Vietnam’s new regulations on vehicle emissions will focus first on motorbikes more than 10 years old, then new motorbikes and then remaining vehicles, says Registration Administration chief Trinh Ngoc Giao.

Giao told reporters that his agency is elaborating a scheme to control exhaust from motorbikes to submit to the government for approval.

It’s objective is to ensure that eighty to ninety percent of motorbikes in Hanoi and HCM City meet standards on exhaust by 2015.  At present, less than half the bikes in circulation in these cities don’t meet standards so, says Giao, this goal is very ambitious.

Giao says emissions controls will be implemented in various stages. From 2010-2013, the scheme will concentrate on media activities, developing an exhaust testing system, technical facilities and staff.  During this stage, only 20 percent of motorbikes in Hanoi and HCM City will be checked and reach standards on exhaust.

In the second phase (2013 to 2015), the scheme will be scaled up to control most motorbikes in Hanoi and HCM City and spread this program to other big cities.

Vehicles that meet exhaust standards, Giao said, will be granted a one-year certificate. Exhaust verification stamps will be also stuck on checked vehicles.

Vehicles that fail to meet exhaust standards will have to be repaired to meet the standards.

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