Can vehicles which have not been registered join traffic in Vietnam?

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Question date: 22/03/2023

May I ask, for cars which have not been registered, can issuance of official license plates be allowed to participate in traffic in Vietnam?

    • Can vehicles which have not been registered join traffic in Vietnam?

      According to Article 12 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA, types of vehicle subject to the temporary registration include:

      Vehicles which have not been registered or issued with official license plates wish to join traffic; vehicles registered abroad which have been permitted by the competent authorities to enter Vietnam for tourism, conferences, trade fairs, exhibition, and sports; vehicles used for conferences held by the Communist Party, the State, the Government; vehicles applying for revocation of certificate of vehicle registration and license plate to be re-exported to home country or transfer in Vietnam and vehicles subject to a decision on transfer, sale, or gifting.

      Thus, although the vehicle has not been officially registered and issued with official license plates, it is still allowed to participate in traffic by temporary registration for the above subjects such as: vehicles registered abroad which have been permitted by the competent authorities to enter Vietnam for tourism, conferences, trade fairs, exhibition, and sports...

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