Other alternative fuels to diesel mandates

Unlike that of ethanol, the national use of alternative diesel including biodiesel and compressed natural gas (CNG), etc. is not mandated by central government in Viet Nam.

However, the country’s provincial and city municipality governments are allowed to use alternatives to diesel, such as CNG, to reduce local air pollution.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport set a target to have 75% of new buses in the city running on CNG by the end of 2020. Under the Department’s plan to purchase 1,680 new buses in 2018-2020, more than 1,000 buses are expected to run on CNG. In total, the city aims to replace about 3,120 buses with new buses in the 2018-2020 period. However, as of December 31, 2018, there were only 428 CNG buses in operation. Several hu