Urban railway helps reduce carbon emissions: JICA

JICA's survey has found urban railways are a form of transport with lower carbon emissions than cars and motorbikes.

Hà Nội wants to extend the long-delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban rail line

The Ministry of Transport has submitted a proposal to extend the urban railway network in Hà Nội, including the long delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông line, which still has no concrete date for beginning operations.

Cát Linh-Hà Đông railway must run this year: Deputy PM Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Tuesday set the final deadline to start running the long-delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway line of no later than 2019.

Transport ministry urges metro line contractor to meet deadline

The Ministry of Transport has asked Chinese contractor of Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro line in Hà Nội to commit specific deadline when the project will be put into official operation.

Gov’t sets deadlines for major projects The Government has ordered ministries and sectors to keep up with the set deadlines of key transport and power projects in its resolution on September 13.

HN plans solutions to increase public transport use The city is considering setting up priority lanes for buses while banning cars on some roads.

MoT hires French consultants to assess Cát Linh-Hà Đông railway’s safety The Ministry of Transport has hired system-safety-assessment consultants from France to carefully evaluate design, construction, installation and trial of the Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban elevated railway project.

High speed railway requires careful thought Cao Sỹ Kiêm, former director general of the State Bank of Việt Nam, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on the need to think twice before making an official decision on the construction of the high speed North-South railway line.

Workers on Hà Nội urban projects suffer wage delays Many workers on Hà Nội’s major infrastructure projects had gone unpaid for years although the projects had been completed, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Transport minister questioned about long-delayed projects

On Wednesday, Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể vowed to work with Hà Nội authorities and other authorised agencies to quickly complete safety inspections of Cát Linh-Hà Đông elevated railway.