The Government of Singapore will continue investing in transport infrastructure to maintain the city-state’s position as a world-class city and key transport node between Asia and the world.
A 17-day workshop that ended on January 6 taught safe driving skills and encouraged university students to promote traffic safety among their peers and in the community.
Traffic accidents claimed 239 lives in the first four days of the 2018 New Year holiday (December 28 - 31) in Thailand, according to the country’s Road Safety Directing Centre.
The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has approved piloting a new urban administration model in Hanoi that allows for the dissolution of local government bodies.
Investment in health literacy would be a useful initiative in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries to help reach health goals, according to Asian Health Literacy Association.
The 12th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province next week.
A bus assistant in the coastal city of Nha Trang was fired for displaying an improper attitude towards two female Russian tourists after clips recording the incident went viral on Facebook.
Vietnam aims to cut the number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent every year and lower the number of severe crashes related to coaches and motorbikes between 2016 and 2020.
WB in Vietnam announced that it has approved a 300 million USD fund to support Vietnam in enhancing transport connectivity in countryside and forest protection in eight coastal localities.
Traffic police and authorities in HCM City are concerned about low road safety awareness of road users, which results in a large number of traffic accidents in the city.
Households in the capital’s Old Quarters can enjoy preferential tax rates if they offer motorbike parking services in their premises, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.
Pavements, especially those in crowded areas of major cities like Hanoi and HCM City, are being seriously encroached, causing difficulties for pedestrians.
A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MoT) is visiting Geneva, Switzerland, from February 20-24 at the invitation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) plans to raise 153.8 million USD over the next five years for a transportation upgrade project in the Central Highlands over the next five years.
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