A crash between a car and a motorbike in the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Tam Dao District has left four dead.

Work on five projects to reduce traffic congestion in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport area in HCMC will begin soon.

Hanoi authorities have considered banning three-wheeled vehicles, including cyclos.

Authorities of HCMC should study the impact of a motorbike ban in inner-city areas to avoid affecting the daily commutes of the locals, said the Ministry of Transport.

The Hanoi Department of Transport said that the collection of tolls charged on vehicles entering the city’s downtown is not an easy task but needs to be implemented, possibly in 2030, local media reported.

The commute to or from downtown Hanoi during rush hours can be stressful to say the least.

Nine of 13 bus enterprises and co-ops in HCM City have asked for a reduction of bus trips on several lines as their subsidies are lower than bus owners’ expenditures.

Visual artist Uu Dam, known as UuDam, will be displaying his art in an interactive installation at Galerie Quynh in HCM City beginning on April 19.

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 HCM City in the past few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A French transportation firm has recently proposed a solution to curb urban traffic congestion in the capital city of Hanoi, boasting a population of more than 7.5 million.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians have suffered frequent traffic jams over the last week and the situation is predicted to worsen in the days near Tet (Lunar New Year).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lai Xa Village in Hanoi’s suburban area has urbanised rapidly over the last few decades, creating a boom in people, building and vehicles.

The Can Tho – Phung Hiep BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) toll station in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho became the latest toll station in the country to slash fees after drivers’ complaints.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the temporary postponement of fee collection at the Cai Lay Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) toll station in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang for one to two months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Roads in HCM City’s east are now congested since there has been a surge in the number of vehicles there while work on new roads and bridges is tardy or stalled due to lack of funds.

The rapid rise of apartment blocks along several small roads in Ha Noi has strained traffic infrastructure with thousands of new residents arriving at once.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic jams have eased somewhat in HCM City but not been eliminated, a top transport official has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A smart traffic operation centre in HCM City will receive an investment of VND6 trillion (US$265 million) from 2017 to 2020, 

In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, the People’s Committee of HCM City has approved a plan to collect road tolls on cars entering downtown areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economist Luong Hoai Nam tells the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about the urgent trade-offs between private transport and public transport and offers the way forward to curbing traffic congestion in major cities.