Editing Transport in Vietnam (section)

===Road vehicles===
;Motorbikes
Vietnam is renowned for its motorbike culture. In 1995, over 90% of trips in both Hanoi and Saigon were done by motorcycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jica.go.jp/jica-ri/IFIC_and_JBICI-Studies/jica-ri/publication/archives/jbic/report/paper/pdf/rp04_e.pdf|title=Urban Public Transportation in Viet Nam|date=December 1999 |publisher=Research Institute for Development and Finance Japan Bank for International Cooperation}}</ref> In 2017, 79% of Vietnamese reported using a motorbike regularly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daliaresearch.com/blog-the-top-5-cycling-motorcycling-countries-in-the-world/|title=The Top 5 Cycling & Motorcycling Countries in the World – Dalia Research|date=23 May 2017|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428003717/https://daliaresearch.com/blog-the-top-5-cycling-motorcycling-countries-in-the-world/|url-status=dead}}</ref> With 45 million registered motorbikes on a 92 million population headcount, Vietnam has one of the highest motorbike ownership rates worldwide.<ref name=vnexpress>{{cite web|url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/vietnam-remains-kingdom-of-motorbikes-as-sales-rev-up-in-2016-3527969.html|title=Vietnam remains kingdom of motorbikes as sales rev up in 2016 - VnExpress International|last=VnExpress}}</ref> Vietnam is the 4th largest market for motorbike sales, after China, India and Indonesia.<ref name=vnexpress/> 87% of Vietnamese households own a motorbike, a number only surpassed by Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/516704/share-of-households-that-own-a-motorcycle-by-country/|title=Motorcycle ownership by household - by country 2014 - Statistic|website=Statista}}</ref>

In recent years, the government has expressed the desire to reduce the number of motorbikes in an effort to curb congestion.<ref name=vnexpress/>

;Cars
As of 2015, 2 million passenger cars were registered.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vietnam: passenger cars in use 2015|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/596551/passenger-cars-in-use-vietnam/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Statista}}</ref>

Car prices are kept high by import taxes and sales tax, which put Vietnam as one of the most expensive countries to buy a car, with up to 2 or 3 times the final price consisting of taxes and fees.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-06-25|title=Challenge an inevitable reality in emerging Myanmar|url=http://b1.tuoitrenews.vn/news/features/20130625/challenge-an-inevitable-reality-in-emerging-myanmar/22050.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Tuổi Trẻ News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How expensive are cars in Vietnam? – News VietNamNet|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/180001/how-expensive-are-cars-in-vietnam-.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=english.vietnamnet.vn|archive-date=2022-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122110447/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/180001/how-expensive-are-cars-in-vietnam-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, a [[Lexus LX]] was priced at 7.3 billion VND (US$315,000),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Car Taxes in Vietnam Are Going up Again {{!}} Saigoneer|url=https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/6984-car-taxes-in-vietnam-are-going-up-again|access-date=2021-04-16|website=saigoneer.com-gb}}</ref> a [[Toyota Innova]] at 800 million VND (US$35,000),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toyotatancang.com.vn/toyota-price/price-toyota-innova.html |title=Price toyota innova |access-date=2018-05-08 |archive-date=2019-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803121911/http://www.toyotatancang.com.vn/toyota-price/price-toyota-innova.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite this, car sales are growing at double digit rates each year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davisbrett/2016/02/12/vietnam-gets-behind-the-wheel-as-car-ownership-soars/#1e2178603dcb | title=Vietnam Gets Behind the Wheel as Car Ownership Soars | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref>