Responsibilities of watercraft owners regarding the registration of inland watercraft in Vietnam

Responsibilities of watercraft owners regarding the registration of inland watercraft in Vietnam

Amendments to the responsibilities of vehicle owners for the registration of inland watercraft in Vietnam as stipulated in Circular 75/2014/TT-BGTVT are as follows:

- Undertake the registration procedures for the vehicle as prescribed, inscribe the name, registration number, safe waterline markings, and the number of people allowed on the vehicle.

- When changing the vehicle registration authority, the vehicle owner must comply with the following:

Receive and preserve the sealed vehicle records handed over by the previous vehicle registration authority for submission to the new vehicle registration authority.

- Declare to the vehicle registration authority to cancel vehicle registration as prescribed.

- Upon receiving the inland watercraft registration certificate or the certificate canceling the vehicle registration, the person named in the appointment slip or the person with an introduction letter or power of attorney must present the appointment slip, citizen identification card, electronic identity card, or passport and must return one of the following documents:

+ The original of the inland watercraft registration certificate issued in the case of re-registering the vehicle due to a change in name, technical features; re-registering the vehicle due to a transfer of ownership without changing the registration authority; re-issuing the registration certificate due to damage to the registration certificate; canceling vehicle registration;

+ The original cancellation of registration certificate from the previous vehicle registration authority in the case of re-registering the vehicle due to a transfer from another registration authority to the inland watercraft registration authority (for vehicles that are seagoing vessels);

+ The original file with the intact seal, including documents applicable to each registration case previously issued by the vehicle registration authority in the case of re-registering the vehicle due to a transfer of ownership along with a change in the registration authority; re-registering the vehicle due to a change in the owner's headquarters or permanent residence registration to another provincial administrative unit.

Refer to detailed content in Circular 60/2024/TT-BGTVT effective from March 1, 2025.

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