Instructions for looking up car registration certificates that are automatically renewed

From 6:30 this morning (June 3), the automatic registration renewal system for private cars with less than 9 seats officially operates. More than 1.9 million cars will be automatically renewed for another 6 months.

1. How to look up the certificate of a car that has been automatically renewed for inspection

To check whether your car's registration is automatically renewed, or to download the certificate of the car's registration being automatically renewed, the car owner must follow these steps:

- Step 1: Access the Vietnam Register's electronic information portal at http://www.vr.org.vn/

(Currently, the Vietnam Register's electronic portal is overloaded. If you cannot access it, please try again at another time.)

- Step 2: Select "Check for inspection renewal"

- Step 3: Enter the following information:

+ Registration plate;

+ Serial number of inspection certificate;

+ Verification code.

Then press the “Search” key.

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In case the car registration is automatically renewed, the screen will display the following results:

Car owners can click the "download" button to download the vehicle registration certificate that is automatically renewed.

2. Latest car inspection cycle

The latest car inspection cycle is specified in Appendix V issued with Circular 02/2023/TT-BGTVT as follows:

TT	Vehicle Type	Cycle (month)
TT	Vehicle Type	First cycle	Periodic cycle
1. Passenger cars of all types with up to 9 seats not used for transportation business
1.1	Production time up to 07 years	36	24
1.2	Production time over 07 years to 20 years		12
1.3	Production time over 20 years		06
2. Passenger cars of all types with up to 9 seats for transportation business
2.1	Production time up to 05 years	24	12
2.2	Production time over 05 years		06
2.3	With renovation	12	06
3. Passenger cars of all types with more than 9 seats
3.1	Production time up to 05 years	24	12
3.2	Production time over 05 years		06
3.3	With renovation	12	06
4. Trucks of all kinds, specialized vehicles, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers
4.1	Trucks of all kinds, specialized vehicles, tractors with production time up to 07 years; trailers, semi-trailers with production time up to 12 years	24	12
4.2	Trucks of all kinds, specialized vehicles, tractors with a production period of over 7 years; trailers and semi-trailers with a production period of over 12 years		06
4.3	With renovation	12	06
5	Passenger cars of all types with more than 9 seats that have been manufactured for 15 years or more (including passenger cars with more than 9 seats that have been converted into passenger cars with up to 9 seats).		03

Note : Number of seats in a passenger car including the driver.

3. Principles for determining inspection cycle

The principles for determining the inspection cycle of motor vehicles are specified as follows:

* General principles:

- The first cycle is applied to the following subjects:

+ Motor vehicles subject to inspection exemption as stated in Clause 3, Article 5 of Circular 02/2023/TT-BGTVT;

+ Unused motor vehicles with the year of manufacture to the year of submitting the application for the first Inspection Certificate less than 02 years (year of manufacture plus 01 year).

The time from the year of manufacture to the year of submission of the application for an inspection certificate is determined according to the instructions stated in Point e, Section 1 of Appendix V of Circular 02/2023/TT-BGTVT.

- Periodic cycles apply to the following subjects:

+ Motor vehicles inspected for the first time are not subject to the first cycle mentioned above;

+ Motor vehicles are inspected at subsequent times.

* A modified motor vehicle is a motor vehicle that has undergone a conversion of function or has changed one of the following systems: steering, braking (except in the case of installing an additional brake pedal).

* Motor vehicle inspection certificate issued for a period of 15 days is not counted as the first cycle.

* If the next inspection period of a motor vehicle is less than the inspection period of the most recent inspection period, the next inspection period will be equal to the inspection period of the most recent inspection period corresponding to the "Vehicle Type" in the Inspection Period Table but calculated from the date of the most recent inspection period.

For example: a non-commercial vehicle with up to 9 seats inspected and issued for the first cycle on June 12, 2023 will be issued an Inspection Certificate with a cycle of 36 months, with an inspection period of June 11, 2026; on June 17, 2023, the vehicle comes for re-inspection to issue an Inspection Certificate corresponding to a commercial vehicle, the inspection period will be issued as follows:

The first inspection cycle of a vehicle with up to 9 seats for transport business is 24 months from the inspection date and the first cycle is issued on June 12, 2023, so the inspection period issued for the vehicle is: June 11, 2025.

- The production time of the motor vehicle used as the basis for granting the prescribed inspection cycle is calculated by year (like the way to calculate the life span of a motor vehicle).

For example, a motor vehicle with a year of manufacture determined to be in 2023 would:

- By December 31, 2025, it is considered to have been produced for up to (within) 2 years (2025 - 2023 = 02 years).

- From 01/01/2026 is considered to have been produced for over 2 years (2026 - 2023 = 03 years).

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