World Number Plates

Number Plates of Vietnam

Continent: Asia

Capital: Hanoi

Population: 84 million

Country ISO code: VN

Country OVAL code: VN

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1953

Number of vehicles:
cars 100,000 (1976), trucks and buses 200,000 (1976)

Road information:
total: 93,300 km; paved: 23,418 km; unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.)

Located in the southern part of eastern Asia, Vietnam is surrounded by China, Cambodia and Laos.

Number plates in Vietnam are black with silver lettering and a silver border. The format of registrations is DD – DDDDL, with D being a digit and L being a letter. The first series of car registrations was introduced in 1948 when Vietnam was associated with the French Indo-China.