Keyword: "road traffic"

A key task is to formulate a support scheme for low-income residents to replace ageing motorcycles and mopeds that fail to meet emission standards and pose a high risk of pollution. It will also propose funding to provide free first-time emission testing for motorcycles and mopeds across the city.

The 15th-tenure National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened the 24th session in Hanoi on July 12 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

A total of 66 people were killed and 60 others were injured in 97 traffic accidents during the Hung Kings Commemoration Day holiday, which started on April 13.

Up to 147 accidents occurred during the four-day New Year holidays (December 29-January 1), claiming 110 lives and wounding 61 people, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

Ho Chi Minh City’s districts and Mekong Delta provinces are facing risks of soil submersion, studies have shown.

The investment budget for road traffic projects in the next five years will be 124 trillion VND (5.5 billion USD) tripling the amount in the period of 2015.

Vietnam will issue international driving licences nationwide beginning on October 1 as Circular 29/TT-BGTVT takes effect, according to the Vietnam Road Administration.