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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

3. Evaluation Matrix There are factors facilitating and hindering
Looking on the concerns from transport NGV market development in Vietnam.
operators and current policies, it is obvious that there Table 3 Supporting and constraining factors of
is the big gap between policies and customer NGV market development in Vietnam
expectation. Supporting factors Constraining
Table 2. Current status on policies factors
Macro
- Steady growth of the real - High inflation.
Demand Policy - Consistent investment
GDP.

Vietnam.
Criterias/Country attractiveness of
Tax benefits + - - Population growth.
Soft-terms loans/ Subsidies for NGV fuel market
conversion to gas or purchase of a new ++ - - Falling domestic crude - Forecasted
gas/fueled vehicle oil production and gradual
Commercial and social preferences for increasing dependence decrease of
NGV operators (accelerated on imported oil. domestic gas
amortization, preferred status in + + - High air pollution in production and
municipal tenders etc.) urban areas. increasing
State regulation of prices for - Forecasted extensive dependence on
CNG/LNG + - growth of vehicle fleet. imported, higher
Tax benefits/ Subsidies/ Grants for ++ - - Successful pilot project priced oil.
CNG/LNG infrastructure of CNG bus assemblage - Recent downfall
State financing and participation in and exploitation in and high
CNG/LNG infrastructure investment + + HoChi Minh City. volatility of
projects (including public transport global oil prices,
conversion projects) - Closeness to natural gas forecasted in the
Soft-term loans/accelerated land sources.. coming several
allocation, connection of - Presence of master plans years.
communications, certification, O + and official document - Lack of
registration etc. proposing alternative government
State financing and participation in fuel vehicles’ support. measures in
NGV and conversion kits production + + support for
and service infrastructure investment ecologically
projects friendly fuels.
Development of NGV regulations and O -
standards - Low
Tax benefits/ Subsidies/ Grants for development of
NGV producers, conversion and ++ - CNG fuel
and
service centers stations service
NGV
Other measures - -
Note: + - Concern; ++ - High concern; O-No concern. infrastructure.
- Low level of gas
Vietnam NGV market is characterized by pipeline
low diversification by vehicle type and low demand distribution
network
for CNG.
The list of supporting policies for NGV - Low level of gas
market in Vietnam is limited. There is no policy in distribution
system
support of the development of natural gas-fueled liberalization.
private light and heavy vehicles. All initiatives focus
on the bus segment only. Some initiatives stipulate 4. Policy Suggest
preference for ecologically friendly public transport The analysis of leading national NGV
in general, not specifying natural gas-fueled markets and customer survey as well as reviewing
vehicles.

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