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Five cars and 19 motorbikes were burned at a parking area on Tran Quoc Hoan street, Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, at 13:00 on May 6.

Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on March 20 said that Indonesia’s Government will spend 7 trillion rupiahs (nearly 456 million USD) from its State’s budget to subsidise the sales of new electric motorcycles and the conversion of combustion engine motorcycles in two years 2023 and 2024.

The administration of the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali is planning to prohibit foreign tourists from renting motorbikes following a series of traffic violations by misbehaving visitors posted on social networks.

Vietnamese domestic motorcycle production is estimated at more than 3.32 million units in 2022, with a year-on-year growth of 9.9%.

Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has said that the country is targeting to produce 2 million electric motorcycles by 2024.

A legal framework, support policies and a concerted infrastructure system are needed to encourage people to switch to using electric vehicles, according to Director of VinFast’s charging station development centre Vu Thang.

Hanoi plans to study the possibility of bicycle lanes being part of infrastructure development, a step the capital city has never taken to date. The move is part of the plan to prevent traffic congestion in the city for the 2022-2025 period.

Car and motorbike sales have been dropping sharply since the end of July as people are unwilling to make big-ticket purchases in the ‘Ghost Month’.

Honda Vietnam recorded decreases of 5% and 46.5% in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in June compared to the previous month, respectively.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport wants toll to be collected from cars entering the traffic-clogged inner districts as a means to reduce gridlock and pollution.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has just approved a new resolution on traffic safety and order for the 2022-25 period, which will look into limiting motorbikes in five major cities of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho, and HCM City.

Honda Vietnam recorded increases of 23.4 percent and 96.9 percent in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in March, respectively, compared to the previous month.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has just approved a new resolution on traffic safety and order for the 2022-25 period, which will look into limiting motorbikes in five major cities of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho, and HCM City.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has just urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to work with the Ministry of Transport and other relevant ministries and sectors on the building of a roadmap to apply Level 4 emission standards (equivalent to Euro 4 standards) for new motorcycles and motorbikes produced, assembled, and imported.

Honda Vietnam on December 10 announced that its retail sales of motorbikes and automobiles in November rose by 19.4 percent and 51 percent month-on-month, respectively.

Relevant agencies in Hanoi are considering the prohibition of motorbikes in some urban districts after 2025.

The border district of Binh Lieu in northern Quang Ninh province has become a new destination for tourists in recent years thanks to its primitive beauty.

Owners of motorbikes in Hanoi can get free emission evaluation on their vehicles until November 30 as part of the city's scheme to assess the emission levels of operating vehicles so as to apply solutions to improve air quality.

Honda Vietnam said its retail sales of motorbikes and automobiles experienced sharp rises last month compared to September.

Honda Vietnam sold 99,652 motorbikes of all kinds in September, a month-on-month rise of 0.9 percent.