Developing charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) is an important part of the country’s scheme to promote the use of EVs in Vietnam to build a green transport system, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Transport hosted an inauguration ceremony of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) on July 4, with the aim of effectively ensuring traffic order, reducing travel time and costs, whilst protecting the environment.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department said on July 1 that they had smashed a major drug trafficking ring operating from Germany to Vietnam, seizing approximately 179kg of the synthetic drug – the largest ever seizure of its kind via air transport.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Vietnam-China cooperation conference on strategic transport infrastructure development and the role of the two countries’ enterprises, in Beijing on June 27.

VOV.VN -The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$107 million credit aimed at strengthening the capacity, efficiency, and overall safety of inland waterways in the nation’s southern region, while also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.

There is no legal basis at the moment to consider proposals related to raising the foreign ownership ratio in aviation transport businesses to 49% of the charter capital, said the government agency.

Building inland waterway transport in Vietnam, supporting the development of low carbon transport and connecting ethnic minorities and farmers to the Greater Mekong Subregion economic corridor are some of the significant achievements of the Australia-funded programme Aus4Transport. After more than six years, US$20 million programme will be wrapped up late this month.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the State Steering Committee for National Key Transport Projects chaired the 12th meeting of the Committee held on June 14 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - More than 200 Vietnamese and international businesses are showcasing products and technologies at the 17th International Exhibition on Automobile, Transportation & Supporting Industry that began in Hanoi on June 13.

The Hanoi Department of Transport's proposal to pilot a smart traffic system in the capital in the last half of the year has been approved, as part of the city's broader effort to gradually develop a smart transport network within its smart city framework.