Foreign firms keen on traffic projects in VietnamLe Anh Ministry of Transport leaders work with foreign investors interested in traffic infrastructure development projects in Vietnam - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT HCMC – Multiple foreign companies have explored the possibility of getting involved in traffic infrastructure projects in Vietnam. Early this week the Ministry of Transport met with three foreign firms – Greenland Holding Group, Vision Transportation Group and Vietnam Infrastructure and Property Development Group (VIPD) – over a couple of projects in the nation. Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat told representatives of these firms that the traffic infrastructure sector is open to private investors. By 2020, the ministry plans to open some 2,000 kilometers of expressway to traffic. Of which, 654 kilometers would be built under public-private partnership (PPP). For railways, the ministry will pass a project to develop an express railway … [Read more...] about Foreign firms keen on traffic projects in Vietnam
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Ports cause HCM City traffic woes
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Ports in Cát Lái Area in HCM City’s District 9 cannot be expanded because they are surrounded by residential areas just as they were 20 years ago when they had been located in inner districts. Residents on Đồng Văn Cống Street (in District 2), which runs to Tân Cảng Port, say the road is always filled with container and other trucks. According to figures from the city transport department, around 20,000 container and other trucks carry goods daily to and from Tân Cảng Port, the largest container port in Việt Nam and one where half of all containers coming into or leaving the country complete customs clearance. Tân Cảng – Cát Lái Port is located near the Citihome apartment project. Tân Cảng – Phú Hữu Port and SP – ITC International Container Terminal on Nguyễn Duy Trinh Street also face a similar problem. SP – … [Read more...] about Ports cause HCM City traffic woes
Vietnamese traffic general calls for helicopter support on highway rescue operations
By Hoang Thuy  April 2, 2018 | 04:16 pm GMT+7 Vehicles travel on Phap Van-Cau Gie Highway in Hanoi which saw a serious tailback following multiple crashes on March 18, 2018. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy The proposal follows a pile-up that left three people dead outside Hanoi last month. Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has called for helicopters to be deployed during rescue operations on the country's highways. Speaking at a quarterly conference last week, Major General Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, deputy chief of traffic police, highlighted the difficulties police faced following multiple crashes on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway outside Hanoi on March 18, which resulted in three deaths and an eight-hour tailback. “When frozen traffic spans 30 kilometers, rescue missions become extremely difficult,” Tuan said on Friday, adding that some victims were in need of immediate medical help. “One was a three-month-old child and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese traffic general calls for helicopter support on highway rescue operations
Ministry explains reasons for sluggish traffic constructions in South region
Upon the project Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway, Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said that the project investor was encountering financial difficulties because it had not signed the credit contract with its bank because of the high interest rate proposed from the bank under the Ministry of Finance’s circular No.75. In its document, the Ministry required from now to May 31, the two sides – the investor and the bank – must sign the credit contract or else the Ministry will end the contract with the investor, he said. The termination of contract will make progress slower; additionally, the Ministry will select another investor for the project , accordingly, it takes more time and money, he added. Mentioning to a crack on a girder of under-construction Vam Cong Bridge connecting Mekong delta city of Can Tho and Dong Thap province, the representative of the ministry said that this was a rare case in the world, therefore, Vietnam invited foreign experts … [Read more...] about Ministry explains reasons for sluggish traffic constructions in South region
HCMC to resort to underground space to ease traffic congestion
The HCMC government is working on a plan to make use of underground space across the city to make room for vehicles, services and commercial activities to ease chronic traffic congestion and meet the needs for fast urbanization. An aerial view shows downtown HCMC has many high-rise buildings. The city will resort to underground space to cope with worsening traffic congestion Competent agencies and experts in urban planning will need two years to complete a comprehensive plan which is an important part of adjustments to the HCMC general planning approved by the Prime Minister in 2010. The general planning of HCMC passed in 2010 does not include two important contents, namely the use of underground space and climate change adaptation solutions. Nguyen Thanh Nha, director of the municipal Department of Zoning and Architecture, said the general planning needs adjusting to solve problems such as traffic congestion, flooding, urban cramming and climate change. Nha admitted previous urban … [Read more...] about HCMC to resort to underground space to ease traffic congestion