The 21 airports in Vietnam are overloaded with the number of passengers estimated to increase to over 112 million this year against a capacity of 96.05 million.

It is obvious that air quality in Ha Noi has deteriorated in recent years, and equally evident that the situation has not improved despite municipal authorities holding any number of meetings on this topic.

Vu Van Vien, director of Ha Noi’s Department of Transport, speaks to the newspaper Kinh te & Do thi about the city’s determination to solve the problem of traffic congestion and environmental pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s transport department proposed at a meeting on Wednesday solutions to traffic congestion, including proper traffic management, camera installation and higher traffic fines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic congestion in Hanoi is actually worse than in HCMC, according to a recent survey conducted by property service provider Savills Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi police are applying a range of measures to ease traffic congestion in the city as Tet (Lunar New Year) draws near. 

If roads in HCMC continue expansion, commuters will prefer using their vehicles instead of Metro Line No. 1, an economic expert said at a conference held on March 29 to discuss solutions to traffic congestion and accident reduction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport plans to build a new terminal with a capacity of 10 million passengers at Tan Son Nhat Airport, and open new approach roads to ease heavy traffic at and around the country’s busiest airport.

 With the Lunar New Year Festival approaching fast, Ha Noi traffic has been facing increasing congestion in recent days, giving rise to stress among drivers and adding to the pollution.

Vietnam will seek to boost the use of public transportation and limit driving personal vehicles in urban areas by 2020, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang said on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Association has suggested that Uber and Grabtaxi services should be suspended to ensure equal competition between them and the normal taxi firms.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rate of urbanisation in Viet Nam has increased from 16 per cent annually in the 1990s to 35.5 per cent now, and is projected to rise to 45 per cent in 2020, putting more and more pressure on urban infrastructure,

 Traffic jam just occurred in some main roads and near some schools, hospitals and trade centers in Ho Chi Minh City in the past. However it has become a permanent issue in several areas now and worse with hours-long congestions being seen recently.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam’s metropolises like Hanoi and HCM City, even if you drive a super-car, your speed cannot exceed 40km per hour and your car will have to inch in traffic jams or floods.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The city has been mobilising funds for 20 transport works since the beginning of the year to ensure faster completion of the projects, with the aim of easing traffic congestion.

An economist from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said Vietnam's GNI per capital should be USD7,000, but that ineffective management has hindered Vietnam's growth.

Traffic jams have gone from bad to worse in recent days at some of HCMC’s main gateways in Binh Tan, Thu Duc and other outlying districts due to road constructions and upgrades.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – A week before the lunar New Year 2014 or Tet, traffic congestion is reported on many roads in Hanoi, despite the effort of traffic policemen. It has become nightmare for Hanoians these days.