Neither an ebike nor an electric scooter would get me to work.

I think you have no idea how polluting motorbikes are in the 3rd world. And if any are still 2 stroke, yikes. As with any electric vehicles, there is a up front cost but the lower maintenance, longevity, and electricity instead of gas is much cheaper. And we're talking scooters, the price Delta is a lot lower than for cars.

The poor are the ones who have to breathe the largest amount of the most densely polluted air.

I don’t know enough about Vietnam to speak to the transportation options there but in most parts of the world there are good low-carbon alternatives now. E-bicycles in particular are an affordable transit revolution that should be affordable to anyone who can afford a motorbike.

People who burn fossil fuels are not the poorest of the poor. The real poor are the ones who will suffer and die if we don’t get off of fossil fuels immediately.

I would personally go a lot further than this narrow policy but given the current emergency I can’t really be critical of any move in the right direction.

They plan to buy half a million electrics for impoverished areas. Which isn't nearly enough, but it's a start.

btw, this is what Hanoi regularly looks like during winter.

I know China is predominantly e-mopeds now I'd be surprised if Vietnam isn't transitioning quickly also.

I've had mine for 3yrs now in the UK and love it. Easily carry in both batteries to charge so no concern about not owning a drive, my electricity prices are variable so worst case I'm looking at equiv of about 400mpg but typically charge it overnight at about 2000mpg

At least that, yeah. Among other nasty things

can-am origin is good.. a friend of mine has it and well, it is a decent one

Price. A new one like can-am origin is good, but it costs $15k. You get 150 km range and a decent power. Now when you have like $5k you would just search for the older one as the price drops significantly. The problem is that there were no can-am origin 8-10 years.