Mr. Nguyen Van Quyen said that some units in big cities (about 20 units in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City...) have counted the vehicles in circulation to prepare for emission inspection.
Mr. Quyen himself strongly supports the policy of inspecting emissions of vehicles in circulation, including inspection of emissions of cars and motorbikes. This contributes significantly to ensuring the environment as well as the sustainable development of the transportation industry.
Regarding the roadmap for ensuring emissions of vehicles in circulation, recently, (September 21), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued Directive No. 11/CT-TTg dated April 21, 2025 on strengthening the implementation of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety.
In the Directive, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to urgently submit to the Prime Minister to issue a roadmap for applying national technical standards and regulations on emissions of road motor vehicles circulating in Vietnam, including motorbikes.
The Government also assigned the Ministry of Construction to direct the Vietnam Road Administration to organize emission inspections for motorbikes and mopeds according to the roadmap, in accordance with the provisions of law (when there are regulations on the roadmap).
Previously, the Deputy Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to issue standards (QCVN) and roadmaps for emission inspection for cars in circulation, issue QCVN and roadmaps for application to motorbike emissions in April 2025.
Although the roadmap for motorbike emission inspection has not been issued, the authorities have built a legal corridor related to this issue.
Speaking at the discussion session within the framework of the event "Green transformation - Joining hands for a sustainable Vietnam" organized by Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Huu Tien - Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology, Environment and Construction Materials (Ministry of Construction) said that according to the general policy, the authorities create favorable conditions for electric vehicles to operate as replacements for fossil fuel vehicles.
In the coming time, when issuing a motorbike emission inspection, vehicles that do not meet the requirements may be eliminated. The authorities will also study policies to support people in appropriate conversion.
The Vietnam Register (Ministry of Construction) said that the process and procedures for motorcycle emission inspection will be implemented according to the provisions of Circular 47/2024/TT-BGTVT.
Circular 47/2024/TT-BGTVT stipulates that motorbikes with a time from the year of manufacture of more than 5 years must be brought to the inspection facility for emission inspection.
For motorbikes with a manufacturing year to 5 years, the owner does not have to submit an emission inspection dossier and does not have to bring the vehicle to the inspection facility for emission inspection.
Motorbike emissions inspection certificate has been implemented by the Vietnam Register Department on higher level of inspection management software based on the results of the certificate of technical safety and environmental protection in the production, assembly and import from the archive data of the Vietnam Registry Department combining the data registration and management of motor vehicles of the Ministry of Public Security.
Not only regulating procedures, Decree 168/2024/ND-CP has also regulated penalties for failure to inspect motorbike emissions.
Accordingly, Decree 168 stipulates a fine of VND 200,000 to VND 300,000 for individuals and VND 400,000 to VND 600,000 for organizations that are motorbike owners who use a vehicle without an emission inspection certificate.
This penalty regulation has not been implemented yet and is waiting for the roadmap for motorbike emission inspection to be issued.
