Vietnam: New vehicle classification standard

 

Vietnam has published a Draft National standard for road vehicles – Motor vehicles – classification by intened use.

This draft National standard specifies the classification of vehicles according to purposes of use for passenger vehicle, trucks, specialized vehicle, trailers, tractors and incomplete vehicles.

This draft national standard shall replace TCVN 7271:2003.

Other relevant documents mentioned in the standard are:

•   TCVN 6211 : 2003 (ISO 3833:1977) Road vehicles. Types. Terms and definitions
•   TCVN 7772 : 2007 Moving engineering construction machinery and equipment. Classification
•   QCVN 01-100 : 2012/BNNPTNT National technical regulation on General veterinary hygiene requirements for equipment and vehicles using for transport of live animal, animal’s fresh and primary processing products.
•   ISO 7656 : 1993 Commercial road vehicles – Dimension codes

The full text of the standard is available HERE.

To find out more about automotive regulations in Vietnam, please contact the Institute for Global Automotive Regulatory Research directly.