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.

A total of 4,876 people were killed and 7,609 others injured in 10,354 traffic accidents nationwide in the first nine months of 2020, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

VOV.VN - Powerful storm Noul packing winds of nearly 90kph slammed into central provinces of Vietnam September 18 morning, leaving at least one death and dozens injured (last update: 15.00 local time).

VOV.VN - Elmar Reich, a Swiss tourist, captured a number of fascinating images of traffic in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) during his visit to the southern city in 1989.

A fire broke out on a vessel with 10 Vietnamese on board in waters off Tongyeong city in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s southern province of Gyeongnam.

VOV.VN - Heavy downpours which hit the capital on the morning of September 7 caused severe traffic congestion on several of the city’s major streets.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on August 25 debuted an all-women police escort unit to lead the motorcades to protect Vietnamese and foreign leaders travelling around the southern city.