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The HCM City's Department of Transport has proposed banning sleeper coaches from the city centre. The HCM City's Department of Transport has proposed banning sleeper coaches from the city centre to curb congestion. According to the proposal, sleeper coaches are banned from most areas in the city centre between 6 am-10 pm from now until 2025, and after that coaches with over 30 seats will be added to the list. The ban, however, will not be applied to public transport or vehicles on duty. Fifteen areas in the city centre covered by the ban include Ton Duc Thang, Nguyen Huu Canh, and Nguyen Binh Khiem in District 1, and Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in District 4. Some areas around Tan Son Nhat Airport including Truong Chinh Street, Lang Cha Ca Roundabout, Cong Hoa - Hoang Hoa Tham Intersection, and Nguyen Thi Dinh Street will also ban those vehicles which is aimed at curbing constant congestion. Other areas include Nguyen Huu Tho - Nguyen Van Linh Intersection … [Read more...] about HCM City proposes city centre coach ban

Vietnamese picture books come back in favor Only one month after its release, the Kim Dong Publishing House's series of picture books Chuyen o trong rung Vi vu (Stories in the Vi vu forest) of writer Truong Huynh Nhu Tran has been re-published. Being an author of children's literature, writer Huynh Nhu said that re-publishing of the picture books is of great pleasure for her as she has tried writing picture books just for a short time. With his experience in the publishing sector for years, Mr. Phan Cao Hoai Nam, editor of Kim Dong Publishing House, said that nowadays, children are afraid to read books with many words, so picture books are very much in favor. In addition, parents are so busy that they have spent little time reading books with their children; therefore, they resorted to short picture books to interact with their children. That is the advantage of picture books now, explained Mr. Phan Cao Hoai Nam. Several local authors such as Dao Trung Uyen, Phuong Huyen, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese picture books come back in favor

For over a month now, relevant personnel at the Ministry of Transport is busy with the final preparations to soon hand over Khanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot Expressway to the people’s committees of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak provinces. In light of Decision No.17/QD-TTg dated July 28, two out of three components under Khanh Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot Expressway will be assigned to two localities having the road passage for management. The 32km-long first component with an estimated investment value of $244.8 million will be assigned to Khanh Hoa's People’s Committee while the 48km-long third component valued at around $282 million will be assigned to Dak Lak's People’s Committee. The 37.5km second component with a value reaching $426.8 million will be managed by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) as the road section lies in both localities and features complex terrain. Building a comprehensive highway network is one of the government priorities With more than 117.8km of total length, … [Read more...] about Huge transport investment expected to vitalise central regions