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Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in May decreased slightly by 0.09% from April, the municipal Statistics Office announced on May 30.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has requested more investment be prioritised for air and rail transport to the Central Highlands to ease pressure on road transport.

The application of technologies in managing and operation activities has been among prioritised solutions that the Hanoi Transportation Corporation (Transerco) has rolled out to improve the quality of its public bus services over the past years.

Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Vo Van Hoan hosted a reception on May 22 for Tanja Fajon, Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, who is on a working visit to the city.

High costs are putting obstacles in the way of ocean carriers trying to go green, heard a seminar on sustainable maritime transporation last week.

Bamboo Airways is planning to raise its charter capital to 30 trillion VND (nearly 1.3 billion USD) to restructure its debts and increase capital for its core and support business activities.

The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation ensures that regular flights to and from Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai district, East Nusa Tenggara province, will continue to be operated during the 42nd ASEAN Summit from May 9-11.

Vietjet inaugurated the first route connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Van Don in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 25.

The Indonesian government has called on Czech investors to join developing environmentally friendly mass transportation in the future capital of Nusantara.

Insufficient transport connectivity is hindering the development of the Southeastern region – a key economic region, an important exchange hub in the south of Vietnam, according to a Politburo resolution.

Singapore’s business outlook for the second quarter of 2023 has darkened again, weighed down by negative sentiment in the manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors, according to the latest Business Optimism Index (BOI) released by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB).

The East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) is expected to help the central province of Quang Tri to boost economic development at border areas and become a logistics hub in Vietnam’s central region.

The participation of giants is leading the push for electric taxis in Vietnam which would reshape the taxi landscape towards more green transportation but the fares remain a decisive factor.

After more than one year of operation with millions of tonnes of goods and millions of passengers transported, the Laos-China Railway has helped reduce transportation costs and expand cross-border export activities in the region.

Indonesian state-owned land transportation provider DAMRI restarted bus services to Brunei Darussalam from March 1, after halting them amid COVID-19 pandemic-related mobility restrictions.

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has renewed its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport to transform urban mobility across the city.

Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi on February 21 said that he had discussed with his Malaysian counterpart Loke Siew Fook on measures to strengthen bilateral partnership in the field of transportation between the two nations.

The Kep railway station in the northern province of Bac Giang launched its international freight transportation services at a ceremony on February 18.

A railway station in the northern province of Bac Giang will offer international freight transportation services from February 18, as all material and procedure preparations have been done, according to the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).

Kep train station in the northern province of Bac Giang will offer international freight transportation services from February 20, as it meets all necessary conditions, according to the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).