On March 7, 2024, the Government of Vietnam promulgated Decree No. 30/2024/ND-CP on the management of foreign-registered motor vehicles brought into Vietnam for tourism by foreigners, specifically:
- There must be leading vehicles to guide the traffic for foreign vehicles when participating in Vietnamese traffic. The guiding vehicles shall be cars (if the tourists are using cars) or motorcycles (if the tourists are using motorcycles) arranged by Vietnamese international travel service providers carrying logos or flags with the symbols of such providers.
- Foreign motor vehicles may only participate in traffic on roads within the provincial administrative boundaries while complying with the time limit for circulation in Vietnamese territory prescribed in the approval documents of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam.
- When operating foreign motor vehicles, drivers shall comply with Vietnamese road traffic laws and carry and present the following documents upon requests from competent authorities:
+ Passports, international travel documents, and documents concerning residence in Vietnam;
+ Valid foreign-issued driver's licenses conforming with the vehicle type;
+ Valid certificates of technical and environmental safety for motor vehicles or equivalences issued by the country where the vehicles were registered (for cars);
+ Valid vehicle registration certificates issued by the competent authority of the country where the vehicles were registered;
+ Civil responsibility insurance certificates of motor vehicle owners that are valid in Vietnam;
+ Customs declarations of road motor vehicles temporarily imported for re-export.
See more details Decree No.30/2024/ND-CP effective as of May 1, 2024.
Decree No. 152/2013/ND-CP and Decree No. 57/2015/ND-CP shall expire as of May 1, 2024.
Documents on approval for foreign tourists to bring foreign motor vehicles into Vietnam for participation in traffic issued by the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam to international travel service providers before May 1, 2024 may continue to be used until the end of the approved contents.
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