Hanoi to stop motorbike registration by 2008

According to the itinerary for stopping motorbike registration in the last five urban districts proposed by the Hanoi People’s Committee, the districts of Cau Giay, Thanh Xuan, and Tay Ho will cancel motorbike registration by the year’s end, or in early 2005.

The last two of the nine urban districts, Long Bien and Hoang Mai, will follow by 2008.

Previously, four urban districts including Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Dong Da and Ba Dinh ceased motorbike registration in August 2003.

ahh.. y wasting money..

Yeah, I don't know the reasons for this either. Perhaps someone else know about this proposal can elaborate.
The best guess I can make is stopping motorbike registration is a discouragement for their purchase which may ease the traffic problems over there.

The way to ease traffic is to develop and diffuse the infrastructure (road, telephone, electricity, plumbing etc.) to other places. Right now everyone wants to be in Saigon because it is where the infrastructure is.

The Vietnamese government lacks the expertise on urban planning and the will to solve the development/redevelopment problems. By not doing anything years ago, it creates the current major urban mess. By waiting now, they will create a complete deadlock a few years from now.

Wouldn't a countrywide DMV be more inefficient?

I don't know. That remains to be seen but I guess they don't think so at the moment.

Yes I think Urban Planning 101 needs to be a required course for every single one of our ddo^`ng chi'

DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles, the most cramped places you'll ever find in the U.S.

Oh I see.

Australian variant is RTA = The Road and Traffic Authority. Aircon and short queue is the norm.

The DMV people here take your money and spit on your face. DMV workers are a bunch of disgraceful human beings.

Australia sounds like a very nice place to live.

Wow strong sentiments there Doan Du, bad experiences huh? I'd still prefer the U.S. though.

There has never been a positive experience for me with regard to any State government agencies. They are all a bunch of sorry human beings.

Must admit federal agencies need to encourage their employees to offer their services with a smile. For the most part though, it's not like the hundreds of people going to the DMV each day are always pleasant to serve.

CA DMV is the most corrupt, inept, inefficient and dysfunctional of all State agencies, yet due to its powerful lobby, it succesfully fought off a number of attempts to privatize vehicle registration service.

I guess most American companies/institutions don't have a great tradition of customer service.