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 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 Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) has announced a toll station that was robbed three weeks ago had the appropriate amount of cash on-site.

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

A working team has been formed by the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) to probe toll collection activities at the Dầu Giây toll station in the southern province of Đồng Nai.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN) is planning an investigation into toll collection activities of the State-run Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) on all highways over concerns of a lack of transparency.

A transport official from the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRV) said that the State-owned Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) does not have the authority to ban vehicles from driving on the expressways under its management.

Police in the southern province of Đồng Nai on Sunday started a criminal investigation against two men allegedly involved in the theft of VNĐ2.2 billion (US$100,000) from a toll station on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

At 7 am today two young men wearing black jackets and masks and with a machete and a gun barged into the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway’s toll collection office in Đồng Nai Province and robbed hundreds of millions of đồng.

The Hạ Long - Vân Đồn expressway was put into operation yesterday, shortening the travel time from Hà Nội to Vân Đồn to 2.5 hours from four, reported vov.vn.