HCM City agencies have unveiled plans to promote waterway transport on the 975km of riverways in the city, according to the city’s Department of Transport. For the last decade, the city has focused on land transport in an aim to tackle traffic congestion, especially at the entrances to the city and its ports. Cát Lái River Port in HCM City’s District 9. — VNS File Photo A number of projects to expand road networks were completed, but did not ease traffic congestion, especially at the northwest gateway and the entry to Cát Lái Port, transport experts said. Bùi Xuân Cường, director of the Department of Transport, said the city last year built 106km of roads and 21 bridges. Võ Kim Cương, former deputy architect of HCM City, said that rapid urbanisation was one of the main causes behind the overloaded streets. The inappropriate locations of ports have also caused pressure to existing road networks. … [Read more...] about HCM City maps out plans for water transport expansion
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HCM City raises environmental protection, parking fees
Viet Nam News HCM CITY – New environmental protection fees are expected to reduce the volume of industrial waste water in HCM City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, according to the city’s Transport Department. The city expects to collect several million dollars through the new fees, the department said. The calculation method now being used for assessing environmental protection fees does not correspond with the volume of discharged industrial waste water, according to the department. Beginning on July 1, the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment will apply a new method to calculate fees for industrial waste water discharge. Last year, the city collected a total of VNĐ8 billion ($350,000) from environmental protection fees. However, with the new calculation method, the city is expected to collect VNĐ60 billion ($2.7 million). The city will collect a fixed fee of VNĐ1.5 … [Read more...] about HCM City raises environmental protection, parking fees
PM okays proposal of hiring consulting units for HCM City Metro line 5
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to hire foreign consulting units or domestic and foreign joint ventures to verify the pre-feasibility study report of the Ho Chi Minh City metro line 5 project. Ho Chi Minh City metro project map (Source: baoxaydung.com.vn) The PM assigned the Minister of Planning and Investment as the Chairman of the State verification council to select the consulting unit, while gathering ideas of other ministries to maximise the effectiveness and economise the hiring. The Metro line 5, spanning from the new Can Giuoc coach station to Sai Gon bridge, has a total length of 26 kilometres. In the first phase, an 8.9km section will be built from Bay Hien crossroad in Tan Binh district to Sai Gon bridge. The line has a total investment of 1.562 billion EUR and an implementation time from 2009 to 2027. Under its design, the Metro line 5 will connect with line 2 at Bay Hien crossroad, line 4 at Phu Nhuan crossroad in Phu Nhuan district, Tan … [Read more...] about PM okays proposal of hiring consulting units for HCM City Metro line 5
HCM City industrial production index drops
Viet Nam News HCM CITY -- The industrial production index of HCM City of the first four months rose merely 6.07 per cent compared with the 7.09 per cent of the same period of 2017, according to figures released at a meeting held yesterday to review the city’s socio-economic development. Speaking at the HCM City People’s Committee meeting, Nguyễn Huỳnh Trang, deputy director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said the figures indicated an “unsustainable and uncompetitive” growth of industrial production. She cited the number of medium- and small-sized enterprises, which account for 99 per cent of the total number of businesses in the city. The contributions of local and foreign-invested enterprises to the country’s economic growth are “unequal”, and the growth of industrial production is mainly based on foreign-direct invested (FDI) enterprises. In the past five years, industrial production of FDI enterprises … [Read more...] about HCM City industrial production index drops
New master plan to transform HCM City Region
An overpass with three branches, which has been partially built, will help ease congestion on streets around Tân Sơn Nhất international airport. Photo courtesy of the city’s Department of Transport Viet Nam News Every year, thousands of people move to HCM City looking for work thus placing a strain on transport, educational and healthcare systems. A new master plan envisions improvements in infrastructure and services in the region that would help relieve overcrowding in the city and provide a higher quality of life to both provincial and city residents by 2030. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports. HCM CITY — Five years ago, Hoàng Thị Thùy Vân left her hometown in Vĩnh Long Province in the Mekong Delta to move to HCM City to find a job with a decent income. “It’s a nightmare to go to work every morning and come back in the afternoon because of the traffic. But I have to stay here to earn a … [Read more...] about New master plan to transform HCM City Region