New inter-regional road to link HCM City, Đồng Nai An inter-regional road between HCM City and the southern province of Đồng Nai will be built at an estimated cost of VNĐ6.6 trillion (US$285 million).

Central provinces relocate residents in response to typhoon Local authorities in the central provinces of Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa are planning to more more than 181,000 people from risk-prone areas in response to Typhoon Nakri, which is forecast to be the strongest so far this year in the East Sea.

PPP regulations to be changed to serve development

More than per 76 per cent of current investment projects following public private partnerships (PPP) are in the field of transport infrastructure, but investors still feel insecure.

Deputy PM asks authorities to consider train street requests Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình asked the Ministry of Transport and Hà Nội People’s Committee to carefully study the requests of cafe owners along the train streets of Điện Biên Phủ, Trần Phú and Phùng Hưng, a hit among tourists to the city.

Automatic BOT non-stop toll collection project faces obstacles A project to implement automatic non-stop toll collection may be delayed as the investor fears its deployment may increase the risk of bankruptcy.

Hà Tiên- Rạch Giá- Bạc Liêu expressway to be built The Cửu Long Corporation for Investment Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (CIPM) has asked the Ministry of Transport to be responsible for the Hà Tiên-Rạch Giá-Bạc Liêu expressway project.

Business conditions for contract transport buses needs to be tightened: experts Legal buses operating in Hà Nội are losing more and more customers who are instead opting for unregulated means of transport.

Kiên Giang dredges channels to ensure marine traffic The Transport Ministry has agreed to fund VNĐ15 billion to dredge Rạch Giá Port’s entrance channels to ensure the smooth arrival and departure of vessels.

National public services website to be launched in late November Driving licence renewals, electricity payment and paying tax online for enterprises will be among the first services provided on the platform.

Việt Nam commits to environmentally sustainable transport Representatives of 15 Asian cities signed a Hà Nội Declaration on the realisation of smart cities and Hà Nội Addendum to the Kyoto Declaration to promote environmentally sustainable transport.