This year, Hanoi plans to increase investment in transport infrastructure and accelerate the progress of technical infrastructure investment projects, and major transport works to alleviate traffic congestion in the city.
Eighty-three traffic accidents happened in the three days of the New Year, killing 50 people and injuring 51 others, an increase of 29.7%, 31.6% and 45.7%, respectively, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has requested the banking system to promptly and fully meet the demand for credit serving the purchase, consumption and export of agricultural products across localities.
In a bid to ease traffic congestion and reduce pollution in Hanoi, around 100 automatic toll stations for cars entering the city’s inner areas could be set up over the next three years.
The Thai cabinet has declared three extra holidays for residents in Bangkok, and Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces to reduce traffic congestion when Bangkok hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting next month.
The capital city of Hanoi officially opened the Le Van Luong - Belt Road No. 3 tunnel to traffic in the morning of October 5, part of the city's moves to address traffic congestion.
Hanoi plans to study the possibility of bicycle lanes being part of infrastructure development, a step the capital city has never taken to date. The move is part of the plan to prevent traffic congestion in the city for the 2022-2025 period.
Hanoians put high expectations on the To Huu-Le Van Luong underground tunnel project, which is expected to open to traffic on October 10. With the plan to reduce congestion in Hanoi, the new Linh Dam bridge has also been nearly completed.
An electronic toll collection (ETC) system will be in full operation across three toll booths on the Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway from July 26, five days ahead the scheduled date.
A new medical quarantine process at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has helped ease congestion amid the rising number of passengers in recent days.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien responded to the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee’s questions on the settlement of congestion of agricultural products at northern border gates at an question-and-answer session on March 16.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and trade associations need to devise solutions together to address the congestion of farm produce at border gates, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan has said.
An official from the Foreign Trade Agency has said that authorities should instruct farmers and traders in how to meet packaging and labelling standards, before exporting goods.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked leaders of northern border provinces to work with Chinese authorities to set up a “common green zone” model to speed up customs clearance procedures and settle the congestion in border gates.
The capital city of Hanoi will spend a total of over 1.8 trillion VND (79.1 million USD) on mitigating traffic congestion and ensuring traffic safety in the city for the 2021-2025 period.
A new warning function for cargo congestion at border gates was launched on the national single window portal on January 27, said the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
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