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High school students are involved in 90 percent of child-related traffic accidents in Hanoi, both as drivers of motorbikes and bicycles, and victims.

The Hanoi People’s Council has voted overwhelmingly to limit the use of personal vehicles in the inner city by 2030 to ease traffic jams.

In a move to relieve traffic pressure and environment pollution, Hanoi is considering banning motorbikes entirely by 2030, as well as other measures like fee collection in rush hours and stricter regulations on app-based ride hailing services.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is calling for investments in 104 projects during 2017-2018 with orientations towards 2020.

Two foreigners, Ravi Barkash, 27, an Indian national, and Moon Atfri, 31, from America, were recently arrested and charged with stealing a motorbike, said the HCM City’s police.

Households in the capital’s Old Quarters can enjoy preferential tax rates if they offer motorbike parking services in their premises, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.

With companies such as Grab or Uber, it’s never been easier to summon a motorbike taxi (xe om).

The sales of motorbikes exceeded 1,676,800 units in the second half of 2016, raising this year’s total number to over 3.12 million, up 9.5 percent from 2015.

The recent launch of motorbike models with high-engine displacement has attracted the Vietnamese and stirred the domestic market, even though import prices are 2-3 times higher than world prices.

Norihiro Imada, deputy director of the business plan division of Honda Motor Co. Ltd., said that the company will try to better understand customer’s taste to develop its products.

Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp has announced that they will close their motorcycle assembly factory in Malaysia due to low demand for the company’s products.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc’s efforts in attracting investors have recently been rewarded with an influx of foreign investment.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) sold 2.03 million motorbikes in the fiscal year 2016 (which ended in March), 120,000 units more than the previous year, according to General Director of Honda Vietnam Minoru Kato.

Drivers can send applications for driving licences and receive the licences via post, instead of having to submit the applications personally as at present.

Honda Vietnam (HVN) will work harder to contribute more to Vietnam ’s vehicle industry, HVN General Director Minoru Kato said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s industrial development index in 2015 saw higher growth than in previous years, especially by four key industries.

Hanoi aims to reduce up to 10 traffic congestion hotspots and limit the duration of traffic jams to less than 30 minutes, People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said.

Compulsory registration will be applied for electric motorbikes from December 6 following the Ministry of Public Security’s Circular 54.

Parts of the Honda Dream motorbike are symbolising the dreams of Vietnamese people are displayed in Spanish sculptor Jorge Rivera's exhibition in Hanoi.

The Government has agreed on suspending the collection of the controversial road maintenance fees from motorbike users starting in 2016 after public criticism said the fee was unfair.