The 28th session of the Hanoi People's Council will take place from November 26 to 28. Here, delegates will consider approving two important resolutions: regulations on low-emission zones (areas with restricted polluting means of transport to improve air quality) and policies to support the conversion of road vehicles to clean energy.
According to the draft Resolution submitted at the Hanoi People's Council meeting, the city plans to support individuals with permanent or temporary residence status for two years or more, who are owners of motorbikes and mopeds using fossil fuels when switching to vehicles using green energy (worth from 10 million VND or more).
The support level is equivalent to 20% of the value of the vehicle, but does not exceed 5 million VND; the poor household alone is supported with 20 million VND and the near-poor household 15 million VND. Each individual is only allowed to receive support for one vehicle during the period from the effective date of the resolution to before January 1, 2031.
This support level is significantly higher than the draft submitted by the Department of Construction for comments in July (maximum 3 million VND; poor households 5 million; near-poor households 4 million VND). Compared with the proposal of Ho Chi Minh City on supporting the conversion of electric motorbikes, the support level of Hanoi is equivalent (maximum 5 million VND; near-poor household 16 million VND; poor household 20 million VND).
In addition to direct support, Hanoi also plans to support 50% of the registration certificate and license plate fees for motorbikes and mopeds converting to clean energy, during the effective period of the resolution until before January 1, 2031. For poor and near-poor households, the support level is 100%.
The city also proposed to use a budget to support 30% of loan interest for all contracts for buying and installing in green energy motorbikes and mopeds (maximum installment payment period of 12 months) at sales units associated with financial companies or commercial banks.
For taxi and bus businesses, when switching to green means of transport and continuing to use the issued identification license plate, businesses will be supported with 100% of fees.
Enterprises providing self-drive green vehicle rental services to serve public transport needs and temporarily using roadways and sidewalks as parking and gathering points will be exempted from roadways and sidewalks for a maximum period of 5 years.
To reduce personal vehicles and promote the use of public transport, the draft also sets out a policy of exempting ticket prices for groups: meritorious people, people with disabilities, the elderly, children under 6 years old, poor households, students and workers in industrial parks in the area.
