Hanoi scooter riders baulk at petrol-powered bikes ban
Government
The government last weekend announced plans to block fossil-fuelled bikes from Hanoi's 31 sq km centre by next July. HANOI: Vietnam's plan to bar gas-guzzling motorbikes from central Hanoi may clear the air of the smog-smothered capital, but riders fear paying a high toll for the capital's green transition. "Of course everyone wants a better environment," said housewife Dang Thuy Hanh, baulking at the 80 million dong (US$3,000) her family would spend replacing their four scooters with electric
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