Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just signed Decision No. 43/2025/QD-TTg stipulating the roadmap for applying national technical regulations on emissions of cars participating in road traffic.
Subjects of application
This Decision applies to organizations and individuals related to the management, inspection and use of automobiles (inflating forced-uses and compression-uses engines) participating in road traffic in Vietnam.
This Decision does not apply to:
- Overseas cars are allowed by competent authorities to enter Vietnam in transit, temporarily imported, and re-exported for a limited period of time to attend conferences, fairs, exhibitions, physical education, sports, and tourism;
- Automobiles under the management of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security for national defense and security purposes.
The Decision clearly states that the emission levels (including: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5) are the emission levels for cars specified in the National Technical Regulation on automobile emissions participating in road traffic issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
Applicable roadmap
According to the decision, the roadmap for applying national technical regulations on automobile emissions participating in road traffic is as follows:
Automobiles manufactured before 1999 apply Level 1 (equivalent to Euro 1 standards) from the effective date of this Decision (March 1, 2026).
Automobiles manufactured from 1999 to the end of 2016 apply Level 2 (equivalent to Euro 2 standard) from the effective date of this Decision.
Automobiles manufactured from 2017 to the end of 2021 will apply Level 3 (equivalent to Euro 3 standard) from the effective date of this decision.
For cars manufactured from 2017 to the end of 2021 participating in traffic in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Level 4 (equivalent to Euro 4 standard) will be applied from January 1, 2027.
Automobiles manufactured from 2022 apply Level 4 (equivalent to Euro 4 standards) from the effective date of this Decision; apply Level 5 (equivalent to Euro 5 standards) from January 1, 2032.
For cars manufactured from 2022 participating in traffic in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Level 5 will be applied from January 1, 2028.
From January 1, 2029, cars participating in traffic in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City must meet the regulations on emissions from Level 2 or higher.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is responsible for guiding the implementation of this roadmap; based on the actual situation, continue to research and develop regulations to improve national technical standards and regulations on emissions of cars participating in road traffic, and submit to the Prime Minister for announcement of the next roadmap.
The Ministry of Science and Technology is responsible for researching and reviewing national technical regulations on fuels to amend and supplement them in accordance with the roadmap for applying the prescribed emission levels.
The People's Committees of provinces and cities coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology to manage, inspect and monitor the quality of fuel when circulating on the market; based on socio-economic conditions and requirements for environmental protection in the locality, if necessary, it is possible to stipulate a roadmap for applying emission levels in strictly protected areas and areas with limited emissions in the locality in a more strict direction than the regulations in this decision.
This Decision takes effect from March 1, 2026.
