ADVISORY: Ho Chi Minh City selected as an NDC-TIA pilot city for electric mobility

Vietnam

Jun 21

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Over the last decade, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam’s most populous city and southern metropole with over 9 million people, has proven its drive for sustainable development. The city’s investment in large scale public transport infrastructure, such as the metro, and its existing cooperation with national leaders in electric mobility made it a natural choice for piloting electric mobility under the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA).

In conversation with GIZ, HCMC Department of Transport (DoT) have shown their determination and commitment to climate-friendly mobility. The DoT representative highlighted: “Awareness raising and behavior changing are significant factors contributing to the future success of the e-mobility adoption. This needs to address not only policy makers, but also other stakeholders and citizens.”

Under their cooperation HCMC government, GIZ and WRI, implementing partners of the NDC-TIA, will develop a detailed roadmap and action plan for electric-mobility based on evidence from complementary studies. International experience will serve as an input for the national/city level e-mobility roadmap development, scrutinizing best-practice from around the globe. However, the local conditions will be decisive, so the team will be conducting cost-benefit-analysis and examine the power demand of electrifying the fleets to determine a pathway for implementing appropriate pilot activities.

With the support of NDC-TIA, the city will outline a roadmap for advancing electric mobility along all transport modes to help tackle the climate crisis.

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