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Thailand to Vietnam on Vietnamese bike with NO papers. Possible?
I'm currently in Southern Thailand and I want to ride to Hanoi, Vietnam in April/May 2012.
After reading about how difficult it is to enter vietnam with a Thai (or other foreign) reg'd bike, I planned on just flying to Hanoi and riding back here. Until I found this Vietnamese bike.
I can buy a 20 year old Honda Win with a Vietnamese plate but NO papers.
Would I be able to get across Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and back into Vietnam with this bike with no papers?
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Ooooh, risky, I can see your logic but it could cost more money than its worth.
I passed with viet plates at Mukdahan then the border to Viet-Nam at Boy-Y
they never asked for papers, maybe there. I gave them my papers but they only gave a cursory glance
btw you're in Thailand, they have great printing facilities
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Quote:
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btw you're in Thailand, they have great printing facilities 
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Can I print fake registration papers?
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14 Feb 2012
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Can I print fake registration papers?
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Guess it depends on how good you are in Photoshop....
(but just be aware, that making fake papers is against the law, and westerners are not above it anywhere in the world.)
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15 Feb 2012
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Guess it depends on how good you are in Photoshop....
(but just be aware, that making fake papers is against the law, and westerners are not above it anywhere in the world.)
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The Thais can do a good copy of just about anything BUT they would need to see some papers to copy them.
If you can swing that be aware the papers will need to have a Vietnam name on the Rego, not yours as foreigners cannot legally register a bike in Vietnam.
I have heard of foreigners having to show papers with Vietnamese names on the rego without any issue but once your in the country I dont think they bother much with foreigners on bikes.
I was only renting in Vietnam but was never stopped by Police for a rego check.
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Even if you go through all the trouble of making fake documents for the bike what are you going to do when Thai Customs asks for the Temporary Import Papers for the bike? Getting into Cambodia will not be a problem since they do not even issue a Temporary Import Paper.
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