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HCM City encourages people to use public transport

Ho Chi Minh City has deployed a number of plans to increase the number of commuters using buses to 11.2 percent this years, up 1.6 percentage points from last year.

Vietnam among top 10 cheapest countries for taxi fares

Vietnam is one of the 10 countries with the cheapest taxi fares, just 2.8 USD for a 5km cab ride, according to a recent report from Taxi2airport, the global cab-hailing system.

Buses to remain Hanoi's mainstream public transport in next 20 years

Buses lines have covered 100% of Hanoi’s districts, reached 100% of the city’s schools, 86% of industrial parks and 90% of urban areas in the capital.

HCM City to use one payment card for all public transport

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City’s People’s Committee has agreed to develop a single card that will be used for all types of public transport.

HCM City to develop BRT system

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City requires strong commitment at the leadership level to develop a bus rapid transit system, a workshop heard yesterday.

Full Hanoi public transport system: only in 2070

Professor Nguyen Van Thu, who has involved in Ha Noi’s traffic planning, speaks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper about the city’s draft resolution on phasing out motorcycles from inner districts from 2017 onwards.

Hi-tech improves public transport

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public transport management in HCM City has greatly improved compared to five or seven years ago, thanks to modern technologies, 

Public transport development policies approved

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued policies on encouraging bus companies to develop public transport bus services, including infrastructure development, investment in buses

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone vice-president quarantined

 The vice-president of Sierra Leone has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola.

Public transport hits many bumps

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many efforts from HCM City authorities and the city's Transport Department, public transportation in the city, which is conducted mainly by bus, has not developed as planned.

Hanoi pilots smart bus cards

 VietNamNet Bridge – The use of smart bus cards was piloted on Giap Bat-Cau Gie route in Hanoi starting on October 6 in an effort to encourage local people to use public transport

Vietnam’s most modern surveillance ship handed over

Ha Long Shipbuilding Co, Ltd handed over fisheries surveillance ship KN-781 to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force in northern Quang Ninh province on June 30.

Bus subsidies fail to curb traffic chaos

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the city has increased subsidies to bus companies, only 6-7 per cent of the total number of riders and passengers of private and public transport use the service,

Brazil gears for more protests during Confed Cup

 Fresh protests simmered in major Brazilian cities Monday over public transport fare hikes and use of government funds to host the Confederations Cup, a dry run for next year's World Cup.

Vietnam-made CNG bus launched

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation (Samco) last week introduced a bus running on compressed natural gas (CNG) and other newly-manufactured buses.