No. Vietnamese licence exams — motorbike and car alike — are run in Vietnamese. There is no English-language sitting, no translated question set, no interpreter for the theory paper. Foreigners sit the same exam, the same question bank, the same circuits as Vietnamese candidates.

Why this is the decisive fact for planning

The theory test is a timed multiple-choice paper on a computer. It is passable with memorisation — the question bank is published and drilled by every centre — but a candidate who cannot read Vietnamese reliably is memorising shapes, which is a fragile way to pass and a poor way to learn the road rules the test exists to enforce.

The route that avoids the test

For foreigners holding a valid national licence, the exchange under Circular 12/2025/TT-BCA usually avoids the exam entirely: dossier, translation, residence papers, issuance. A valid motorbike licence exchanges into A1 or A without a Vietnamese theory test. This is why the exchange is the standard recommendation for licence-holders moving to Vietnam, and why the test question mostly matters for foreigners who hold no licence at all.

If you must take the test

Candidates without an exchangeable licence prepare like everyone else, plus one layer: a training centre experienced with foreign candidates. Centres routinely coach non-Vietnamese speakers through the question bank and the practical circuit; the exam itself stays in Vietnamese. Budget extra preparation time for the theory paper rather than hoping for a language accommodation that does not exist.

A caution about “translation help” claims

Services offering to arrange English testing or special sittings for foreigners are describing something the official system does not provide. The exams are standardised nationally. What a legitimate service can do is prepare you for the Vietnamese exam or file your exchange — the exam language itself is fixed.

Information, not legal advice. Verified against the published exam procedure of Circular 12/2025/TT-BCA and Ministry-level guidance on foreign candidates on 2026-09-22.