Vietnam's HCM City to have more CNG-powered buses

By：Xinhua Update：2017-04-19

Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City will put into operation an addition of nearly 600 buses using compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of this year, local media reported Wednesday.

Ho Chi Minh City currently has 256 CNG-powered buses, and will increase the number of such vehicles to 841 by the end of 2017, daily newspaper Thanh Nien (Young People) reported.

The city is speeding up construction of nine more CNG filling stations.

The city offers fare subsidy to passengers of CNG-fuelled buses to encourage the use of environment-friendly public transport.