Contents of inspection and testing of cars imported into Vietnam

According to Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, inspection contents are as follows:

1. Every used motor vehicle must undergo technical and environmental safety inspection as follows:

- Inspect the consistency of documents in the application of inspection.

- Inspect the vehicle if it is registered in an EU country, G7 country or any nation whose emission standards are equal to or higher than that of Vietnam. Inspection contents are specified in Appendix IV hereof.

2. Every shipment of new motor vehicles must undergo inspection by a quality control authority. The sample vehicles of each motor vehicle type in the shipment must undergo emission test and technical safety inspection as follows:

- Inspect the consistency of the manufacturer’s certificates of quality inspection; consistency between the manufacturer’s certificate of quality inspection and the Certificate of Type approval of the same motor vehicle type in the shipment.

- Compare the chassis number, engine number of each vehicle in the shipment with those in the application for inspection; inspect the consistency of vehicles of the same type in the shipment; select random vehicles of each type in the shipment and compare their specifications with those in the application.

- The inspecting authority will randomly choose 1 or 2 sample vehicles (if the importer wishes to have 1 vehicle undergoing safety inspection and 1 vehicle undergo emission test) of each type in the shipment and the importer will deliver them to the testing facility.

The sampling must be recorded using the form in Appendix VIII hereof, which will be presented to the testing facility.

- Emission test shall be carried out in accordance with QCVN 86: 2015/BGTVT (except evaporation test).

- Technical safety test shall be carried out in accordance with QCVN 09:2015/BGTVT, QCVN 10:2015/BGTVT, QCVN 82:2014/BGTVT and effective regulations of law (except for rearview mirrors, windshield, front lamps, tires, rims, flameproof materials and structures).

View more contents at Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from March 01, 2018.

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE