Conditions for foreigners to take the driving test in Vietnam?

Based on Article 7 of Circular 12/2017/TT-BGTVT, supplemented by Clause 5 of Article 1 of Circular 38/2019/TT-BGTVT on conditions for driving learners:

“Article 7. Conditions for driving learners

1. Vietnamese citizens, foreigners permitted to reside or work, study in Vietnam.

2. Meet the age (by the date of the driving test), health, cultural level as prescribed; for learners to upgrade driving licenses, they can study in advance but can only take the test when reaching the specified age.

3. Learners for driving license upgrades must have sufficient driving time or profession and a safe driving distance as follows:

a) Category B1 automatic to B1: driving time from 01 year and 12,000 km safe driving distance or more;

b) Category B1 to B2: driving time from 01 year and 12,000 km safe driving distance or more;

c) Category B2 to C, C to D, D to E; categories B2, C, D, E to the corresponding F; categories D, E to FC: professional time from 03 years and 50,000 km safe driving distance or more;

d) In case of learners upgrading the category violating administrative violations in road traffic with the form of license withdrawal, the safe driving time is counted from the date of compliance with the administrative penalty decisions.

e) Category B2 to D, C to E: professional time from 05 years and 100,000 km safe driving distance or more.

4. Learners to upgrade driving licenses to categories D, E must have a high school diploma or equivalent.”

Therefore, foreigners can learn to drive if they want to learn to drive in Vietnam must be permitted to reside or work, study in Vietnam, meet the age (by the date of the driving test), health, cultural level as prescribed.