Issuance of circulation certificates and circulation stamps of motorized goods four-wheelers in Vietnam

According to Article 13 of the Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, issuance of circulation certificates and circulation stamps of motorized goods four-wheelers is as follows:

* Validity duration of a circulation certificate:

- For first-time inspection: 12 months, for brandnew vehicles of up to 2 years old, counting from the year of manufacture; 6 months, for brandnew vehicles of more than 2 years old, counting from the year of manufacture;

- For inspections from the second time on: 6 months.

- The validity duration of a circulation certificate must not exceed the expiration date of the vehicle registration certificate (if any) or the expiration date of the vehicle’s use life.

* The Vietnam Register shall issue blank circulation certificates and circulation stamps. Contents of circulation certificates and circulation stamps shall be printed out from a software managed and announced by the Vietnam Register. The circulation certificate and circulation stamp of a vehicle must have the same serial number and have contents conformable with the vehicle’s technical specifications announced by the Vietnam Register.

- Circulation certificates shall be handed over to vehicle owners for bringing along when joining traffic. Circulation stamps shall be stuck on the upper right comer of the inside surface of vehicles’ front windshields;

- If circulation certificates or circulation stamps are lost, damaged or ragged, vehicle owners shall bring their vehicles for circulation inspection so as to be re-granted circulation certificates or stamps.

* When detecting that the dossier provided by a vehicle owner is falsified or tampered with or the granted circulation certificate and circulation stamp are not suitable to the inspected vehicle, the register unit shall notify such to functional agencies for taking handling measures, and shall revoke the granted circulation certificate and circulation stamp (if they remain valid).

* A circulation certificate and circulation stamp cease to be valid when:

- The vehicle is granted a new circulation certificate and stamp;

- The vehicle owner has reported the loss of the vehicle;

- The register unit has issued a revocation notice;

- The vehicle crashed in an accident, thus failing to ensure technical safety and environmental protection requirements.

View more details at the Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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