Just 4 per cent of cases involving the illegal use of pavements and roads for doing business and parking vehicles in HCM City are punished, according to inspectors with the Ministry of Trans [ … ]

Hanoi intends to build around 20 parks on a total land area of 970 ha in the districts of Hoang Mai, Long Bien, Cau Giay, Thanh Xuan, Tu Liem, Gia Lam and Dong Anh by 2030.

Ha Noi Department of Construction has proposed that the city authority sell ownership and land-use rights to people using old colonial French villas and allow them to preserve their original [ … ]

The population of HCMC is forecast to rise to around 8.6 million by 2015 with an average life expectancy of 75.9 years.  

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has set new parking fee rates that have come into effect from August 1.

Bus drivers in Hanoi have been urged to ensure they obey all traffic regulations, after statistics showed that drivers of public buses are getting an increasing number of traffic fines.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has sent experts to Hanoi to carry out a technical assistance project on improving public transport in the capital city.

The Ho Chi Minh City Transport Department has submitted to the municipal People's Committee a draft plan to use 119 streets in the city as temporary parking spaces.

Underground reticulation, parking areas and subways play a key role in the development of Vietnam cities but lack of planning, legal regulations and finance is making them inefficient.

Ho Chi Minh City will have 10 satellite urban areas, under the master plan for the Southeastern region’s social and economic development by 2020 that has been approved by the Prime Minister. [ … ]