More streets in HCM City to be identified for parking cars The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Department of Transport to co-ordinate with districts to identify more streets to be used for parking cars.

City to choose new tech-solution provider to collect parking fees The HCM City-based Voluntary Youth Public Benefit Service Company (BESCO) will temporarily replace the staff in charge of management of public parking spaces and collection of road-use fees in districts 1, 5 and 10 until the city organises a bid to select a new technology solution provider.

HCM City’s underground parking projects progress at a snail’s pace

To have more parking place, HCM City has mapped out many underground parking lots. However, most of these projects remain on paper.

Hà Nội handles Tết parking fee hikes

Hà Nội’s departments of Transport, and Finance have agreed on setting up teams to inspect and handle unreasonable price hikes and violations at parking spots.

HCM City suffers huge parking fees losses

HCM City has been losing billions of đồng every month in car parking fees since it began collecting them through an app last August, according to its Department of Transportation.

Death threats unable to stop journalists form reporting

Two journalists received death threats earlier this week for reporting on an alleged parking racket at Long Biên market, the biggest wholesale market in Hà Nội.

Market porters prosecuted for alleged asset appropriation

The People’s Procuracy of Hà Nội has approved a request by the Investigative Police Agency to launch legal proceedings against three people for allegedly appropriating assets.

Ministry of Public Security to investigate death threats to journalists

The Minister of Public Security has directed competent agencies to launch an investigation relating to the news that two journalists received death threats.

Probe launched into parking scam

Hà Nội police on Monday announced that it has launched an official investigation into an alleged parking racket that might involve tens of billions đồng at the city’s biggest wholesale market of Long Biên.

HCM City’s parking fee plan a disappointment

The amount of fees collected from the newly-implemented hourly on-street parking zones in HCM City were disappointing, according to the city’s transport department, with the rate of lost revenue reaching as high as 60 per cent.