Title: Is There a Penalty for Not Having a Vehicle Inspected for 3 Years?

According to Point c Clause 9 Article 30 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP, penalties are imposed on vehicle owners for violating regulations related to road traffic, including:

Fines ranging from 6,000,000 VND to 8,000,000 VND for individuals, and from 12,000,000 VND to 16,000,000 VND for organizations that are owners of automobiles, tractors, specialized motorcycles, and vehicles similar to automobiles committing the following acts of violation:

Bringing motor vehicles, specialized motorcycles without a Certificate or inspection sticker for technical safety and environmental protection (for vehicles that are required to be inspected) or having the certificate or sticker but it has expired for one month or more (including trailers and semi-trailers) into traffic;

Thus, based on the above regulation, if a car with an expired registration is still used for traffic, a fine of up to 8 million VND (for individuals) will be imposed. However, according to the information you provided, the vehicle has not been used for 3 years while you were abroad, meaning the vehicle was not in use. Therefore, you will not be fined in this case.

Respectfully!