Posts Tagged ‘ Trung Luong ’

Ministry suspends official for poor highway quality 

November 23, 2011
Ministry suspends official for poor highway quality 

Potholes on the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway in southern Vietnam The Vietnamese transport ministry Monday suspended the official managing the country’s first cars-only expressway after its poor quality allegedly caused many accidents since it opened to traffic almost two years ago. The charges have not been spelled out, but Minister Dinh [...]

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Two dead, 15 injured as bus crashes into parked truck 

July 20, 2011
Two dead, 15 injured as bus crashes into parked truck 

The injured passengers being treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCMC. Two people died and 10 others were injured after a 16-seat bus crashed into a truck on a highway section in the Mekong Delta province of Long An early Monday morning. The accident happened at around 4 a.m. when the bus was traveling from [...]

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Speeding leads to highway deaths 

June 19, 2011
Speeding leads to highway deaths 

  Reckless driving and frequent tire blow outs have plagued Vietnam’s most advanced roadway The bus involved in the accident on June 13 that killed 8 people and injured 10 others on the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Highway Investigations into a recent highway accident, which killed eight and injured 10, has indicated that speeding [...]

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Farmers seek $92,000 in damages after highway lights cause crop failure 

January 14, 2011
Farmers seek $92,000 in damages after highway lights cause crop failure 

A farmer stands in front of his rice field along the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Highway in the southern province of Long An. Authorities in the southern province of Long An have officially proposed that a highway management board supports local farmers with VND1.8 billion (US$92,331) in compensation for their crop failure.   Lieu [...]

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Southern expressway opens temporarily for cars

February 8, 2010
Southern expressway opens temporarily for cars

The Ministry of Transport has announced it will temporarily open a major expressway through Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of Long An and Tien Giang in the Mekong Delta from February 3 onwards. The temporary operation of the 40-kilometer speedway, also known as HCMC-Trung Luong Highway, is scheduled to be completed by the [...]

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Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half

February 5, 2010
Thruway cuts HCMC-Tien Giang travel time by half

Travel time by car between HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is now shortened by half as southern Vietnam’s first expressway was opened to traffic. A man at work under the sign that reads: “Vehicles are required to travel at over 50 km per hour” on HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway on Wednesday.It will [...]

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Tien Giang welcomes investors with open arms

January 28, 2010
Tien Giang welcomes investors with open arms

LookAtVietnam – With the ambition to become an ideal destination of the key southern economic zone, Tien Giang province has provided numerous perks to attract investors. According to Le Van Huong, Director of Tien Giang Planning and Investment Department, the province attracted three industrial foreign direct investment (FDI) projects capitalized at $35.5 million. These projects [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/1

January 11, 2010
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/1

Hospitals face serious blood shortage during Tet; HCM City-My Tho highway to open for Tet holidays; HCM City becomes more floral; Illegal gold mining activities suspended; Fund improves personal hygiene   Hospitals face serious blood shortage during Tet A Humanitarian Blood Donation Day was jointly launched in Hanoi on January 9 by the National Institute of [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 29/11

November 30, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 29/11

Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway set to work; PM kicks off pipeline construction; Hanoi to host AIPA workshop on female parliamentarians; FM spokesperson reaffirms sovereignty over East Sea islands Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway set to work Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 29 issued an order to kick-start the Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway project in [...]

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Village reaps benefits of mechanisation

October 19, 2009
Village reaps benefits of mechanisation

LookAtVietnam – Vi Ha Village leads the way in mass agriculture production as the new mechanisation pilot project increases rice yield. LookAtVietnam – Vi Ha Village leads the way in mass agriculture production as the new mechanisation pilot project increases rice yield. Farmers in Vi Ha Village, Ha Nam Province, are reaping more rice than [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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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...