Vietnamese
On March 21, 2023, the Ministry of Transport issues the Circular No. 2/2023/TT-BGTVT on technical safety and environmental protection inspection of road motor vehicles.
Circular No. 2/2023/TT-BGTVT amends and supplements a number of Circular No. 16/2021/TT-BGTVT with 02 important contents such as exemption from initial inspection and vehicle inspection intervals.
In particular, this new Circular prescribes that the unused motor vehicles with the interval from the manufacturing year to the year of submitting the application dossier for inspection certificates of less than 02 years (manufacturing year plus 01 years), and complete and valid dossiers shall be exempted from initial inspection.
For motor vehicles that are granted an inspection certificate and inspection stamp, the vehicle owner is not required to bring his/her vehicle to the inspection center.
Vehicle inspection intervals for the motor are prescribed as follows:
No. | Type of vehicle | Interval (month) | |
Initial interval | Regular interval | ||
1. 9-seater passenger automobiles of all types, not for commercial use | |||
1.1 | Age: 07 years or less | 36 | 24 |
1.2 | Age: From above 07 years to 20 years |
| 12 |
1.3 | Age: Above 20 years |
| 06 |
2. 9-seater passenger automobiles of all types, for commercial use | |||
2.1 | Age: 05 years or less | 24 | 12 |
2.2 | Age: Above 05 years |
| 06 |
2.3 | Refurbished | 12 | 06 |
3. Passenger automobiles, with more than 09 seats | |||
3.1 | Age: 05 years or less | 24 | 12 |
3.2 | Age: Above 05 years |
| 06 |
3.3 | Refurbished | 12 | 06 |
4. Trucks of all types, special-use automobiles, tractors, trailers or semi-trailers | |||
4.1 | Trucks of all types, special-use automobiles, tractors with the age of up to 07 years; trailers or semi-trailers with the age of up to 12 years | 24 | 12 |
4.2 | Trucks of all types, special-use automobiles, tractors with the age above 07 years; trailers or semi-trailers with the age above 12 years |
| 06 |
4.3 | Refurbished | 12 | 06 |
5 | Passenger automobiles, with more than 09 seats and the age of 15 years or above (including passenger automobiles with more than 09 seats refurbished into 9-seater passenger automobiles) |
| 03 |
Circular No. 2/2023/TT-BGTVT takes effect on March 22, 2023.
