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Hanoi's residents have a strong attachment to their two-wheelers, which many use to commute to work. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

YUJI NITTA

HANOI -- In Vietnam, where two-wheelers are king, government efforts to ban gasoline-powered scooters and other two-wheeled vehicles in part of the capital have companies like Honda Motor scrambling to reassess their strategies.

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