Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Greig Craft is the American founder and chairman of Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, a nonprofit founded to combat the growing traffic crisis in Southeast Asia. Craft has lived in Vietnam for 25 years. Tuoitrenews recently talked to him about road accidents in Vietnam and the use of crash helmets on the road.

About 3.11 million motorbikes were sold in Vietnam in 2012, down 200,000 compared to the previous year.

The Vietnamese Maritime Administration is calling on the Ministry of Transport and the government for a law amendment that could permit it to sell a number of old cargo vessels as scraps.

The number of fully-assembled automobiles that were imported in 2012 was just 27,427, worth USD616.7 million, representing a decrease of 50% in volume and 40% in value compared to 2011, Vietnam Customs reported.

Those vehicle owners who fail to pay the new road-use fee before June 30 will be fined VND3-6 million (US$143-286), an official with the Transport Ministry told Tien Phong newspaper on Friday.

HCMC – The Ministry of Transport and Deo Ca Investment Co. on Sunday started work on the Ca Pass Tunnel project on National Highway 1A connecting Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces, which will be of paramount importance for socio-economic development in the region upon its completion.

HANOI - Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has officially turned down the Hanoi Transport Association’s proposal to import tuk tuks as a solution to limit the use of personal vehicles and ease congestion.

The Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association has shown their opposition to the Ministry of Transport’s proposal on raising certain types of taxes on motorbike and autos.

La nette augmentation du prix de l'essence a conduit bon nombre de citadins à utiliser le vélo, moyen de transport à tout le moins économique.

In a meeting with HCM City leaders and around 20 French companies on late April 5, Richard Fostier, Chair of Colas Rail Co said that the firm is implementing many railway projects in France and paying much attention to HCM City's metro project.

As demand is low, auto makers are racing each other to attract buyers with many promotion programmes.

While it is expected to help ease traffic pressure on the National Highway 1A on the North - South route, the National Highway 14, the part of the Ho Chi Minh Road passing through the Central Highlands, still remains an unfinished construction site.

The auto sales volume of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA)'s members would decline by 20 percent this year, given the new policy and other economic difficulties, said the top automaker on the market.

The Hanoi authorities have officially hiked the license plate registration fees for cars and motorbikes by 10 times in a bid to reduce traffic congestion in the capital.

Le Comité populaire de Hô Chi Minh-Ville et le comité de gestion pour l'investissement et pour la construction des ouvrages de communications et des ouvrages urbains ont organisé le 20 novembre la cérémonie d'inauguration du tunnel Thu Thiêm, permettant d'ouvrir au trafic l'axe Dông Tây, partant du carrefour de Cat Lai (2è arrondissement) jusqu'à la route nationale 1A au district de Binh Chanh, banlieue de la mégapole du Sud.