Following the roadmap of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ho Chi Minh City (pre-merged area) will begin a pilot sale of E10 biofuel (10% of ethanol into RON 95 gasoline) from August 1 at 36 Petrolimex stores. This is a preparation step towards completely replacing mineral gasoline with E10 biofuel nationwide from January 1, 2026.
A representative of a store on Tran Hung Dao Street said that the company has upgraded the tank and pumping station system to be ready to distribute E10 gasoline.
At a gas station in Xuan Hoa ward, a sales staff said that the unit is currently still selling RON 95 and E5 RON 92 gasoline according to demand. However, they have received notification from the parent company about preparing to sell E10 and are being trained and instructed in detail.
Information about the gradual transition to E10 biofuel is attracting the attention of many people in Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Tran Thanh Phong - a technology driver said: "I used to use E5 gasoline, but I felt that the car ran weaker, ran out of gas and the engine heated quickly. Now that I hear about E10, I am eager to experience and see how good it is.
Sharing the same opinion, Ms. Le Thi Hang (Vuon Lai ward) shared: "E10 gasoline is cheaper and contributes to reducing environmental pollution, so I am willing to use it".
To effectively implement E10 gasoline and not disrupt business operations, unit businesses said that careful preparation is needed from infrastructure to engineering.
Mr. Tran Ngoc Nam - Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy General Director of Petrolimex said that the business of E10 gasoline requires serious preparation in infrastructure, technology, specialized tanks for fuel and close coordination from refineries.
Therefore, Petrolimex proposed that the Ministry of Industry and Trade soon issue instructions on the implementation progress, so that unit traders can proactively invest and convert the technical system, and at the same time propose adjusting some current technical standards of TCVN to suit the mineral gasoline sources in the international market and similar to the requirements of technical standards in the region.
