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Traffic ban: Hà Nội will ban vehicles from Cầu Gỗ and Hàng Gai streets on Friday nights and at weekends.— Photo vneconomy.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The capital city’s transport authority has announced alterations to traffic adjustment in central area of Hoàn Kiếm around Đông Kinh-Nghĩa Thục Square. All vehicles will be prevented from using some sections of the two central streets of Hàng Gai and Cầu Gỗ on certain hours on Fridays and at weekends, according to Hà Nội Department of Transport. The ban to start tomorrow, will restrict vehicles from circulating from 7pm to midnight on the two streets from Lương Văn Can to Đinh Liệt Street. The department has ordered the city’s traffiic management board to install signs in the banned streets. It also asked the city’s transport inspectorate to co-operate with road and railway traffic police as well as the Hoàn Kiếm District to guide vehicles moving towards the city centre. Advice about bus routes affected will be passed on … [Read more...] about Vehicle ban on parts of Hoàn Kiếm

Workers set up a car ban pole on Giảng Võ Street, Hà Nội. - Photo zing.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội has decided to ban Uber and Grab cars on 13 streets during rush hours in an effort to tackle increasing traffic jams. The city’s Department of Transport has, so far, installed signs prohibiting taxis and nine-seater commercial cars and smaller ones, including those of popular transportation networks Uber and Grab, on nine out of 13 streets. The ban is due to go into effect from Thursday. Accordingly, commercial cars will not be allowed to run between 6 and 9am and from 4.30 to 7.30pm. The streets on which the cars are banned are Hoàng Hoa Thám, Mai Xuân Thưởng, Giảng Võ and Láng Hạ, as well as Lê Văn Lương, Trường Chinh, Khâm Thiên and Hàng Bài, in addition to Phủ Doãn, Xuân Thủy, Cầu Giấy, Giải Phóng and the Chương Dương Bridge on the lane from Long Biên District to the city centre. Department director Vũ Văn Viện said the ban was aimed at reducing the … [Read more...] about Uber, Grab cars banned on 13 streets

Cars will be banned from selected roads in downtown HCM City to ensure relocation of Nhà Bè – Tao Đàn underground cable systems that cross Bến Nghé Canal. — Photo motthegioi.vn HCM CITY — Cars will be banned from selected roads in downtown HCM City to ensure relocation of Nhà Bè – Tao Đàn underground cable systems that cross Bến Nghé Canal. Instead of entering Khánh Hội Street in District 4 at a section extending from Vân Đồn Wharf to Hoàng Diệu Street, cars are required to travel from Vân Đồn Wharf to a side road near Ông Lãnh Bridge, then to Hoàng Diệu Street and Khánh Hội Street. From now until August 19, motorbikes are prohibited from entering one of the motorbike lanes on Võ Văn Kiệt Street in District 1. All vehicles are banned from entering Nguyễn Trung Trực Street in District 1 at a section extending from Lưu Văn Lang to Lê Lợi streets. The alternative routes extend from Nguyễn Trung Trực, Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa to Lê Lợi streets, and from Lê Lợi, … [Read more...] about Cars banned from roads to make way for underground cable work

A police officer direct traffic in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh Viet Nam News By An Phương HCM CITY – You’ve probably heard of multiple measures to ease traffic congestion in HCM City, but are you aware that the city plans to restrict motorbikes by 2030? As far as I know, HCM City is the third city, besides Hà Nộ i and Đà N ẵng, to come up with a roadmap to limit private vehicles travelling to the city centre and to areas prone to traffic congestion. According to the proposal’s first phase from now until 2020, the city will increase parking fees, restrict parking for motorbikes and impose a toll on vehicles entering the city centre. During peak hours between 7am and 7pm, motorbike travel will be restricted between Tân Bình District’s Tr ư ờ ng Sơn Stree t and District 1’s Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street, and between Pasteur Street (Lý Tự Trọng – Điện Biên Phủ section) and Nam Kì Khởi Nghĩa Street (Điện Biên Phủ - Lý Tự Trọng section). The city will also … [Read more...] about Is a motorbike restriction or ban the way to go for HCM City?

On Reunification Day, April 30, vehicles will not be allowed on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Street between 6pm and 10pm. — Photo nld.com.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City will ban all vehicles between 6pm and 10pm on Nguyễn Huệ Street on Reunification Day, April 30. According to the city Department of Transport, the ban is to ensure order and safety during the holiday. Vehicles going from Lê Thánh Tôn to Tôn Đức Thắng have been told to take Đồng Khởi Street or Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa and Hàm Nghi streets. In the reverse direction, they can take Hàm Nghi and Pasteur streets or Công Trường, Mê Linh and Hai Bà Trưng streets. The department has also called for a suspension of all road works during Reunification Day and Labour Day on May 1. Units in charge have been told to speed up the works and relay the roads before April 29. — VNS … [Read more...] about HCM City bans vehicles on Nguyễn Huệ Street on April 30

Cars will be banned from a 500m-long section of Hà Nội’s Kim Mã Street as construction on an underground metro station begins in December. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Sơn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Cars will be banned from a 500m-long section of Hà Nội’s Kim Mã Street as construction on an underground metro station begins in December. The Hà Nội Urban Railway Management Board (HURMB) said on Friday that it would set up construction barriers along Kim Mã Street from the Nguyễn Chí Thanh flyover to Alley 415, near Pizza Hut, early next month. The whole one-way lane in the direction of Nguyễn Thái Học Street towards Kim Mã will be blocked for traffic, forcing vehicles of both ways onto the opposite lane. The HURMB said it would demolish two metres of pavement in the opposite lane to make way for traffic. Cars, however, are not allowed into the road section due to the limited traffic space. The nearby Ngọc Khánh parking area will also become a temporary warehouse for … [Read more...] about Cars banned on Kim Mã to build metro station

Some sections of streets in HCM City’s districts 1 and 4 will be closed to vehicles today to enable the celebration of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN. — VNS Photo Lê Anh Vũ Viet Nam News HCM CITY — To ensure traffic safety during ASEAN’s 50 anniversary celebration being marked today, HCM City has announced a vehicle ban on certain downtown streets. Between 6am and 8am no vehicles will be allowed in several places in districts 1 and 4, including the sections of Tôn Đức Thắng Street from Đồng Khởi Street to Khánh Hội Bridge, Nguyễn Tất Thành Street from Hoàng Diệu Street to Khánh Hội Bridge, and Võ Văn Kiệt Street from Hồ Tùng Mậu Street to Tôn Đức Thắng Street. To go from District 1 to District 4 during the restricted hours, people are requested to take Tôn Đức Thắng → Công Trường Mê Linh → Hai Bà Trưng → Lê Thánh Tôn, Nguyễn Du → Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa → Nguyễn Thái Bình or Nguyễn Công Trứ → Calmette Street → Calmette Bridge → Đoàn Văn Bơ → Hoàng Diệu → Nguyễn Tất … [Read more...] about Partial HCMC street closures today

The Ministry of Health has drafted a law on alcohol abuse, in which it proposes creating a ban on the sale of alcohol during certain hours.— VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has drafted a law on alcohol abuse, in which it proposes creating a ban on the sale of alcohol during certain hours. The draft law is due to be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) for discussion late this year and to be voted in the first NA meeting in 2019. Currently, lawmakers are still in the process of collecting public opinion on the proposed measures. The law considers three scenarios for restricting hours of alcohol sales. In the first one, no alcoholic drinks are allowed to be sold outside two time spans of 11:00 and 14:00 and 17:00 to 22:00, except in airports’ international terminals and on food, entertainment and tourist streets. In the second scenario, alcohol sales are legal only between 6:00 and 22:00 except on special streets. In the third scenario, while local authorities … [Read more...] about MoH mulls alcohol sales ban

An overturned light truck on the approach to Bình Triệu Bridge in HCM City’s Thủ Đức District. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thành Phong instructed the municipal Department of Transport and relevant authorities to make studies for banning all light trucks during the day time in an effort to ease traffic congestion. “This is a necessary solution because traffic congestion is happening throughout the day, not only during peak hours, especially at the city’s enterences, major roads, Tân Sơn Nhất Airport and Cát Lái Port,”  Phong said at a Friday meeting to review traffic and safety for the first six months of this year. “Relevant authorities must continue to properly guide traffic routes, install more traffic lights, and arrange traffic police to ease traffic congestion,” he added. Phong also asked authorities to speed up projects to collect car parking fees, to set up walking streets in downtown and … [Read more...] about HCMC to ban light trucks in daytime

A person is under treatment for liquor poisoning in the Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội. — Photo news.zing.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Advertising beer could soon be a thing of the past after the Ministry of Health proposed calling time on commercials. The plans were revealed yesterday at a conference held to come up with ideas to complete the draft law in an attempt to curb alcohol problems. Trần Thị Trang, deputy director of the Department of Legal Affairs under the MOH, said the draft law proposed a ban on beer and liquor promotion to customers, using beer and liquor as prizes in competitions, advertising beer on social networks and supplying beer and liquor free of charge. Trang said the demand for beer and liquor increased quickly, especially beer. On average, each Vietnamese person consumes 6.6 litres of pure alcohol per year whereas the number was 3.8 litres five years ago. It is forecast that by 2025, each Vietnamese person will drink seven litres of pure alcohol … [Read more...] about Ministry of Health proposes ban on beer advertisement