State management responsibilities for economical and efficient use of energy in transportation activities in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 21 of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy 2010 of Vietnam, the Ministry of Transport shall:

- Apply measures for economical and efficient use of energy to the planning of road, railway, waterway and airway transport systems;

- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries and ministerial-level agencies in, elaborating and promulgating according to its competence technical regulations and norms on energy consumption applicable to vehicles;

- Direct and guide the elimination of expired vehicles or those failing to reach the minimum energy yield;

- Guide transport enterprises in streamlining transport activities in order to raise energy use efficiency of vehicles;

- Plan the investment in and exploitation of mass transit systems, increasingly use railway and waterway networks in combination with multimodal transport;

- Inspect the observance of energy consumption norms applicable to vehicles.

Besides, the Law also specifies the responsibilities of other agencies as follows:

- The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall guide vehicle manufacturers in observing technical regulations and norms on energy consumption applicable to vehicles.

- The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned ministries and ministerial-level agencies in, announcing national standards on energy yield for vehicles and environmentally friendly fuels used in transport.

- Within the scope of their tasks and powers, People's Committees at different levels shall:

+ Apply energy-saving measures to the planning and development of local transport systems;

+ Rationally divide traffic lanes and flows; provide operation hours for a number of kinds of vehicles, reducing traffic congestion to save energy and protect the environment;

+ Perform other decentralized tasks of economical and efficient use of energy in transport.

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