Hanoi should ensure exclusive bus lanes meet benchmarks before launch: expert

The outlay for a new road to Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport could be tripled as two more lanes are added.

2021 would be the earliest that cars in Ho Chi Minh City will have to pay downtown toll, the city's Transport Department said Wednesday.

A draft plan prepared by the Hanoi administration will seek to restrict entry downtown areas via automatic toll fees.

HCMC Department of Transport wants the city to spend VND250 billion ($10.7 million) to build 34 toll gates for cars entering the city downtown.

The proposed line would be up to 330 feet above ground and run over three miles across the Red River.

Buses intended for the second BRT route will be used for the first one instead, which has seen passenger growth but proven to be costly.

As the big holiday is but less than a week away, most migrants in Saigon have started going home to celebrate with their families.

It looks like city-dwellers are scrambling to get everything done before the year-end party.

As the brief holiday comes to an end, many migrants who chose to celebrate New Year's Eve at home once again return to the capital.

Once they're completed, traffic in the city might just become slightly more bearable.

The head of the city's transport department says the increased fines are not aimed at boosting the city's budget.

Commuters in Hanoi appear to still prize the flexibility of getting around on two wheels above all else.

New estimates say the $144 million project would not attract enough passengers to justify its cost.