"Vietnam is preparing for a new era of transport with its officials looking to steer the country's 80 million motorcyclists off gas-powered vehicles and onto electric two-wheelers within a few years. In July, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced that all gasoline-powered motorcycles will be banned from Hanoi's Ring Road 1, the 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) road circling the capital's center, by mid-2026. Hanoi was labeled the world's "most polluted metropolis" earlier this year,"
""Vietnam's policymaking process isn't exactly straightforward, so it's hard to pin down a single motivation," Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow at Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, told DW. "Clearly, air pollution is a big issue in cities like Hanoi, and the government wants to be seen as doing something about it," he added. At the same time, the bans would help the government's agenda ofsupporting large private sector conglomerates like VinFast and Pega, which already dominate Vietnam's fast-growing electric motorbike market."
Hanoi will ban gasoline-powered motorcycles on Ring Road 1 by mid-2026, with extensions to Ring Roads 2 and 3 scheduled for 2028 and 2030, plus new gasoline car limits. Ho Chi Minh City plans to remove 400,000 gasoline ride-hailing bikes from the center by early 2026 and complete a full phase-out by the end of 2028. The Ministry of Transport targets 30% electric cars and 22% electric motorbikes nationwide by 2030. Measures aim to tackle severe urban air pollution and to support large domestic EV firms such as VinFast and Pega. WHO links air pollution to at least 70,000 Vietnamese deaths annually.
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