Posts Tagged ‘ transportation ’

Fuel to the fire 

January 15, 2012
Fuel to the fire 

  Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Reports | Comments Off

Personal vehicle fee proposal greeted with skepticism 

January 8, 2012
Personal vehicle fee proposal greeted with skepticism 

  A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees draws mostly negative reaction Traffic congestion on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees has drawn skepticism about its feasibility to reduce traffic congestion in major cities. Experts have expressed doubts over the feasibility [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Social | Comments Off

Coal group denounced for pushing up coal delivery costs

January 27, 2010
Coal group denounced for pushing up coal delivery costs

LookAtVietnam – Cement producers have accused the Vinacomin of charging overly high transport fees. According to the Vietnam Cement Association, He Duong Cement Company in Ninh Binh Province, Huu Nghi Company in Phu Tho and X18 Company in Hoa Binh have lodged complaints about the fact that Vinacomin sets transport fees which are three times [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

All at sea

January 18, 2010
All at sea

Ships dock at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City. Experts generally agree that the immense and natural potential that Vietnam has to develop a strong sea transport industry has not been tapped, leaving it in a state of continued latency. Economist Nguyen Tuan Hoa of Ho Chi Minh City Development Learning Center said Vietnam [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News | Comments Off

Cement firms accuse coal monopoly of unfair practices

January 16, 2010
Cement firms accuse coal monopoly of unfair practices

Cement companies have filed complaints against the state-owned coal monopoly, saying it is earning undue profits by charging much higher transportation fees than warranted.  Barges used to transport coal dock at Viet Tri Port.Nguyen Van Kien, board chairman of Cement X18 Factory in the northern province of Lang Son, told Thanh Nien that fees for [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

Cement firms accuse coal monopoly of unfair practices

January 15, 2010
Cement firms accuse coal monopoly of unfair practices

Barges used to transport coal dock at Viet Tri Port. Cement companies have filed complaints against the state-owned coal monopoly, saying it is earning undue profits by charging much higher transportation fees than warranted. Nguyen Van Kien, board chairman of Cement X18 Factory in the northern province of Lang Son, told Thanh Nien that fees [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

Military arm joins with Hong Kong maritime services firm

January 8, 2010
Military arm joins with Hong Kong maritime services firm

Military-owned Saigon Newport Company and its subsidiaries signed a deal with Hong Kong-based Sun Cypress Shipping to form a joint venture in maritime services Thursday. Saigon Newport Cypress Joint Stock Company, with a 60 percent stake held by Vietnamese partners, will offer waterway and inland transportation services alongside , shipping, cargo handling, warehousing and customs [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

HCMC needs $40 billion for transport sector development

January 1, 2010
HCMC needs $40 billion for transport sector development

Ho Chi Minh City’s transport sector needs around US$40 billion to fulfill its development plans by 2020 instead of the $26 billion planned two years ago, a municipal administration meeting heard Monday. Compensation to residents for site clearance accounted for most of the estimated investment, said Tran Quang Phuong, director of the HCMC Department of [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News, Social | Comments Off

HCMC transportation firms threaten to sue toll collector

December 29, 2009
HCMC transportation firms threaten to sue toll collector

Transportation companies in HCM City will file a suit against the leaders of a local firm if it does not stop its wrongful toll collection, a lawyer for the companies said Saturday.  LookAtVietnam – Transportation companies in Ho Chi Minh City will file a suit against the leaders of a local firm if it does [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News, Social | Comments Off

HCMC transportation firms threaten to sue toll collector

December 28, 2009
HCMC transportation firms threaten to sue toll collector

Transportation companies in Ho Chi Minh City will file a suit against the leaders of a local firm if it does not stop its wrongful toll collection, a lawyer for the companies said Saturday. The HCMC Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company (CII) should also make a plan to return fees that it has wrongly collected [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News, Social | Comments Off

Feature

Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

By

Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...