Vietnam to mandate E5 nationwide by 2015

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai ordered the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to start implementing the use of biofuels by next year. Seven cities—Ha Noi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho, Quang Ngai and Ba Ria-Vung Ta—will be involved in a pilot program to test E5 next year, before it becomes mandatory nationwide in June 2015. E10 will be implemented in the seven cities by June 2015, before it is adopted nationwide in 2016.