Having stayed in Vietnam for most of the past 9 months, here's what I've found through hearing of other people's experiences and from my experience:
- If you ride a bike below 175cc (the smaller of the 2 categories in VN) - that's generally a scooter or something like a Honda Win - the police will typically let you go after paying a small "fine"
- Anything above 175cc or that looks like a "big bike" - you ideally wanna have the Vietnamese A2 (full) motorcycle license and bike's registration ("blue card"). Or, at the very least, your foreign DL that's actually respected in Vietnam, and an IDP on top of that. Bike confiscation is the main (and real) threat that they use.
If anyone wants to get an A2 license in Vietnam, I know a great guy in Ho Chi Minh City that can expedite the process.
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