Regulations on railway vehicle registration in Vietnam

Regulations on railway vehicle registration in Vietnam​ (Internet image)

1. Roadworthiness of railway vehicles in Vietnam

Article 30 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 stipulates the conditions for railway vehicles to participate in traffic as follows:

- Roadworthiness of railway vehicles:

+ Comply with national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety;

+ Have a railway vehicle registration certificate issued by a competent authority;

+ Have a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety or an unexpired certificate of periodic inspection of technical safety and environmental safety issued by a competent authority.

- If operating for special purposes, the railway vehicle shall be compliant with the regulations made by the Minister of Transport.

2. Regulations on railway vehicle registration in Vietnam

In Article 31 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 Registration of railway vehicles

- A railway vehicle shall be issued with a railway vehicle registration certificate if the following requirements are met:

+ Have lawful origins;

+ Satisfy the national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety.

- Upon change of functions or main specifications, the vehicle owner shall reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate.

- Upon the transfer of ownership, the new owner of the railway vehicle must reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate under the new owner's name. 

- The railway vehicle owner shall make a declaration and return the railway vehicle registration certificate to cancel registration in the following cases:

+ His/her railway vehicle is no longer used for rail transport;

+ His/her railway vehicle is lost or damaged.

- The Minister of Transport shall specify the issuance, reissuance, revocation and cancellation of railway vehicle registration certificate.

3. Regulations on the registration for inspection of railway vehicles in Vietnam

Article 32 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 stipulates the registration for inspection of railway vehicles in Vietnam as follows:

- The railway vehicle that is manufactured, assembled or modified, repaired must be inspected, supervised and issued with a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety by a Vietnamese registry or foreign registry that is authorized to carry out inspections by the Minister of Transport.

- During operation, the railway vehicle must be still within its service life according to Government’s regulations, periodically inspected and issued with a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety by a Vietnamese registry.

- The railway vehicle owner is responsible for repair, maintenance and satisfaction of national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety between the two inspections carried out by the registry.

- The Minister of Transport shall specify:

+ National technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety;

+ Requirements for facilities and technical infrastructure of the registry;

+ Inspector's requirements;

+ Inspection, issuance, reissuance and revocation of the certificate of technical safety and environmental safety.

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