Ho Chi Minh City studies financial aid for motorcycle checks and EV switch
Measures being considered include inspection subsidies, preferential loans and trade-in schemes, with particular attention to low-income workers.
Ho Chi Minh City is examining ways to help residents pay for motorcycle emissions checks and move to cleaner transport. The municipal People’s Committee chairman has instructed the Department of Finance to assess subsidies for first inspections and assistance with part of the repair bill for people experiencing financial hardship.
The department will also consider preferential lending, instalment arrangements and trade-ins to support purchases of electric or other clean-energy vehicles. Separately, the Department of Construction will examine maintenance, repairs and technical help, as well as replacement schemes for high-emission motorcycles, with low-income workers a particular priority.
Officials are considering holiday and after-hours inspections, alongside digital registration and bookings. They have also been asked to design an inspection network reflecting motorcycle numbers and population distribution.
Public information efforts will cover inspection requirements, costs and assistance. Authorities have been asked to reach workers in industrial parks, high-tech parks and export processing zones so they can organise checks and maintenance.
A separate Department of Construction proposal targets a complete shift from petrol vehicles to electric and green-energy transport by 2040, with different deadlines by area. Its proposed motorcycle assistance includes:
- Near-poor households: about 70 per cent of conversion costs, equivalent to ₫14 million per vehicle.
- Poor households: full support, approximately ₫20 million per vehicle.
- Ride-hailing and delivery riders: registration-fee and loan-interest assistance of about ₫5 million per vehicle.
- Con Dao residents: full motorcycle support of around ₫20 million per vehicle.
