These information pages can help you get started in learning about some of the laws and registration requirements that may apply to your trips or experiences on Airbnb. These pages include summaries of some of the rules that may apply to different sorts of activities, and contain links to government resources that you may find helpful.

Please understand that these information pages are not comprehensive, and are not legal advice. If you are unsure about how local laws or this information may apply to you or your experience, we encourage you to check with your city or an attorney.

Please note that we don’t update this information in real time, so you should confirm that the law has not changed recently.*

I’m planning to drive my guests to and from my experience in Vietnam by my private car – do I need a licence or registration to allow me to do this?

You will at minimum need the basic requirements to drive a car in Vietnam, which are:

• a valid driving licence (the class of driving licence would depend on the type of car you are driving);
• the vehicle registration paper;
• a technical safety and environmental protection inspection certificate for cars; and
• a vehicle owner’s civil liability insurance certificate. This is a compulsory civil liability insurance taken out by the vehicle owner which covers loss of life, bodily or property damage to third parties and passengers.

In addition, if you provide transport for payment, you may be considered to be engaging in commercial road transportation, which is a conditional line of business requiring registration. Under the commercial road transportation framework, you may in particular be considered to be operating commercial passenger transportation and/or tourist transportation businesses, for which you must register under the relevant business line(s), as well as comply with applicable rules under the Law on Road Traffic and/or the Law on Tourism (see further below).

While this page provides some information on commercial passenger transportation and tourist transportation businesses, you are encouraged to check with the Department of Transportation of your province/ municipality (for Ho Chi Minh City, this is the Department of Transportation of Ho Chi Minh City) on whether your specific activity would fall under these categories.

Commercial passenger transportation

Under the Law on Road Traffic, if you intend to provide commercial passenger transportation along fixed routes with identified departure and destination stops according to given schedules and itineraries (VSIC 4931), you must first register a business household, enterprise or cooperative (note that a cooperative must have at least 7 members) to carry out this business line. (also see the business licensing section)

In addition to the business registration, you will need to register and obtain a Transportation Permit from the Department of Transportation of Ho Chi Minh City. The application for the Transportation Permit may be submitted in person to the Department of Transportation or by post.

To provide commercial passenger transportation, your business will also have to comply with relevant conditions prescribed by the Law on Road Traffic, including employing and training drivers to operate your vehicles, implementing a transport safety plan and ensuring the quality and use life of your vehicles. In addition, please note that the person who is operating the vehicle “must not be a driver or service personnel” of the business. This suggests that if you are the person who owns the business which operates the transport activity, you cannot be the person who is driving the vehicle.

You will need the following documents to apply for a Transportation Permit (Decree No. 86/2014/ND-CP ):

• the application form for the Transportation Permit;
• a certified true copy of the business registration certificate;
• a certified true copy of the diploma or certificate of the operator of the transportation business; and
• a Transportation Business Plan.