According to plan, three lines would be introduced within 2021, and six more in 2022.

The lines to run by the end of 2021 would be the My Dinh (Ham Nghi)-Ocean Park, Long Bien-Cau Giay-Smart City and My Dinh Station-Ocean Park lines. The subsidized costs for the three lines this year would be over VND9 billion ($395,474), the department stated.

An electric bus on its trial run at an urban area of Hanoi's Gia Lam District, April 2021.

For the first quarter of 2022, two new lines would begin operation: the Hao Nam-Ocean Park Urban Area and Giap Bat Station-Ocean Park lines. Four other lines would begin operation in the second quarter: the Long Bien-Cua Nam-Smart City, Hanoi joint administrative entities on Vo Chi Cong Street-Times City, Times City-Ho Tay Water Park and the Smart City-Vincom Long Bien lines.

The Hanoi transport department proposes pricing to be the same as for public busses using clean fuel (compressed natural gases) as approved by the municipal People's Committee. Such a pricing scheme would be temporarily applied for 12 months starting the moment the bus lines enter use.

Viet Yen routes traffic for workers at industrial parks

(BGO) – Implementing the instruction from the Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee, after field survey and agreement with the Management Board of industrial park (IP), the People’s Committee in Viet Yen district has issued correspondence about routing the traffic for workers on the way to work at the IP in the district and back home.    

Bac Giang commences 6 key traffic projects

(BGO) – The Management Board of Agriculture and Traffic Investment Construction Projects in Bac Giang province will act as the investor to commence 6 key traffic projects in the third quarter this year. 

Woman trafficked to China finds way back home after 30 years

A 43-year-old trafficking victim has reunited with her family and spent the past one year relearning Vietnamese and taking care of her elderly parents.

Cameras hoped to reduce traffic accidents on Central Highlands pass

To help regulate careless driving on Bao Loc Pass en route to resort town Da Lat, Lam Dong Province authorities plan to install cameras at bends and turns.

Central Vietnam tunnel remains open to traffic despite financial woes

The Hai Van Tunnel 2 will remain open to traffic despite an investor announcing its closure because it had become financially unviable.

Source: VnExpress