A VinFast electric bus on a test drive. (Photo: thanhnien.vn)
HCMCity (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has received approval from theGovernment to operate electric buses on regular public routes.
It has been instructed to work with various ministries and other agencies tofinalise economic-technical criteria for the buses and pricing.
Its People’s Committee last month sought permission from the Government tooperate 77 electric buses on five routes for a two-year trial period.
The electric buses with 65-70 seats will be operated by conglomerate Vingroupduring the trial period, but in future the operators will be chosen throughtender.
Nine new bus stations, a depot and a 12,200sq.m parking lot at Vinhome GrandPark in Thu Duc city will be built by the company.
The five routes will be from Vinhome Grand Park to E-mart supermarket, Tan SonNhat International Airport, Sai Gon Bus Station, the new Mien Dong (Eastern)Bus Station, and the Vietnam National University-HCM City campus.
The city will make an assessment at the end of the trial period.
Public transportation currently meets only 9.2 percent of demand in the city,according to the Department of Transport.
The city has been seeking to develop public passenger transport and earmarked 500trillion VND (21.6 million USD) for it./.
Ho Chi Minh City has deployed a number of plans to increase the number of commuters using buses to 11.2 percent this years, up 1.6 percentage points from last year.
The VinFast company of the Vingroup has said it plans to roll out various luxury and high efficiency models this year in an attempt to help deal with noise and air pollution in major urban centres.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is taking pre-orders for its first electric vehicle (EV) model VF e34 priced at 690 million VND (29,820 USD), the company said on March 24.
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A VinFast electric bus on a test drive. (Photo: thanhnien.vn) 
