Official data showed that the capital of Hanoi now has 5.3 million motorbikes and 560,000 cars.
The number of motorbikes is set to increase 11% every year and cars, 17%. By 2020, it will have nearly one million cars and seven million motorbikes.
According to Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuat Viet Hung, a rapid surge of vehicles means new roads will be overcrowded only few years after being opened to traffic, leading to traffic jam which is directly affecting people's health.
Hung cited statistics from healthcare agencies as saying that pollution kills around 44,000 people in Vietnam every year.
He also suggested Hanoi to restrict car purchases by auctioning a limited number of permits.
General Director of the Hanoi Transport Company Nguyen Phi Thuong said that in order to limit personal vehicle growth, it is necessary to have the project, roadmap, as well as administrative, economic and technical measures.
Also at the conference, Director of the municipal Transport Department Vu Van Vien said the department is working with the ministry’s Transport Development and Strategy Institute, to design possible schemes limiting personal vehicles for 2016-2020 period.
Hanoi People’s Committee will submit documents to the municipal Party Committee for consideration this April, he added.
Earlier, at the online conference of the Government held on February 28, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung proposed to build a roadmap restricting private vehicles in order to reduce traffic congestion.
During the meeting, Hanoi announced the plan to implement and complete traffic projects in 2016-2017 period to promptly solve traffic congestion in the 7 key bottlenecks. Total expenditure of these projects is estimated at approximately 2,262 billion VND.
The number of motorbikes is set to increase 11% every year and cars, 17%. By 2020, it will have nearly one million cars and seven million motorbikes.
According to Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuat Viet Hung, a rapid surge of vehicles means new roads will be overcrowded only few years after being opened to traffic, leading to traffic jam which is directly affecting people's health.
Hung cited statistics from healthcare agencies as saying that pollution kills around 44,000 people in Vietnam every year.
He also suggested Hanoi to restrict car purchases by auctioning a limited number of permits.
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Also at the conference, Director of the municipal Transport Department Vu Van Vien said the department is working with the ministry’s Transport Development and Strategy Institute, to design possible schemes limiting personal vehicles for 2016-2020 period.
Hanoi People’s Committee will submit documents to the municipal Party Committee for consideration this April, he added.
Earlier, at the online conference of the Government held on February 28, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung proposed to build a roadmap restricting private vehicles in order to reduce traffic congestion.
During the meeting, Hanoi announced the plan to implement and complete traffic projects in 2016-2017 period to promptly solve traffic congestion in the 7 key bottlenecks. Total expenditure of these projects is estimated at approximately 2,262 billion VND.
