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The main segments of the second-phase construction of Vinh Tuy bridge spanning Hong (Red) River (Vinh Tuy Bridge 2) in Hanoi was connected on May 30.

The rapid increase of private vehicles along with poor infrastructure has caused increasingly complicated traffic in Hanoi.

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.

The Prime Minister has ordered authorities to build a safe and thorough plan to organise traffic during the upcoming holidays.

The Ho Chi Minh City property market is expected to develop strongly in 2022 on the back of a number of infrastructure projects being completed or started during the period, experts said.

Three new bridges in HCM City are expected to make travel more convenient, improve regional connectivity and reduce traffic jams.

Twenty road accidents took place on January 2 nationwide, causing 12 deaths and injured 13 others.

Mien Tay (Western) and Mien Dong (Eastern) bus stations in Ho Chi Minh City will begin selling Tet (Lunar New Year) tickets next month at prices 40-60 percent higher than on normal days.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has urged the Ministry of Transport to speed up construction of ring roads No. 3 and 4.

A total of 57 people were killed on the roads during the National Day holidays, according to traffic officials.

Vietnam saw a decline in road accidents in the first half of 2019 while the number of prolonged traffic congestions was on a rise, according to the latest report of the National Committee for Road Safety.

Hanoi has announced plans to reduce traffic jams in 33 hot spots, said Vu Van Vien, Director of the municipal Department of Transport.

Many infrastructure facilities, including roads are overloaded as many new residential areas have been built and the number of means of transportation rapidly rise in suburban areas of Ho Chi Minh City in the past few years.

The Philippines' goal of making its first underground railway Metro Manila Subway fully operational in 2025 may increase the total costs, local transport analysts said.

Surveillance cameras to monitor traffic violations will be installed on a trial basis in Hanoi and HCM City by 2020 and nationwide by 2022, according to the Government.

Transport units at coach stations and airports as well as train stations in Ho Chi Minh City are busy meeting passenger demand for travel before and after the Tet (Lunar New year) holiday.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport will focus on implementing major projects to reduce traffic congestion and traffic accidents in 2019.

Authorities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are speeding up plans to limit motorbikes entering inner-city areas and eventually phase motorbikes out in downtown areas to ease traffic jams.

The transport sector aims to transport 8-9 percent more passengers and cargo this year compared to 2018, heard a conference in Hanoi on January 11.

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.