The HCMC licence plate sold on September 15 for a record price of VNĐ32.34 billion (US$1.326 million). — Photo baochinhphu.vn

HÀ NỘI — Up to 36 licence plates with strings of numbers considered as "lucky" will be publicly available for bidding from September 21 to 22.

Available licence plates like 37K-222.22 (Nghệ An); 75A-333.33 (Thừa Thiên Huế); 51K-777.77 (HCMC); 34A-699.99 (Hải Dương); 30K-566.66 (Hà Nội); 18A-388.88 (Nam Định); 35A-355.55 (Ninh Bình); 90A-222.22 (Hà Nam), etc. are up for bidding.

Interested individuals will participate in the auction by visiting the website https://vpa.com.vn and press on the "Đấu giá biển số xe ô tô" (Bid for car license plates) button.

Auctioners will have to pay a fee of VNĐ100,000 (US$4.1) as well as deposit of VNĐ40 million ($1,641). The bidding time is 60 minutes per car licence plate.

Earlier on September 15, the Việt Nam Partnership Auction Company (VPA) have successfully auctioned 11 "lucky" licence plates.

A licence plate in HCMC was sold for a record VNĐ32.34 billion ($1.326 million), while license plates 30K-555.55, 30K-567.89 in Hà Nội were sold for VNĐ14.12 billion ($579,000) and VNĐ13.075 billion ($536,000).

Other licence plates sold in the September 15 bidding are around VNĐ650 million ($26,655) to VNĐ4.27 billion ($175,000).

Auctioners whose bids fail will have their deposits refunded. — VNS