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

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

allows them to lower initial investment, mitigates the with initiatives supporting the respective
risk of low load ratio, and provides additional infrastructure and supply.
flexibility in terms of location. The world’s leading countries in LNG fleet
A comparison of the Vietnamese NGV growth, China use small-scale LNG plants, since it
market support policy with those of the leading allows them to lower initial investment, mitigates the
national NGV markets demonstrates inadequacy of risk of low load ratio, and provides additional
measures supporting market demand and customers flexibility in terms of location.
in Vietnam. The bulk of the measures supports A comparison of the Vietnamese NGV
public transport manufacturing and service market support policy with those of the leading
infrastructure, while demand support measures are national NGV markets demonstrates inadequacy of
limited to a few privileges in municipal tendering for measures supporting market demand and customers
public bus purchases and regional programs of in Vietnam.
financial support for municipal bus purchases. References

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