Transport minister find reasons for toll booth delays

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has been asked to look at collective and individual responsibilities for delays to a highway electronic toll collection (ETC) project.

Bắc Giang – Lạng Sơn Expressway open for free during Tết For the next month to mark Tết (Lunar) New Year, motorists can travel for free on the Bắc Giang - Lạng Sơn Expressway.

Saltwater intrusion enters Trà Vinh

Saltwater intrusion has occurred in most areas of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh, forcing authorities to close most saltwater-prevention sluices and to stop planting the 2019 -20 winter – spring crop in some areas.

Gov't has backup plans for North-South Expressway if no investors found: minister The Government has prepared a backup plan to fund the North-South Expressway (NSE) amid fears that private investors might not be financially capable of carrying out the mega project, the transport minister has said.

Basis to believe in Vietnamese economic growth

Despite lowering the economic growth forecast of Asia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revised the Vietnamese GDP growth forecast from 6.8 per cent to 6.9 per cent for 2019 and from 6.7 per cent to 6.8 per cent for 2020.

DRVN calls for better road maintenance The move comes as several transport works have been damaged and degraded soon after they were put into use.

Gov’t approves expressway project

The Government has approved the construction of an expressway connecting the northern provinces of Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) format after three years of delays.

Clarification on Inaccurate Media Reports Clarification on Inaccurate Media Reports

Transport ministry asked to report on non-stop toll collection progress Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked the Ministry of Transport to report on the progress of the implementation of automated non-stop toll collection on build-operation-transfer (BOT) highways to the Prime Minister.

Automatic toll collection project will continue

The project for electronic non-stop toll collection (ETC) at all BOT (build-operate-transfer) booths was launched in November 2014 with total investment of more than VNĐ2 trillion (US$87.6 million).