Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on January 8 that traffic congestion in Jakarta and its nearby areas results in annual economic losses of nearly 4.7 billion USD.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City - the country’s southern largest economic hub – has unveiled several ambitious targets for 2019.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport has added more patrols to handle traffic congestions during the holiday season.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has set out a series of measures to continue improving the local problem of traffic congestion in 2019.
Passenger bus network have been developed extensively in districts, wards and towns to encourage people to use public transport to avoid traffic congestion as well as help the environment. But it still fails to attract more passengers.
The elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station urban railway has been connected after 30 months of construction with the last concrete beam being successfully installed on December 23.
Politburo member and Secretary of Hanoi’s Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung have extended Christmas greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers in the capital city.
The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City convened its 12th session on December 4 with the attendance of Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung welcomed a delegation from the German city of Leipzig in Hanoi on December 3, who are in the capital city to learn about opportunities for cooperation, investment, and trade.
Ho Chi Minh City has great potential for smart-city development but lags far behind other Asian smart cities, according to a study issued by the HCM City-based University of Economics.
The HCM City Department of Transport has sought permission to rent 100 more cameras to monitor traffic safety, saying there are no cameras on a number of streets and intersections, which poses difficulties for authorities to tackle traffic problems.
A Japanese newspaper has heralded Ho Chi Minh City as a “Silicon Valley of Asia” thanks to its upgraded infrastructure and growing financial areas.
The People’s Committee of Da Nang city held an international seminar with CityNet on “Investing in Sustainable Urbanisation” in the central city on November 22, focusing on sustainable city finance and urban infrastructure investments.
A series of measures have been proposed at a recent workshop in Hanoi, aiming to turn the capital city into a logistics centre of the nation in the future.
The underground station C9, part of Hanoi’s urban railway line No 2 connecting Bac Tu Liem district to Hoan Kiem district, will not harm the historical sites surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake.
Traffic jam continue to be a big issue for Hanoi despite heavy investment in transport infrastructure in the city. The problem was the focus of a workshop held in Hanoi on October 24.
The Hanoi People’s Council and the People’s Congress of Shanghai (China) discussed ways to attract talents and uphold the role of people’s council deputies during a seminar in Hanoi on October 22.
Ho Chi Minh City has set out a plan to use the Party’s assets more effectively based on market economy principles, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
