(VOVworld) - Ho Chi Minh City plans to increase the number of compressed natural gas (CNG) – powered buses with a view of running 840 CNG buses on 39 routes by the end of this year.

CNG - power buses in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

The municipal People’s Committee has requested Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and PetroVietnam Southern Gas Joint Stock Company (PV Gas South) to speed up the construction of nine new CNG stations and expansion of the four existing stations.
Ho Chi Minh City currently has 256 CNG buses running on some of the fare-subsidised routes. CNG-powered buses have helped reduce environmental pollution while improving service quality and improving the image of the city’s bus services.