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The Ministry of Transport has taken steps to prevent the increasing number of accidents involving cargo trucks and container trucks.

A project to build 2,174 bridges to replace temporary bridges in 50 provinces and cities has progressed more quickly than expected, said Nguyen Van Huyen, Director of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.

Drivers who try to cheat in driving tests or buy fake driving licences would face a five year driving ban.

Large areas under elevated roadways in Ho Chi Minh City lie abandoned even as the city suffers from a severe shortage of parking spaces.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) to revise the Government Decree No 46 issued in 2016 towards imposing stricter penalties on drivers whose alcohol content in blood or breath exceeding the permitted level.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) has proposed developing software to better manage drivers working in transportation enterprises.

The Transport Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam under the Ministry of Transport have agreed to share a driving licence management database.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has underlined the urgent need to repair dilapidated roads and bridges, saying that if the work is not done well, it could cause mortal danger.

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has affirmed that investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts will have to stop collecting fees if they don’t install electronic toll collection (ETC) systems by the end of this year.

The Ministry of Transport has ordered the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to tighten the granting of licenses for drivers of both cars and trucks.

The Hanoi Transport Management and Operation Centre has requested local bus operators to offer free transport between February 25 and March 2 to domestic and foreign reporters serving the upcoming summit between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) decided to set up a team to probe into toll collection activities at Dau Giay station on Ho Chi Minh-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway, said DRVN General Director Nguyen Van Huyen on February 16.s

A wall of rubber tyres has been installed along Lo Xo mountain pass which passes through the central provinces of Quang Nam and Kon Tum.

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

According to the Vietnam Expressway Corporation, toll collection and supervision is carried out according to regulations, and the toll revenue of expressways is reported to State management agencies.

Holiday spirit seems to be in short supply at the Ministry of Transport (MoT), as the body has rejected a proposal to waive road tolls for the first three days of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho has stressed that leaders of bus stations should not make it hard for people to return to their native villages to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has ordered the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to review all pedestrian bridges nationwide to prevent further accidents.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the National Committee for Traffic Safety along with the Ministries of Transport and Public Security to exert all efforts to reduce traffic accidents during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) which lasts from February 2-10 this year.

In a bid to resolve obstacles to implement the national electronic toll collection (ETC) project, the Government has allowed the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to decide how much revenue to extract from BOT projects to pay for ETC service.