To answer the question of how old you are to not be granted a driver's license, you must first understand the minimum age to drive a car. Specifically, according to the provisions of Article 60 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law, the age of a driver is stipulated as follows:
People aged 16 years or older are allowed to drive motorbikes with a cylinder capacity of less than 50 cm3; People aged 18 years or older are allowed to drive two-wheeled motorbikes, three-wheeled motorbikes with a cylinder capacity of 50 cm3 or more and vehicles with similar structures; trucks, tractors with a load capacity of less than 3,500 kg; passenger cars with up to 9 seats; People aged 21 years or older are allowed to drive trucks, tractors with a load capacity of 3,500 kg or more; drive class B2 vehicles pulling trailers (FB2); People aged 24 years or older are allowed to drive passenger cars with 10 to 30 seats; drive class C vehicles pulling trailers, semi-trailers (FC); People aged 27 years or older are allowed to drive passenger cars with more than 30 seats, drive class D vehicles pulling trailers (FD); The maximum age for drivers of passenger cars with more than 30 seats is 50 years old for women and 55 years old for men.
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In addition, candidates must meet health requirements. Accordingly, drivers must have health appropriate to the type of vehicle they drive and its function.
Regulations on health standards for drivers will be issued by the Minister of Health in coordination with the Minister of Transport. In addition, periodic health examinations for car drivers and regulations on medical facilities for health examinations of drivers will also be regulated by competent authorities.
In addition, Article 7 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT specifically stipulates the conditions for driving learners as follows: Being a Vietnamese citizen, a foreigner permitted to reside or working or studying in Vietnam.
Be of age (as of the date of the driving test), in good health, and have the required educational level; for those studying to upgrade their driving license, they can study in advance but can only take the test when they are of age as prescribed.
Students who want to upgrade their driving license must have enough driving time or practice and safe driving kilometers as follows: Class B1 automatic to B1: driving time of 01 year or more and 12,000 km of safe driving or more; Class B1 to B2: driving time of 01 year or more and 12,000 km of safe driving or more; Class B2 to C, C to D, D to E; Classes B2, C, D, E to F respectively; Classes D, E to FC: practice time of 03 years or more and 50,000 km of safe driving or more; Class B2 to D, C to E: practice time of 05 years or more and 100,000 km of safe driving or more.
Students who want to upgrade their driver's license to classes D or E must have a junior high school diploma or equivalent.
Article 17 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT stipulates the validity period of a driving license as follows: Driving licenses of classes A1, A2, A3 have no validity period.
A Class B1 driving license is valid until the driver is 55 years old for women and 60 years old for men; in case the driver is over 45 years old for women and over 50 years old for men, the driving license is issued for 10 years from the date of issue.
Class A4 and B2 driving licenses are valid for 10 years from the date of issue. Class C, D, E, FB2, FC, FD, FE driving licenses are valid for 05 years from the date of issue. The validity of the driving license is stated on the driving license. (supplemented by Clause 3, Article 2 of Circular 01/2021/TT-BGTVT).
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