Remember that when Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond came to Vietnam, even they, the World's most famous car lovers, rode motorbikes (and a train)!
The Vietnamese government is approaching its self imposed 65% GDP debt limit and debt has been growing 3 times faster than GDP for the last 4 years so do not expect that the Vietnamese government is suddenly going to find the money for a big public transport infrastructure or even many more clean little Hanoi buses. The Japanese government is already upset about delays in payment for subway metro rail system they are slowly building (one line) in Ho Chi Minh City. There is no new money for public transport in Vietnam - it is a poor country! I will let others tell you why it is a poor country.
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Remember that when Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond came to Vietnam, even they, the World's most famous car lovers, rode motorbikes (and a train)!
The Vietnamese government is approaching its self imposed 65% GDP debt limit and debt has been growing 3 times faster than GDP for the last 4 years so do not expect that the Vietnamese government is suddenly going to find the money for a big public transport infrastructure or even many more clean little Hanoi buses. The Japanese government is already upset about delays in payment for subway metro rail system they are slowly building (one line) in Ho Chi Minh City. There is no new money for public transport in Vietnam - it is a poor country! I will let others tell you why it is a poor country.