VOV.VN - A serious multi-vehicle collision on National Highway 1A in Ninh Binh province on November 8 left many witnesses stunned, as the driver of a severely crushed car miraculously walked away unharmed.

Heavy rains and floods had caused 37 deaths, and left five missing and 78 injured across the country as of 8:30 on November 3, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang held a working session with a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam on February 13 to discuss a project on the upgrade and expansion of National Highway 61C linking Can Tho city with Hau Giang.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) estimates that about VND2.9 trillion (US$118.3 million) is needed to repair highways from Thanh Hoa central province to northern provinces, which were damaged by typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - Five workers were injured when a bus lost control and turned turtle on National Highway 1, running across Long An province, on April 27.

VOV.VN - As many as 30 people, including 28 passengers, on board a sleeper bus managed to escape the vehicle that suddenly caught fire in northern Ninh Binh province late on January 2.

VOV.VN - Five people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident which occurred on October 31 on National Highway 1A in the northern province of Lang Son.

The Department of Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) has just proposed a project to the Ministry of Transport to upgrade and renovate national highways connecting Vietnam with northern Laos and China.

VOV.VN - The Central Highland province Dak Nong on August 8 declared a state of emergency to support recovery efforts for public works heavily damaged or badly impacted by the recent torrential rain and flooding.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed projects to upgrade and improve three national highways, 53, 62 and 91B, in Cuu Long (Mekong Delta) provinces.