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30% of vehicles in circulation do not meet emission standards
2011-0606
The Vietnam Register (VR) and inspectors of the Ministry of Transport have found out from an inspection on technical safety and environment protection, that 30 percent of cars in circulation do not meet emission standards.
On April 26 and 27, VR inspected 39 passenger cars and buses and found out technical problems in 11 cars. Meanwhile, the agency discovered violations in environmental protection and brake efficiency. As such, 30 percent of vehicles cannot meet the emission standards, while 15 percent of vehicles cannot meet the standards on brake efficiency.
Experts believe that the vehicles have been found as having problems because the owners of the vehicles do not follow the suggestions on regular maintenance. The owners of the inspected vehicles said they applauded the regular inspections with mobile testing stations, because this mode of inspection can save time for vehicle owners and drivers, while this helps discover problems sooner, so that they can fix problems timely.
Nguyen Huu Tri, Head of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department of VR, said that after the inspections focusing on passenger carrying cars, the mobile testing method will be used in a larger scale.
In the time to come, VR will be given two mobile testing stations by the National Committee on Traffic Safety, with which VR will join forces with the traffic police and transport inspectors to examine technical and environmental protection conditions of motor vehicles.
The two mobile testing units are a part of the road safety project. It is expected that VR will also join forces with relevant local forces to examine the vehicles circulating on key routes, such as Hanoi-Vinh, HCM City-Vung Tau and HCM City-Can Tho.
Regarding the emission standards, Vietnam is considering skipping the application of Euro 3 standards to apply Euro 4 from January 1, 2017.
Local newspapers have quoted their sources as saying “that the Ministry of Transport is going to submit to the government the plan on applying new emission standards on automobiles and motorbikes which are made domestically or imported.”
If the plan is approved, all kinds of newly manufactured, assembled or imported heavy and light vehicles will have to apply the Euro 4 emission standards as of January 1, 2017, and Euro 5 standards as of January 1, 2022. Meanwhile, newly manufactured, assembled or imported motors will have to apply Euro 3 standards as of January 1, 2017.
Head of VR Trinh Ngoc Giao believes that it is a reasonable decision to skip Euro 3 to apply Euro 4. He said that other regional countries including Malaysia, Indonesia or the Philippines are also preparing to apply Euro 4 from 2017.
Especially, the member companies of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association VAMA have proposed to apply Euro 4 right from 2015, because the engines for assembling cars that the companies are importing now can meet Euro 3 and Euro 4 standards.
Other automobile manufacturers have agreed that the new standards should be applied from 2017, because they need some more time to upgrade technologies, material facilities, equipments and the labor force.
Some months ago, the Prime Ministers released a decision approving the plan on emission control over motors and motorbikes in circulation in big provinces and cities, in order to control the air pollution caused by the vehicles.
In the immediate time, the emission control will be carried out strictly on the motors and motorbikes in circulation in Hanoi and HCM City. After that, the control will be expanded to first and second class cities and then throughout the country.
On April 26 and 27, VR inspected 39 passenger cars and buses and found out technical problems in 11 cars. Meanwhile, the agency discovered violations in environmental protection and brake efficiency. As such, 30 percent of vehicles cannot meet the emission standards, while 15 percent of vehicles cannot meet the standards on brake efficiency.
Experts believe that the vehicles have been found as having problems because the owners of the vehicles do not follow the suggestions on regular maintenance. The owners of the inspected vehicles said they applauded the regular inspections with mobile testing stations, because this mode of inspection can save time for vehicle owners and drivers, while this helps discover problems sooner, so that they can fix problems timely.
Nguyen Huu Tri, Head of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department of VR, said that after the inspections focusing on passenger carrying cars, the mobile testing method will be used in a larger scale.
In the time to come, VR will be given two mobile testing stations by the National Committee on Traffic Safety, with which VR will join forces with the traffic police and transport inspectors to examine technical and environmental protection conditions of motor vehicles.
The two mobile testing units are a part of the road safety project. It is expected that VR will also join forces with relevant local forces to examine the vehicles circulating on key routes, such as Hanoi-Vinh, HCM City-Vung Tau and HCM City-Can Tho.
Regarding the emission standards, Vietnam is considering skipping the application of Euro 3 standards to apply Euro 4 from January 1, 2017.
Local newspapers have quoted their sources as saying “that the Ministry of Transport is going to submit to the government the plan on applying new emission standards on automobiles and motorbikes which are made domestically or imported.”
If the plan is approved, all kinds of newly manufactured, assembled or imported heavy and light vehicles will have to apply the Euro 4 emission standards as of January 1, 2017, and Euro 5 standards as of January 1, 2022. Meanwhile, newly manufactured, assembled or imported motors will have to apply Euro 3 standards as of January 1, 2017.
Head of VR Trinh Ngoc Giao believes that it is a reasonable decision to skip Euro 3 to apply Euro 4. He said that other regional countries including Malaysia, Indonesia or the Philippines are also preparing to apply Euro 4 from 2017.
Especially, the member companies of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association VAMA have proposed to apply Euro 4 right from 2015, because the engines for assembling cars that the companies are importing now can meet Euro 3 and Euro 4 standards.
Other automobile manufacturers have agreed that the new standards should be applied from 2017, because they need some more time to upgrade technologies, material facilities, equipments and the labor force.
Some months ago, the Prime Ministers released a decision approving the plan on emission control over motors and motorbikes in circulation in big provinces and cities, in order to control the air pollution caused by the vehicles.
In the immediate time, the emission control will be carried out strictly on the motors and motorbikes in circulation in Hanoi and HCM City. After that, the control will be expanded to first and second class cities and then throughout the country.
Source: Vietnamnet
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