Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
Shift to electric vehicles needed to reach net-zero emission goals
In order to turn net-zero emission goals into reality, Vietnam needs to urgently apply measures to encourage people to use public transport and shift to electric vehicles.To reduce emissions to zero, the Prime Minister released Decision 876, approving an action plan on a green energy ...
Dinh Quy
From gridlock to green cities: Vietnam's urban transport challenge
Large cities like Hanoi and HCMC are facing serious traffic congestion, air pollution, urban flooding, and urban heat island, calling for more effective solutions to limit personal vehicles. The policy of limiting personal vehicles to reduce congestion and pollution in urban areas has been in ...
Thanh Tam
Government launches action plan on railway transport development
The Government has issued Resolution No 178/NQ-CP on an action plan for implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No 49-KL/TW on the development orientation of Vietnam’s railway transport to 2030 with a vision towards 2045.The action plan sets out tasks including perfecting institutions and policies, completing railway planning and ...
Insufficient expansion funds keep Mekong Delta gateway a bottleneck
The lack of funds to widen the narrow main highway connecting HCMC with the Mekong Delta has impeded traffic for years.The section of National Highway 1 at HCMC’s western border runs from the An Lac Intersection in Binh Tan District to Long An Province. It is ...
Gia Minh
Ministry suggests bypass to keep highway out of Dong Nai biosphere reserve
The Ministry of Transport has suggested a bypass in place of a highway proposed to be built through a world biosphere reserve in the southern Dong Nai Province.In a letter to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday, the ministry said it is not feasible ...
Phuoc Tuan
Transport infrastructure key to Mekong Delta’s economic growth
A vast major economic zone covering 40,400 sq.km., the Mekong Delta boasts abundant advantages in agricultural production and investment attraction across a variety of fields. However, for years, the slow development transport infrastructure has hindered the development of the region, becoming a bottleneck that prevent ...
Transport ministry cancelled international bidding for North-South Expressway, seeks bids from domestic investors
The transport ministry announced on Monday they would cancel open international bidding for eight projects of the North-South expressway, in favour of homegrown investors.The decision was made on the consensus reached after consulting relevant agencies, transport ministry said in an announcement sent to the media, adding ...
Mekong Delta needs logistics investment: officials
A trade representative has called for the construction of more deep-water ports in the Mekong River Delta to save money and time for seafood exporters. Nguyễn Hoài Nam, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), said the move would allow firms to directly ...
PM stresses technological applications in traffic management
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the need to intensify technological applications in managing traffic safety while speaking at a teleconference in Hanoi on July 22. He lauded smart traffic management centres established by cities which exchange data with relevant agencies. At the meeting, the leader asked ...
Concerns raised over Vietnam’s largest infrastructure project
The tentative total investment for the North-South high-speed railway, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), is about US$26 billion – $32 billion less than the previous proposal by the Ministry of Transport (MoT). The project will be implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) ...
