Can I get a car license without a motorbike license?
According to regulations, people learning to drive a car must meet the conditions of age, health and qualifications.
Currently, the law does not stipulate that without a motorcycle license, a car license cannot be issued. Thus, people without a motorcycle license can still register to study and be issued a car license normally.
Specifically, in Article 7 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT on training and testing for granting road motor vehicle driving licenses, supplemented by Clause 5, Article 1 of Circular 38/2019/TT-BGTVT, there are the following regulations for people learning to drive a car:
As a Vietnamese citizen, a foreigner is allowed to reside or is working or studying in Vietnam.
People without a motorbike license can still learn and get a car license. Illustrative photo
Be of age (as of the driving test date), in good health, and have the required educational level; may study in advance but may only take the test when 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 B2 to D, C to E: practice time of 05 years or more and 100,000 km or more of safe driving.
Students who want to upgrade their driver's license to classes D or E must have a junior high school diploma or equivalent.
What is a driver's license?
Types of car driving licenses (also known as driving licenses) are a type of license/certificate that vehicle drivers are issued by competent state agencies. Having a car driving license means that you are allowed to operate vehicles: cars, trucks, passenger cars... to participate in traffic.
After being granted a driving license, while driving, if the traffic police ask to present a driving license (car driving license) but the driver does not have one, he/she will be subject to various forms of punishment, mostly administrative fines. If accompanied by other violations, the driving license will be temporarily revoked or the vehicle will be impounded.
Current types of driver's licenses
Class B1 driver's license: Issued to people aged 18 and over who are allowed to drive the following vehicles: Cars with less than 9 seats, trucks, specialized trucks with a load capacity of ≤3.5T, tractors with 1 trailer <3.5T.
Class B2 driver's license: Currently the most common driver's license. Drivers with a class B2 driver's license must be 18 years old and are allowed to drive the following vehicles: Cars with less than 9 seats, trucks and tractors with a trailer weighing <3.5 tons, including vehicles that are allowed to be driven with a B1 license.
Class C driver's license: Issued to people aged 21 and over, allowed to drive the following vehicles: Cars with less than 9 seats, Trucks, specialized trucks with a load capacity of over 3.5T, tractors, trailers under 3.5T, vehicles subject to class B1, B2 driver's licenses...
Class D driver's license: Requires over 24 years old, has a secondary school diploma (9/12 middle school), can drive cars from 10 to 30 seats, vehicles specified in B1, B2 and C licenses
4-wheel driving license class E: Issued to people over 27 years old and allowed to drive the following vehicles: cars with more than 30 seats, vehicles specified in license types B1, B2, C, D.
Class F, FC driver's license: Issued to people who have a class B2, C, D, E driver's license, allowed to drive the following types of vehicles: Vehicles specified in the B2, C, D, E licenses are allowed to pull semi-trailers ≥ 750 kg.
FC Class: same as F class with additional container drivers.