North south highway traffic

The first task is to develop policies and legal documents. We hope, in the year 2020, we will release a master law to replace many other laws and a decree to replace many other decrees. We hope in the next six months, all important legal documents relating to the transport sector, including the revision of Decree-45/2016 on penalties in cases of violations of road and rail transportation laws. We’ll also make public a new decree on the business and transport business conditions for vehicles to replace the current decree. We’re confident, with the fast development of science and technology and co-operation between agencies, including the Ministry of Public Security, local governments, enterprises and particularly drivers, we’ll be able to achieve a major breakthrough in transportation and establish law and order in the transport sector. … [Read more...] about Many break-throughs are to happen in the transport sector

HÀ NỘI The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is hosting a spring celebration inspired by áo dài (traditional long dress) and flowers, including a fashion show, exhibition and other activities honouring traditional cultural values. … [Read more...] about Traditional áo dài in the spotlight

A passenger bus packed with people is caught by traffic police officers in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, January 19, 2020. Photo: B.A. / Tuoi Tre Around one week before and after Tet, or Lunar New Year, which will fall on January 25, is the peak traveling season in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Sleeper bus carries twice its capacity in southern Vietnam

At airports, my foreign friends always asked me why Vietnamese people brought twisted and cumbersome peach branches from the North to the far-away South. As they thought, the South had a lot of beautiful flowers and Da Lat’s peach as well and that the charge for the transport of a Hanoi’s peach branch could buy several Da Lat’s peach branches. My answer for them was just a smile because it was not easy to explain Vietnam’s Tet’s mystery and sacredness as well as the  wonderful feeling when Hanoi’s peach buds were in full blossom in the sunlight of the South. … [Read more...] about Dream of peach blossoms

Some projects are yet to complete investment procedures and are still in the process of finalising costs or extending loan agreements, especially urban rail projects like the metro line No.1 between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in District 9.  … [Read more...] about City to speed up public investment disbursement