HCM CITY PROMOTES KEY TRANSPORT PROJECTS
[12-01-2017] The city has recently called for private investment under the public-private partnership (PPP) model to kick off several key transport infrastructure projects under in the context of a limited State budget amid increasing transport demand.
TRANSPORT SECTOR URGED TO SPEED UP RESTRUCTURING
[11-01-2017] The Ministry of Transport needs to focus on its restructuring, adjusting planning schemes and strategies with detailed implementation roadmaps and ensuring traffic safety in 2017. Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng made the suggestion at a conference hosted by the ministry in Hà Nội on Tuesday to review the implementation of tasks in 2016 and deploy missions in 2017.
E-LICENSING PASSES PORT ENTRY IN 30 MINUTES
[21-09-2016] The Prime Minister issued Decision 34/2016/QD-TTg dated August 23, 2016 on electronic procedures applicable to ships entering and leaving seaports, inland ports and offshore oil ports via the National Single Window (NSW) mechanism.
VUNG TAU AIRPORT TO BE RELOCATED
[21-09-2016] Southern coastal Bà Rịa-VÅ©ng Tàu Province is planning to relocate its airport from the central area of VÅ©ng Tàu City to the suburb due to safety reasons and usage inefficiency. VÅ©ng Tàu Airport covers 172ha in Ward 9 of VÅ©ng Tàu City, which is a crowded residential area.
VIETNAM'S FIRST CHARTER AIRLINE TO FLY IN 2017
[14-09-2016] According to a source of VIR, Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has finished reviewing the dossier that Vietstar One-member Co., Ltd. earlier submitted to gain a license to provide air transport services.
HANJIN SHIPPING GLOBAL CEASES OPERATIONS IN VN
[06-09-2016] The Vietnamese Representative Office of Hanjin Shipping Global, South Korea’s giant container shipping company, announced that it would not accept any new booking of freight orders from August 31. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line would possibly affect local businesses’ export and import shipping and receiving activities.
MINISTRY TO TRANSFORM VN LOGISTICS
[28-08-2016] The industry and trade ministry is drafting an action plan for lowering logistics costs to touch 18 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. The costs for logistics currently are about 20 to 25 per cent of the GDP, compared with the average rates of seven to 10 per cent in developed countries.
ADJUSTED HN CONSTRUCTION MASTER SCHEME ANNOUNCED
[12-08-2016] The Ministry of Construction (MoC) announced the Ha Noi capital region that includes Ha Noi and nine neighboring provinces and around 21-23 million population. The MoC on August 11 in Ha Noi convened a ceremony to reveal the decision approving adjustments to the Hanoi Capital Region Construction Master Plan to 2030 with a vision to 2050.
