Mobile homes (also known as mobihomes) are currently popular with many people who love to “travel”. Compared to regular personal vehicles, the inspection cycle of mobile homes is shorter.
The Construction Newspaper hotline received a question from a reader about recently buying a Mobihome car manufactured in 2020 and the vehicle's registration expired in April 2025. What is the vehicle's registration cycle?
Mobihome vehicles (mobile homes) are classified as specialized passenger vehicles with the first inspection period for unmodified vehicles being 24 months (illustrative photo).
Regarding this issue, a representative of a vehicle inspection facility in Hanoi said that according to Circular 53/2024 of the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction) regulating the classification of road vehicles, mobile home cars (mobihome) are classified as specialized passenger cars.
Circular 47/2024/TT-BGTVT clearly stipulates the inspection cycle of each type of motor vehicle, including specialized passenger cars.
Accordingly, mobile housing vehicles have an initial cycle of 24 months and are exempt from the first inspection if they are original vehicles (not vehicles converted from other vehicles) with the year of manufacture to the year of issuance of the first inspection certificate being less than 3 years (year of manufacture plus 2 years).
After this cycle, for mobile homes with a production period of up to 5 years, the inspection cycle is 12 months; for vehicles with a production period of over 5 years, the inspection cycle is 6 months/time.
In case of conversion (for example, conversion from a regular passenger vehicle or VAN truck to a mobile home), the first inspection period is 12 months. After this period, the vehicle will have an inspection period of 6 months.
In the case of readers of Construction Newspaper, the mobihome car was manufactured in 2020, which means it has been manufactured for 5 years. If it is an original car from the manufacturer without any functional modifications, the inspection period is 12 months. In the case of a car with a functional conversion, the inspection period is 6 months/time.
However, the representative of the inspection facility also noted that most of the modified mobihome vehicles in Vietnam were previously illegal, because before 2025 there were no technical safety and environmental protection standards for this type of vehicle, and the modification facilities often arbitrarily designed and modified based on experience.
To convert a passenger car or VAN into a mobihome requires major changes to the electrical system as well as the vehicle design, and very few mobihome vehicles today meet the regulations to ensure technical safety and environmental protection.
Therefore, car owners who buy a modified mobihome car need to ask the seller to provide the modification certificate, inspection certificate, inspection stamp, vehicle registration certificate... to check and compare with the actual car, to ensure that the car is eligible to participate in traffic as well as convenient for inspection.
From January 1, 2025, QCVN 09:2024/BGTVT has added separate regulations on technical safety and environmental protection for mobile housing vehicles, serving as a basis for automobile manufacturers to produce new or import this type of vehicle.
On the other hand, it is also the basis for mobihome renovation facilities to consider and research renovations to suit, meet requirements on technical safety and environmental protection.
According to Circular 53/2024/TT-BGTVT, a mobile home car is a specialized passenger car with space to accommodate human accommodation and activities when the car is not moving (at rest) and has the following minimum equipment and facilities: Table and chairs; Sleeping area (can be converted from seats); Cooking equipment; Storage (including: Cabinets or drawers for storing things, food storage areas, cooking utensils, etc.).
The above equipment and pages must be securely fixed to the floor or side of the vehicle (the table can be designed to be easily removable).
The number of sleeping places arranged in the vehicle when not moving must meet the number of people allowed to be carried, including the driver. The electrical system serving household electrical equipment must be independent of the vehicle's electrical system.
The vehicle can be equipped with additional equipment: Clean water tank, used water tank, dirty water tank, water pump; Sanitary area includes: Sanitary equipment, shower, washing.
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/xe-nha-o-luu-dong-co-chu-ky-dang-kiem-ra-sao-192250312090616704.htm
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