PM orders intensifying air quality control measures Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministries and People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to step up the implementation of programmes and tasks to improve air quality control.

Car sales in Việt Nam plunge 8% in 2020

Car sales in Việt Nam in 2020 dropped 8 per cent year-on-year to 283,983 units across all segments despite a strong increase seen in the fourth quarter, the latest data released by the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) showed.

Traffic restriction imposed in dozens of downtown streets during National Party Congress Trucks carrying heavy loads and some coaches will be prohibited from traveling through a number of roads in Ha Noi during the 13th National Party Congress next week.

Việt Nam’s ambitious plan to reduce the number of road traffic-relating death to zero by 2045. Vice chairman of the National Committee on Traffic Safety Khuất Việt Hùng spoke to Giao thông ( Transport) newspaper about ambitious plans to reduce the number of a fatalities caused by road traffic accident to zero by 2045.

Food streets improve vendors' incomes, tidy up neighbourhoods

Several districts in HCM City have reserved some streets for local vendors to set up their food stalls, and at the same time, ensure food safety and hygiene in the area.

HCM City to open five electric-bus routes for 2-year trial run

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the municipal People's Committee to approve five new subsidized electric-bus routes that will be operated by Vingroup and run on a pilot basis for 24 months.

HCM City sets high growth targets for industrial production, retail, exports HCM City targets 5 per cent industrial growth in 2021 and its four key sectors growing by at least 6.7 per cent, according to its Department of Industry and Trade.

Hải Vân Tunnel 2 opens to traffic

The Hải Vân Tunnel 2, the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia which connects the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế and Đà Nẵng City, opened to traffic yesterday four years after construction began.

UK trade deal gives Vietnamese consumers greater access to luxury goods

Trần Hùng Khương, owner of an automobile shop in HCM City’s Tân  Bình District, said people could now save up to VNĐ15 billion by buying a Rolls-Royce Wraith directly imported from the UK, thanks to the Việt Nam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).

New-generation cigarettes: at least 12 months needed to be legalised

Twelve months is the minimum time that policy makers need to study and come up with regulations for the use of new-generation cigarettes, experts have suggested.