Free rides, extended hours on Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line 1 for National Day
The service will run from 5am to 11pm. From 9pm to 10:30pm, trains will run five minutes apart to accommodate passengers attending the National Day fireworks display.
The service will run from 5am to 11pm. From 9pm to 10:30pm, trains will run five minutes apart to accommodate passengers attending the National Day fireworks display.
While work has progressed, several projects still face delays in site clearance and shortages of construction materials. Some projects due to be completed in 2026 also have a substantial volume of work remaining.
The network handled 321,776 vehicle trips on August 29, up 57.4% from August 27. On August 28 – the last working day before the holiday, traffic reached 262,595 trips, 28.5% higher than on August 27.
The dispatch, released on August 20, follows a report by the Ministry of Construction on August 17 regarding an incident involving Vietnam Airlines flight VN34 at Munich International Airport in Germany on August 15.
The UAVs can identify six types of violations, including illegal parking, street vending, illegal racing, speeding and carrying weapons. The UAVs have so far helped authorities detect and handle 510 violations.
Under Decree No. 279/2025/ND-CP and Circular No. 126/2026/TT-BCA, injured victims with bodily injury rates of over 31% to below 81% may receive up to 10 million VND (381 USD) per case, while families of deceased victims may receive up to 20 million VND.
As of August 12, the city’s bus network had served nearly 12 million passenger trips, up about 44% year on year. On August 12 alone, around 306,000 passengers used free buses, an increase of roughly 55%, despite students having yet to officially return to school.
From 11:14am to 12:14pm UTC, equivalent to 6:14pm to 7:14pm local time, take-offs and landings at Tan Son Nhat International Airport were temporarily restricted due to the sighting of a UAV near an air route.
To promote IoT application in smart transport, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Chairman has assigned the Department of Construction to lead the deployment of IoT in the construction, management, operation and maintenance of transport infrastructure. The department will also review and propose integrating IoT sensors and smart monitoring devices into transport construction, renovation and upgrading projects across the city.
According to the Traffic Police Department, the country recorded 7,773 traffic accidents during the six-month period, killing 4,877 people and injuring 4,486. Compared with the same period last year, accidents fell by 17.4%, fatalities by 8.4% and injuries by 28%.
The system comprises 1,107 cameras for detecting traffic violations, 960 for vehicle flow monitoring, 112 for intersection monitoring, 251 pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras and 30 for detecting speed violations. A total of 930 camera poles have been installed at 238 major intersections, gateways and urban areas across the capital.
The MK82 bomb, with its fuze still intact, was discovered on June 22 by workers excavating foundations for a primary school construction project. It was buried about 2.5 metres underground and measured 27.5cm in diameter and 1.55m in length.