The volume of goods transported in the four-month period reached 189 billion tonnes, marking an 11.5% increase year-on-year. This includes substantial growth across various sectors, specifically aviation by 14.5%; road, 15.7%; waterway, 12.1%; seaway, 11%; and railway, 5.5%.
The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works faces a significant budget cut of 80% in 2025 to 29.57 trillion IDR from 110.95 trillion IDR (6.6 billion USD) in 2024.
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) estimates that about 2.9 trillion VND (118.3 million USD) is needed to repair highways from Thanh Hoa central province to northern provinces, which were damaged by typhoon Yagi.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to develop about 652 km of roads, 212 km of railways and BRT, and 365 km of inland waterways every year to achieve its socio-economic development goals.
A dugout boat is made from a hollowed-out tree and is considered a symbol of strength and the culture of many ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands.
The sudden increase in demand for land, factories, and warehouses in Vietnam has pushed up rental costs at industrial parks (IPs) near major cities, according to Savills Vietnam.
Street vendors will be allowed to use sections of roads and pavements if they receive permission and pay fees for their business activities under a HCM City draft decision on road and pavement management.
A total of 1,300 traffic accidents occurred nationwide in the month to January 14, which killed 591 people and injured 968 others, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
Floods triggered by torrential rain in the last two weeks have submerged homes, roads and bridges, caused landslides and forced more than 23,000 people to evacuate to shelters in northeastern Thailand.
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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan worth 188 million USD to improve and upgrade 198 km of roads in Vietnam’s mountainous northwest region.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he believes a new wave of investments, both direct and indirect, from Australia, will land in Vietnam for win-win benefits, following the freshly-established Strategic Partnership.
Accidents on the road killed 67 and injured 74 others during the three-day New Year holiday from December 30, 2017 to January 1, 2018, according to the Office of the Public Security Ministry.
The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over the last year, according to provincial authorities.
Some 16,610 coaches, taxis and buses do not operate their global positioning systems (GPS) equipment regularly, according to the Hanoi Department of Transport.
Vietnam will create the best possible conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from Hong Kong (China), to invest in the country, particularly in the field of infrastructure, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed.
The island district of Co To in northern Quang Ninh province has been recognised as a new-style rural area under a decision recently signed by the Prime Minister.
