Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Attributing traffic congestion and exhaust emissions from old and raggedvehicles to bad air quality that threatens local health, Associate ProfessorNguyen Hong Thai, vice chairman of the Vietnam union of railway transport, suggested the transport sector integratereduction of greenhouse gas emission into transport planning and investmentprojects.
It is necessary to raise public awareness of measures to cut greenhouse gasemissions such as using biofuels, and limiting personal vehicles with a view tobuilding a green public transport system, he said.
According to deputy head of the Environment Department under the Ministry ofTransport Nguyen Huu Tien, development of energy-saving transportation has beenintegrated in the sector’s development policies.
“In the past time, the sector has paid due heed to branching out energy-savingmeans of transportation, while issuing regulations on stamping fuel efficiencylabels to nine-seat cars and motorbikes “, he said, adding the ministry alsoworked with the Ministry of Science and Technology to set up and issueVietnamese standards on fuel consumption limit for cars and motorbikes.
Tien said in the coming time, priority should be given to developing bulk carrierswhich are energy saving such as railway and waterway towards establishingmulti-mode freight transport firms.
The transport sector should continue to outline standards on fuel consumption orseveral vehicles, and pen policies and a roadmap to switch the use offossil-fuelled vehicles to those that use renewable energy, contributing toensuring energy security and protecting the environment, he stressed./.
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