Regulations on Motorbike License Plates for Foreigners

To be specific, according to the contents of Section 5, Annex 4, as amended and supplemented under Circular 64/2017/TT-BCA, the regulations on motorbike license plates for foreigners are as follows:

* Arrangement of letters and numbers on the license plate

The license plate consists of groups of letters and numbers arranged specifically as follows:

- The first group is the local registration code.

- The second group is the country code of the vehicle owner.

- The third group is the registration serial.

- The fourth group is the registration order number consisting of 3 natural digits from 001 to 999.

- Between the local registration code and the country code, the registration serial, and the registration order number are separated by a hyphen (-).

Example: On the license plate in image H6:

+ 29 is the local registration code.

+ 121 is the country code (stipulated in Annex 03 issued with this Circular).

+ NN is the registration serial used for foreign vehicles.

+ 101 is the registration order number.

* Regarding the registration order

- Motorbikes with a cylinder capacity of less than 50 cm3 have a registration order from 001 to 400.

- Motorbikes with a cylinder capacity from 50 cm3 to less than 175 cm3 have a registration order from 401 to 900.

- Motorbikes with a cylinder capacity of 175 cm3 or more have a registration order from 901 to 999.

* Dimensions of letters and numbers

- Height of letters and numbers: 55 mm.

- Width of letters and numbers: 22 mm.

- Thickness of letters and numbers: 7 mm.

- Distance between letters and numbers: 19 mm. Particularly, the distance between the numbers and the number 1 is 35 mm.

* Specific position of the stamp on the license plate:

The police stamp is embossed at the position above the upper horizontal dash of the license plate, 5 mm from the top edge of the license plate.

For more details on the amendments and supplements, see: Circular 64/2017/TT-BCA effective February 12, 2018, which amends and supplements certain provisions of Circular 15/2014/TT-BCA.

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