Vietnam driving licence photo · 3 × 4 cm
Checked and laid out to the rule in force since 1 July 2026 — Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA — as published by provincial police portals. Checked by us on 2026-08-17.
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Official specification
| Finished size | 30 × 40 mm |
| Head height (chin to crown) | not published by this authority |
| Eye height | not published by this authority |
| Background | plain white — the blue background used before 1 July 2026 is no longer the rule |
| File formats | not published by this authority |
| File size | not published by this authority |
| Taken within | “recent” — no figure published |
Full rules
- One portrait photo on a white background, 3 x 4 cm — the rule in force since 1 July 2026 under Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA.
- Three ways to provide it: hand in the 3 x 4 white-background photo, have your photo taken at the receiving office, or — for online applications through the public service portal — reuse the photo already held in your citizen ID (can cuoc) data.
- Before 1 July 2026 the rule was a 3 x 4 photo on a blue background (Circular 35/2024/TT-BGTVT). If a guide still tells you blue, it predates the handover of licensing to the Ministry of Public Security.
- The same circular newly allows foreigners holding a visa of 90 days or more to exchange a foreign driving licence for a Vietnamese one.
Sources
https://congan.quangtri.gov.vn/diem-moi-trong-sat-hach-cap-doi-cap-lai-giay-phep-lai-xe-tu-ngay-1-7-2026/
Quang Tri Provincial Police (government portal) — new rules for driving-licence testing, exchange and reissue from 1 July 2026 · we checked it 2026-08-17
Quang Tri Provincial Police (government portal) — new rules for driving-licence testing, exchange and reissue from 1 July 2026 · we checked it 2026-08-17
Quy định mới về ảnh trong hồ sơ cấp đổi, cấp lại giấy phép lái xe: Người dân có thể chụp ảnh trực tiếp tại nơi tiếp nhận hồ sơ hoặc gửi 01 ảnh chân dung nền trắng kích thước 3×4 cm. Đối với hồ sơ nộp trực tuyến qua Cổng dịch vụ công, người dân có thể sử dụng ảnh từ dữ liệu căn cước… Thông tư số 108/2026/TT-BCA bổ sung quy định người nước ngoài có thị thực thời hạn từ 90 ngày trở lên được đổi giấy phép lái xe sang giấy phép lái xe Việt Nam.https://luatvietnam.vn/giao-thong/thong-tu-108-2026-tt-bca-quy-dinh-sat-hach-cap-giay-phep-lai-xe-va-giay-phep-lai-xe-quoc-te-438989-d1.html
LuatVietnam legal database — Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA on driving-licence testing and issuance (effective 1 July 2026); prior rule: Circular 35/2024/TT-BGTVT (blue background) · we checked it 2026-08-17
LuatVietnam legal database — Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA on driving-licence testing and issuance (effective 1 July 2026); prior rule: Circular 35/2024/TT-BGTVT (blue background) · we checked it 2026-08-17
Thông tư 108/2026/TT-BCA quy định sát hạch, cấp giấy phép lái xe và giấy phép lái xe quốc tế — ảnh chân dung trong hồ sơ dùng nền trắng, kích thước 3x4 cm, thay cho nền xanh theo Thông tư 35/2024/TT-BGTVT trước đây.Questions
What photo does a Vietnamese driving licence need now?
Since 1 July 2026, under Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security: one portrait photo on a white background, 3 x 4 cm. You can hand it in, have it taken at the receiving office, or — applying online — reuse the photo in your citizen ID data.
I read the background must be blue. Which is right?
Blue was the rule before 1 July 2026, under the transport ministry's Circular 35/2024. Licensing moved to the Ministry of Public Security and the new circular switched the requirement to white. Guides that still say blue predate the handover.
Do I have to upload a photo for the online renewal?
Often not — online applications through the public service portal can reuse the photo already held in your citizen ID (can cuoc) data. Otherwise you provide the 3 x 4 white-background portrait.
Can foreigners exchange their licence in Vietnam?
Yes — the same circular newly allows foreigners holding a Vietnamese visa of 90 days or more to exchange a foreign driving licence for a Vietnamese one, with the same photo rule.
Where do these rules come from?
From Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA as restated by provincial police portals and legal databases — the circular itself has no publicly fetchable specification page, and we say so rather than dressing the sources up.
Our own assumptions
- ⚠️ Sources here are a provincial police portal and a legal database restating Circular 108/2026/TT-BCA, not a national spec page — the circular itself has no publicly fetchable official text page. This relaxation of our usual sourcing rule was explicitly approved for this line on 2026-08-17.
- The rule changed on 1 July 2026: white background 3 x 4 cm now; blue before. Guides written before the handover to the Ministry of Public Security still say blue — they are out of date, not an alternative.
- No head-height, recency or upload-file figures are restated in our sources, so we leave them unstated; online applications typically reuse your citizen-ID photo instead of an upload.
- The chin is measured by 68-point facial landmarks; the crown comes from the top of the cut-out outline. Assumed accuracy ±5%, calibrated only on synthetic fixtures.
Where the authority does not specify something, we say so rather than pretending it does. The points above are our engineering choices, not official requirements.