Ho Chi Minh City Switches to Biofuel
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December 2, 2014
(Thanh Nien News) Filling stations across Ho Chi Minh City will begin selling biofuel this week. Under a government plan that went into effect in December, the city will gradually replace 92-octane gasoline (A92) with E5–five percent of which is ethanol synthesized from cassava.
The HCMC Department of Trade and Industry said ten out of 19 fuel companies in the city are ready and the biofuel will become available in all of its 24 districts on December 1.
During a meeting last week on biofuel, the department’s deputy director, Le Ngoc Dao, said several businesses began selling E5 a week earlier and consumers were receptive.
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