

Responsibilities of vehicle owners

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4. When selling, donating, exchanging, inheriting, contributing capital, or transferring a vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle title transfer):

a) The vehicle owner shall retain the vehicle registration certificate and license plate (not transfer the registration certificate and license plate to the transferee) and submit them to the vehicle registration authority for revocation procedures; in case of vehicle title transfer together with the license plate purchased at auction, the vehicle owner shall submit the registration certificate to the vehicle registration authority for revocation procedures;

b) Within 30 days from the date of carrying out procedures for vehicle title transfer, the vehicle owner shall carry out procedures for revocation; within the aforesaid duration, if the vehicle owner fails to carry out procedures for revocation or transfer the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the transferee to carry out revocation procedures, before processing the procedures, the vehicle registration authority shall issue a decision to impose administrative penalties on the vehicle owner.

After vehicle title transfer, if the vehicle owner fails to carry out procedures for revocation, it/he/she shall be responsible to the law for violations related to that vehicle;

c) After the vehicle owner completes revocation procedures, the transferee shall carry out procedures for registration of title transfer according to regulations.

5. Within 07 days from the date on which vehicle’s life cycle ends, the vehicle is broken or destroyed by objective reasons, the vehicle owner shall make declaration on the public service portal and submit the vehicle registration certificate or license plate to the vehicle registration authority or to the commune-level police authority (without consideration for place of residence of the vehicle owner) in order to carry out procedures for revocation.

As regulated above, vehicle owners have following responsibilities in vehicle title transfer in Vietnam:

- The vehicle owner shall retain the vehicle registration certificate and license plate (not transfer the registration certificate and license plate to the transferee) and submit them to the vehicle registration authority for revocation procedures;

In case of vehicle title transfer together with the license plate purchased at auction, the vehicle owner shall submit the registration certificate to the vehicle registration authority for revocation procedures;

- Within 30 days from the date of carrying out procedures for vehicle title transfer, the vehicle owner shall carry out procedures for revocation;

Within the aforesaid duration, if the vehicle owner fails to carry out procedures for revocation or transfer the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the transferee to carry out revocation procedures, before processing the procedures, the vehicle registration authority shall issue a decision to impose administrative penalties on the vehicle owner.

After vehicle title transfer, if the vehicle owner fails to carry out procedures for revocation, it/he/she shall be responsible to the law for violations related to that vehicle;

- After the vehicle owner completes revocation procedures, the transferee shall carry out procedures for registration of title transfer according to regulations.

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Which authorities are responsible for registration of the license plate in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 4 of the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA, there are 04 authorities responsible for registration of the license plate for specific types of vehicle. Specifically:

(1) Department of Traffic Police

- Vehicles owned by the Ministry of Public Security;

- Automobiles owned by organizations and individuals specified in Appendix 01 issued together with the Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA;

- Automobiles owned by diplomatic missions, representative offices of international organizations in Vietnam and automobiles owned by foreigners working for these ones.

(2) Division of Traffic Police

Except for vehicles registered by the Department of Traffic Police, which are under their jurisdiction, the Division of Traffic Police are responsible for registration of the license plate for following vehicles:

- Automobiles, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles similar to automobiles owned by organizations or individuals whose headquarters or permanent residence addresses are located in provinces or central- affiliated cities; cities, districts or district-level towns where the headquarters of Divisions of Traffic Police are located.

- Automobiles with license plates purchased at auctions; confiscated vehicles in accordance with the law and motorcycles with a displacement volume of 175 cm3 or more owned by local organizations and individuals.

- Automobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, (including electric motorcycles) and other vehicles similar to motorcycles (hereinafter referred to as “motorcycles” owned by foreign organizations or individuals, and local consulates.

(3) The police authority of a district, a district-level town or a district-level city

Except for vehicles registered by the Department of Traffic Police and Division of Traffic Police, which are under their jurisdiction, the police authority of a district, a district-level town or a district-level city are responsible for registration of the license plate for following vehicles:

- Automobiles, motorcycles owned by domestic organizations/individuals whose headquarters/permanent residence addresses are located in such district.

- The police of districts, commune-level towns, and cities register vehicles in cases where the number of newly registered motorcycles in a commune is less than 150 vehicles per year, as assigned by the provincial police and the Traffic Police Department.

- The police of districts, commune-level towns, and cities register vehicles for neighboring communes when the number of vehicles exceeds the registration capacity of that neighboring commune, as assigned by the provincial police and the Traffic Police Department.

(4) The police authority of a commune, ward or commune-level town

Except for vehicles registered by the Department of Traffic Police, the Division of Traffic Police and the police authority of a district, which are under their jurisdiction, the police authority of a commune are responsible for registration of the license plate for following vehicles:

- The commune-level police authorities of districts and district-level towns affiliated to central- affiliated cities shall register automobiles owned by domestic organizations/individuals whose headquarters/permanent residence addresses are located in such districts and towns.

- The commune-level police authorities of districts, district-level towns and cities affiliated to a province (except for the police authorities of communes where headquarters of Traffic Police Divisions or the police authorities of districts, district-level towns and cities are located) that have processed an average of at least 150 applications for registration of new vehicles per year during the last 03 years shall register motorcycles owned by domestic organizations/individuals whose headquarters/permanent residence addresses are located in such districts, district-level towns and cities.

- Vehicle registration for cases with a number of newly registered motorcycles below 150 vehicles per year is assigned to the provincial police and the Traffic Police Department.

- Vehicle registration for neighboring communes with a number of vehicles exceeding the registration capacity of that neighboring commune is assigned according to the delegation of the provincial police and the Traffic Police Department.

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