Vietnam gears up for phase out of petrol motorbikes from city centres

(20 Oct 2025)
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Hanoi, Vietnam - 15 October 2025

1. Various of vehicles moving in traffic
2. Various of vehicles stop in front of traffic lights
3. Various of motorbikes exhaust pipes

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4. Various of Hanoi skyline under pollution haze

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Zifei Yang, Passenger Vehicles Program Director at International Council on Clean Transportation:
“Electric two-wheelers are much cleaner, basically there is no tailpipe emission at all. And just considering a lot of two-wheelers are used in the centre, and people just get exposure to the air. So it will help to improve the local air quality significantly, right? It reduces NOx (nitrogen oxides), reduces PM (particulate matter). Those are very important for the urban area. And also, electric motorcycles are more efficient.”

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 15 October 2025

6. Wide exterior of people leaving Dat Bike store with newly bought electric bikes
7. Various of customers talking with salesman inside Dat Bike store
8. Wide of electric bikes displayed at store
9. Tilt up from bikes to Dat Bike logo

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 17 October 2025

10. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Nguyen Tan Long, Marketing Director at Dat Bike
“Dat Bike hopes the government will have policies to support electric bike makers such as reduction in manufacturing land rent, lowering tariffs on imported components for electric bikes and to support the research and development for new technology for better electric vehicles.”

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 15 October 2025

10. Customer Le Vi Van looks at an electric bike that he intends to buy
11. Close of tapping smart card to start the bike
12. Various of Van looking at bike with salesman
13. Close of charging
14. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Le Vi Van, electric bike customer:
“The government is encouraging to save the environment, especially in the centre area of Hanoi. I have researched several models of electric bikes from several brands in Vietnam and I’ve decided to buy one, not just for the environment but also to be more economical.”

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 16 October 2025

15. Various of ride-hailing motor taxi drivers and delivers waiting for customers
16. Close of a rider scrolling on smart phone
17. Various of driver Tran Van Thanh waiting for customer
18. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Tran Van Thanh, motor taxi driver:
“I don’t have money to change to an electric bike so I will continue to use this bike (using gas). With this one, I will have fewer trips because I will only be able to take trips in the suburb areas. I don’t have money for a new bike so I will have to accept it.”

19. Wide pan of motorbike renting shop owner Cao Bao Ngoc arranging bikes outside the store
20. Close of motorbikes outside shop
21. Mid of Ngoc lining up bikes in front of the store
22. Mid of bikes
23. Various of mechanics working on bikes
24. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Cao Bao Ngoc, motorbike renter:
“When the ban was announced, it was a big change and it affects our business a lot. We have been considering what will be our plan for the shop in the future. But I think the change is needed so Hanoi can be cleaner, be better for everyone’s health. It is also a good move that will benefit Vietnam’s tourism.”

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Hanoi, Vietnam - 15 October 2025

25. Various of traffic during rush hours
26. Wide of traffic in sunset
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