These are new points in Circular 47/2024 on motor vehicle inspection to facilitate vehicle owners and businesses when registering from January 1, 2025.

Vehicle inspection no longer has to go to the bank

From January 1, 2025, car owners who bring their cars for inspection, even if they are paid for in installments, do not need to present the bank's original mortgage receipt of the car registration, and will still be accepted for inspection by the inspection facility.

According to current regulations, with the periodic inspection file for a car mortgaged to a bank, the vehicle owner must present a copy of the vehicle registration certificate and the original mortgage receipt from the credit institution with a red seal (still valid).

However, Circular 47 abolishes the above regulation. Specifically, for cars inspected for the first time, the car owner must submit a written request for inspection; a copy of the vehicle's chassis number and engine number; a copy of the factory quality inspection certificate (for domestically manufactured and assembled cars); and the original copy of the vehicle's modification certificate (for modified cars).

At the same time, the vehicle owner must present vehicle registration documents including one of the following documents: original vehicle registration certificate; certified copy or certified electronic copy of the original vehicle registration certificate; original vehicle registration certificate appointment paper.

For cars undergoing periodic inspection, the documents are similar to those for cars undergoing first inspection.

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Installment vehicles do not need to present mortgage papers when registering from January 1, 2025.

The leader of the Vietnam Register explained that the removal of the bank's mortgage receipt for the original vehicle registration is to create convenience for people, vehicle owners, and businesses when bringing their vehicles for inspection.

Mr. Tran Quoc Hoan (in charge of Inspection Center 29.03V) said that every day he encounters cases where vehicle owners who own mortgaged vehicles have to return because the original mortgage receipt has expired.

“Many vehicle owners have argued with us, saying that the vehicle inspection's duty is to check the technical safety of the vehicle, so why do we also check bank mortgage documents...

Every day we have to explain: Although those documents do not show technical safety, they ensure sufficient legal documents for inspection by the inspection facility.

I think that abolishing these regulations is necessary. Because controlling and recovering capital is the responsibility of the bank. For a long time, vehicle inspection has been doing it for the bank. If there is just one case like this, the inspection process will slow down, not to mention causing unnecessary frustration for vehicle owners,” Mr. Hoan acknowledged.

Temporary suspension of registration for 15 days

Notably, according to Circular 47, vehicle inspection facilities will not issue temporary 15-day vehicle inspection certificates for cars as they do now.

Specifically, the vehicle inspection period includes: domestically manufactured and assembled vehicles, vehicles subject to research and development that need to participate in road traffic; imported motor vehicles that are tested before emission testing; imported vehicles that do not fall into the above two cases will be granted an inspection certificate corresponding to the period on the temporary vehicle registration certificate issued by the police to the vehicle owner or business.

The leader of the Vietnam Register said that the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety does not have regulations allowing cars to be temporarily inspected for 15 days, but instead, there are regulations for cars with temporary vehicle registration certificates.

Therefore, to ensure proper implementation of the provisions of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, regarding the regulations on motor vehicle inspection, the drafting committee of Circular 47 decided to remove the 15-day temporary inspection content and supplement the inspection regulations for motor vehicles with temporary vehicle registration certificates for domestically manufactured and assembled vehicles or imported vehicles that need to participate in traffic (can run from the factory, port or border gate to the dealer).

Mr. Tran Quoc Hoan (in charge of Inspection Center 29.03V) further explained: “According to the new law, we only inspect vehicles when they are temporarily registered. For example, in the case of imported cars that are driven out before the emission test, they are usually granted temporary vehicle registration within 1 month, so the vehicle inspection certificate is only valid for 1 month.

In the case of cars subject to experimental research, if they are granted temporary vehicle registration for 6 months, the inspection certificate issued by the inspection facility to the enterprise will also only be valid for 6 months.