A toll station in the Mekong Delta Province of Tiền Giang was planning to start collecting fees again from March 25 more than a year after it was shut down, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Nhật announced at a meeting with provincial authorities and investors on Thursday.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) is planning to check operations at 11 build-operate-transfer (BOT) toll booths across the country.

Vietnamese companies making eco-friendly straws have received many orders from other countries that have reduced the use of plastic straws or even banned their production.

Lê Đình Thọ, Deputy Minister of Transport, speaks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on his ministry’s role in ensuring all BOT projects fulfill their assigned missions

Investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will be asked to stop collecting fees if they don’t apply electronic toll collection (ETC) by the end of the year.

The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on Wednesday asked ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) to recover nearly VNĐ1.2 billion (US$52,170) from the Bắc Thăng Long – Nội Bài Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll booth, which was lost because station management exempted some drivers from paying tolls.

The Cai Lậy BOT Toll Station in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang is scheduled to re-open in March 2019 after more than one years of suspension due to drivers’ protests

Many transport projects as part of the second express highway in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta may not be completed by 2020 because of surging prices and a scarcity of construction sand.

You should book early if you want to enjoy the special buffet served up at Sadhu Vegetarian Restaurant. Thúy Hằng reports.