Vehicle registration plates of Vietnam

Colors

• President's cars, Government's cars, law enforcement cars – White on blue^[1]
• Private vehicles – Black on white^[2]
• Commercial vehicle, construction vehicles – Black on yellow^[2][3]
• Military's cars – White on red^[2]
• Diplomat's cars – Black on white with red NG code^[4]
• Foreigner-owned cars – Black on white with black NN code^[4]

Commercial format

After 1 August 2020, all commercial vehicles in Vietnam must change to a yellow color vehicle plate.^[3]

State-owned format

Vehicles of state organizations receive plates with white lettering on blue backgrounds. The format is either NNL-NNN.NN or NNL-NNNN, where NN is the regional code, L is the serial, NNN.NN/NNNN is the number.

Motorcycles

Motorcycles receive two-line plates of the NN-LL/NNN.NN (or equivalently NNLL-NNN.NN on registration certificate), which replaced the previous NN-LN/NNNN and NN-LN/NNN.NN format (which are still effective in circulation), with black lettering on white backgrounds.

Two-wheel vehicles registered before August 15, 2023, with electric power source use the NN-MĐN/NNN.NN format.

Diplomatic plates

Diplomatic plates have their status codes in red, and the numbers in black on a white background.

• Diplomatic personnel based in Hanoi receive the 80-123-NG-45 format, where the red NG stood for ngoại giao, or "diplomatic", 123 being the country/organization code (e.g. 636 for South Korea), and 45 the registration the number. 01 is reserved for the head of the diplomatic mission, while the rest are given numbers from 02 to 99. Diplomatic mission based outside Hanoi received standard region codes instead of the 80 reserved for Hanoi. For example, diplomatic vehicles based in Da Nang would have a 43-123-NG-45 plate.
• International organizations based in Hanoi receive the 80-123-QT-45 format, where 80 is the code signifying national importance (i.e. being stationed in Hanoi), the red QT for quốc tế or "International", 123 the country code, and 45 the number (01 for the head of the organization, 02-99 for other members).
• International organizations based outside Hanoi receive a slightly different format of 12-QT-345-67, where 12 is the regional code, 345 being the country code, and 67 the number.

Temporary plates

Temporary plates are two-line plates with the TNN-NNN.NN format, where T signifies the temporary nature of the plate, NNN.NN being the regional code and NNN.NN being the number.

Military format

Military vehicles bear red plates with white lettering in the format of AB-12-34, where AB is the unit code, and 12-34 being the number. Military motorcycles receive the two-line AB/123 format, where AB is the unit code, and 123 the number. Mopeds receive an additional letter A after the number.