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Vietnam plans to control motorcycle emissions in 2017

Xinhua, May 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vietnam is expected to start controlling emissions from motorcycles on a trial basis in late 2017, local online newspaper Vietnamnet reported Friday.

The Vietnamese government has agreed on tighter controls on emissions from motorcycles and the Vietnam Register is refining a scheme for the Transport Ministry to submit it to the government for approval.

Vietnam is applying Euro 2 emission standards to limit environmental pollution caused by vehicles and will introduce Euro 3 standards for motorcycles and Euro 4 standards for automobiles in 2017. In 2020, automobiles will have to meet Euro 5 standards.

By the end of last year, there had been more than 43 million motorbikes on roads in Vietnam, making up over 85 percent of the country's means of transport, according to statistics from the Transport Ministry. More than half of the motorcycles do not meet emissions standards. Endi