The Ministry of Transport will coordinate with other ministries to provide advice to the Government and prioritise budget allocation for transforming two-lane roads into fully-fledged four-lane expressways.
The Ministry of Transport has recommended to the ministries of Planning and Investment, and Finance five projects to upgrade the national highways connecting with Laos.
The Ministry of Transport has sent a document to the Ministries of Planning and Investment, and Finance proposing the upgrades to five national highways connecting with Laos.
The Department of Traffic Police under the Ministry of Public Security on April 15 launched a national traffic safety month in an effort to make travel safer for all.
The HCM City People’s Committee has issued a plan to implement the city's transport infrastructure upgrade project in the 2021-2030 period, which will require investment of 970.6 trillion VND (42.3 billion USD).
Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Kari Kahiluoto said investors from Finland want to invest in highways, thermal-power, energy, and waste treatment projects in the southern province of Dong Nai at a working session with the local authorities on April 22.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 25 called for the faster installation of automated non-stop toll booths on build-operate-transfer (BOT) highways, with a deadline of December 31.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on September 9 chaired a meeting with ministries and agencies to discuss the implementation of the automatic toll collection systems on highways.
The Ministry of Transport said it has invested 800 billion VND (34.5 million USD) for repairs and upgrades to national highways in the Mekong Delta this year to ensure traffic safety.
All build-operate-transfer (BOT) highways across Vietnam are scheduled to use electronic toll collection systems by the end of this year, but many seem set to fall short of the goal.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Transport to focus on investment in building national key projects, speeding up bidding and selecting investors.
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) has called on various agencies to fulfill their responsibility for maintaining transport projects on national highways and expressways at the end of the year.
The urbanisation progress on Java, which is home to 60 percent of the Indonesian population, will be accelerated as highways will mushroom on the world’s most populous island in the couple of years, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.
It was a tragic morning on National Highway 5 as three consecutive accidents killed at least seven people and injured two others on July 23, the Committee for Traffic Safety of Hai Duong province reported.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an official dispatch asking for the speeding up of the implementation of automated non-stop toll collection on all build-operation-transfer (BOT) highways across the country with a deadline of end of the year.
The Hanoi Transport Department, in cooperation with local authorities in districts and communes, will tighten control on highways in an attempt to deter violations and ensure traffic safety.
Transport authorities have prevented 31,000 trucks overloaded with goods or passengers from entering highways since early this year, the Vietnam Expressway Service Joint Stock Company (VEC) has said.
Many important national highways and provincial roads across several northern provinces have been repaired and are now resuming operations after the localities were seriously hit by flash floods and landslides several days ago.
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