Ho Chi Minh City, March 16 -- The Ho Chi Minh City Management Centre of Public Transport under the municipal Department of Construction launched a public electric bicycle service on March 15, marking a new step in efforts to expand green urban mobility.

A total of 500 public e-bikes are expected to put into use across the entire station network in March, alongside the public bicycle network that has been in service since late 2021.

From March 15 to March 31, residents and visitors can try the electric bicycles for free for 15 minutes at a public bike station near the former Saigon Tax Trade Centre site on Nguyen Hue street.

Users can access the service by registering on the TNGo-HCM application to get a promotional code for the trial r...