Before August 15, the white motorcycle license plate (issued to individuals) will have a serial number of 1 letter combined with 1 number. Motorcycles (license plates for motorcycles under 50 CC have a serial number of 2 letters).
Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA on vehicle registration and license plate issuance effective August 15 has changed the motorcycle license plate series as follows:
White motorbike license plates regardless of engine capacity will have 2 letters.
For blue motorbike license plates (issued to agencies), the license plate series still uses 1 letter combined with 1 number.
Recently, the Ministry of Public Security issued Circular 79/2024/TT-BCA on the issuance and revocation of vehicle registration certificates, license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes. The Circular takes effect from January 1, 2025.
According to new regulations from 2025, the unified series of white motorbike license plates (regardless of capacity) will be 2 letters (inheriting the regulations of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA).
Details of motorcycle license plate regulations from January 1, 2025 are as follows:
Motorcycles (motorbikes) are issued with license plates attached to the back of the vehicle, dimensions: Height 140 mm, length 190 mm.
Arrangement of letters and numbers on motorbike license plates of domestic agencies, organizations and individuals: The first group of numbers is the symbol of the locality where the vehicle is registered and the registration series. The second group of numbers is the vehicle registration order, consisting of 05 natural numbers, from 000.01 to 999.99.
Arrangement of letters and numbers on the license plates of foreign organizations and individuals: The first group is the symbol of the locality where the vehicle is registered, the second group is the symbol of the name of the country, territory, or international organization of the vehicle owner, the third group is the registration series, and the fourth group is the order of the vehicle registration, consisting of 3 natural numbers from 001 to 999.
Color and serial number of license plates of domestic agencies, organizations and individuals:
Motorcycle license plates have a blue background, white letters and numbers, the license plate series uses one of the following 11 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M combined with a natural number from 1 to 9, issued to vehicles of subjects specified in Point a of this Clause.
Motorcycle license plates have a white background, black letters and numbers, and the license plate series uses one of the following 20 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z combined with one of the 20 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z issued to vehicles of domestic organizations and individuals, not subject to the provisions of Point b of this Clause.
The issuance of local license plate symbols must be carried out in order from low to high and all 20 series (regardless of vehicle type) of a license plate symbol must be used up before switching to a new symbol.
License plates must be produced at enterprises and license plate production facilities of the Ministry of Public Security. The production and supply of license plates are carried out according to the requirements of the vehicle registration agency. The initial sample license plate products (size, quality, security) must be inspected and accepted by the Traffic Police Department for product quality before being allowed to produce and supply license plates to the vehicle registration agency; during the process of producing and supplying license plates, enterprises and license plate production facilities must have statistics, update data and connect and share this data with the vehicle registration and management system.
