VOV.VN - A period of heavy downpours in the capital on the morning of November 16 caused traffic congestion to build up on many streets throughout Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh called on all people to comply with road traffic safety regulations at a TV programme in commemoration of victims of traffic accidents.

Online shopping traffic in Vietnam so far this year rocketed over 150% against a year earlier, with daily visits to e-commerce sites growing to 3.5 million, Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam e-Commerce Association (VECOM), told a workshop recently.

The safety test run for the whole system of Hanoi’s first line of urban railway project, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong line, will be completed within 20 days by late December 2020, Kinh te & Do thi reported.

Six Vietnamese citizens were killed and five others injured at a serious traffic accident in Chikreng district of Cambodia’s Siem Reap province on November 5 evening, according to the Vietnamese General Consulate in Battambang.

A total of 5,456 people were killed and 8,630 others injured in 11,653 traffic accidents nationwide in the first ten months of 2020, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The HCM City authority is carrying out solutions to eliminate so-called black spots where traffic accidents occur regularly in the city.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics earlier this week launched the Institute of Smart Cities and Management (ISCM), whose mission will be to mobilise international cooperation in addressing urban issues globally.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete a number of major transport projects by 2025 that are expected to reduce traffic congestion at city gateways and improve connections to neighbouring provinces.

The expanded road transport network with the building of expressways in Vietnam has contributed to the country’s noted economic growth over the past 15 years, heard a forum in central Khanh Hoa province on September 28.