Old motorbikes will be checked once a year to ensure they are notproducing excessive levels of exhaust fumes, according to a proposal bythe Vietnam Register.
The proposal is expected to besubmitted to the Ministry of Transport by the end of this month, andwill then be passed to the Prime Minister for approval. If accepted, thenew scheme will begin in the middle of next year.
Theproposal follows the Prime Minister's Decision 909 issued on June 17,2010 which approved a project on limiting levels of motorbike exhaustfumes in a bid to reduce air pollution.
The new rule on mandatory exhaust fume checks will apply to motorbikes that have been in use for more than three years.
Director of the Vietnam Register Trinh Ngoc Giao said the agencyintended to assign motorbike manufacturing firms such as Honda, Suzuki,Piaggio and Yamaha to set up stations for verifying exhaust fumes.
"The firms have enough staff and motorbike warranty stations forrepairing motorbikes that are found to fail to meet standards on exhaustfumes," he said.
In addition, any enterprise that hasemployees that are qualified in verification and the standard equipmentto check exhaust fumes, can register to set up verifying stations.
If a motorbike did not meet standards on exhaust fumes, the owner musthave the motorbike repaired and then re-verified. If it still does notmeet the standard, its owner faces a fine from traffic police, accordingto Giao.
He said that meanwhile, the most important workin expanding the Ministry of Transport's programme on verifyingmotorbike exhaust fumes was to raise public awareness about the issue asthe new rule would affect millions of motorbike drivers.
In Decision 909, the Prime Minister asked for the setting up of anetwork of motorbike exhaust fume verifying stations, with at least 100stations in Hanoi and 150 others in HCM City established duringthe 2010-13 period.
From 2013-15, the Government hopes 80-90 per cent of motorbikes in Hanoi and HCM City meet standards on exhaust fumes.
The country now has more than 30 million motorbikes, according to statistics from the Vietnam Register.-VNA
The proposal is expected to besubmitted to the Ministry of Transport by the end of this month, andwill then be passed to the Prime Minister for approval. If accepted, thenew scheme will begin in the middle of next year.
Theproposal follows the Prime Minister's Decision 909 issued on June 17,2010 which approved a project on limiting levels of motorbike exhaustfumes in a bid to reduce air pollution.
The new rule on mandatory exhaust fume checks will apply to motorbikes that have been in use for more than three years.
Director of the Vietnam Register Trinh Ngoc Giao said the agencyintended to assign motorbike manufacturing firms such as Honda, Suzuki,Piaggio and Yamaha to set up stations for verifying exhaust fumes.
"The firms have enough staff and motorbike warranty stations forrepairing motorbikes that are found to fail to meet standards on exhaustfumes," he said.
In addition, any enterprise that hasemployees that are qualified in verification and the standard equipmentto check exhaust fumes, can register to set up verifying stations.
If a motorbike did not meet standards on exhaust fumes, the owner musthave the motorbike repaired and then re-verified. If it still does notmeet the standard, its owner faces a fine from traffic police, accordingto Giao.
He said that meanwhile, the most important workin expanding the Ministry of Transport's programme on verifyingmotorbike exhaust fumes was to raise public awareness about the issue asthe new rule would affect millions of motorbike drivers.
In Decision 909, the Prime Minister asked for the setting up of anetwork of motorbike exhaust fume verifying stations, with at least 100stations in Hanoi and 150 others in HCM City established duringthe 2010-13 period.
From 2013-15, the Government hopes 80-90 per cent of motorbikes in Hanoi and HCM City meet standards on exhaust fumes.
The country now has more than 30 million motorbikes, according to statistics from the Vietnam Register.-VNA
