Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on July 22 signed a decision to approve an action plan on shifting to green energy and reducing carbon and methane emissions in the transportation sector.

The overall objective of the strategy is developing a green transport system to reach the goal of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

From now to 2030, Vietnam will increase energy use efficiency, and accelerate the shift to electricity and green energy in fields belonging to the transport sector to implement Vietnam’s NDC (national determined contributions) and its task to reduce methane emissions. 

By 2050, Vietnam will develop modes of transport, and carry out equipment and transport infrastructure to electricity and green energy, striving for zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Regarding the shift to green energy, in 2022-2030, Vietnam will promote the production, assembling and importing of electric vehicles. At the same time, it will expand the mixing of biological fuel before using 100% E5; develop charging stations to satisfy the demand of people and businesses; and encourage bus stations to carry out  transformation under green criteria.

The government has also asked to pilot the use of railways using electricity and green energy. At the same time, Vietnam will build new railway lines in the direction of electrification; build a plan to replace old railways with means that can be switched to electricity; and encourage the conversion of loading and unloading equipment at stations to ones using electricity and green energy.

In terms of internal waterways, the government is encouraging the building, importing and switching to electricity-run inland waterways; and new criteria for green ports and green transport routes, which would be the foundation for policies to encourage new investments in inland green ports.

In terms of urban transport, from 2025, 100 percent of buses will be replaced with ones using green energy. It is expected that the rate of public passenger transport in Hanoi would be 45-50 percent. The figures would be 25 percent in HCM City, 25-35 percent in Da Nang, 20 percent in Can Tho, 10-15 percent in Hai Phong and 5 percent in first-class urban areas.

From 2030, 50 percent of means of transport will use electricity and green energy, while 100 percent of taxis would be replaced with vehicles using green energy.

Thu Hang