January 9, 2012
Two Honda motorbikes have become the latest victims of mysterious fires that have burned more than 90 vehicles across Vietnam since last year. One of the new cases happened in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue right after Hoang Thi Mai Tram left Hue Central Hospital, where she works, on Thursday. Tram said she [...]
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January 8, 2012
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 [...]
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December 31, 2011
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced it will ban vehicles from traveling on some certain streets to pave the way for New Year celebrations. Vehicles will be banned from entering Nguyen Hue Street in District 1 from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2011 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. There will [...]
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December 18, 2011
US soldiers wave at their comrades as they cross the border between Iraq and Kuwait. The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait on Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock. The last of roughly 110 [...]
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November 21, 2011
Speeding and handing the wheels over to unlicensed drivers is not uncommon practice among container truck drivers, an investigation finds Rescuers carrying the body of a victim killed by an accident between a container truck and a bus that left 10 dead in Binh Thuan Province on November 7. The lack of container truck [...]
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November 14, 2011
The front of a truck, one of the nine vehicles hit by another truck in southern Vietnam on Saturday. Three people including two teenagers were killed in southern Vietnam on Saturday as a truck hit nine vehicles. The southbound truck from Hanoi hit another truck on National Highway 1A across Dong Nai Province that neighbors [...]
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November 5, 2011
 File picture shows parked emergency response vehicles. Up to 40 people were injured and some were killed after a massive pile-up on a British motorway, emergency services said on Saturday. Up to 40 people were injured and some were killed after a massive pile-up on a British motorway, emergency services said on Saturday. Television [...]
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October 28, 2011
Hanoi authorities are still considering a proposal by the Ministry of Transport to adjust government office working hours as a bid to reduce traffic congestion during rush hour in the capital, Hanoi’s Communist Party unit chief told the press. Pham Quang Nghi, secretary of the Hanoi Communist Party Committee, said authorities should listen to [...]
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October 7, 2011
The fast and furious take over city streets throughout Traffic Safety Month An illegal racer performs tricks on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. The central government is looking to crack down on street racing in the country’s biggest cities. The Ho Chi Minh City municipal administration has asked the central [...]
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September 10, 2011
A Ho Chi Minh City street packed during rush hour The government has asked the Transport Ministry to draft a plan restricting the circulation of motorcycles in major cities to curb the country’s worsening traffic problem. The ministry has been ordered to submit the plan to the government by the end of 2012. In another [...]
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