Two men get stiff jail terms for robbing Vietnam toll station

Two men who robbed VND2.2 billion ($95,000) from a toll station in the southern Dong Nai Province will spend 19 and 20 years in jail.

Dong Nai police arrested two men Thursday, the same day they robbed VND2.2 billion ($95,000) from a local toll station.

Closed for more than a year following protests, the Cai Lay toll station will reopen with lower fees.

January 17, 2019 | 11:12 am GMT+7

Five officials of a toll fee collection company are being probed for concealing revenues on the HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway.

January 01, 2019 | 03:16 pm GMT+7

Paying in small notes is not illegal, but protesting drivers will have to make way for other road users from now on.

January 17, 2018 | 12:12 pm GMT+7

Protests at BOT toll stations have been lingering for almost a year, with the latest hotspots being Soc Trang, Can Tho and Binh Thuan.

January 13, 2018 | 09:13 pm GMT+7

In this conflict, someone must be to blame, and if it's not the officials who approved the station then it must be the drivers.

December 05, 2017 | 12:55 pm GMT+7

Traffic chaos has besieged National Highway 1 in Tien Giang Province as drivers try to disrupt services at the toll station.

December 03, 2017 | 07:59 pm GMT+7

Police were forced to detain two disobeying protesters, and cars were eventually allowed to pass through for free twice as chaos ensued.

November 30, 2017 | 10:51 pm GMT+7

The drivers have sought to disrupt operations over the past month at a toll station that they say is in the wrong place.

October 09, 2017 | 05:30 pm GMT+7

They claim a toll station is in the wrong place and that they're being forced to pay double to use the same stretch of highway.

October 05, 2017 | 03:20 pm GMT+7