transport financing vital for 2050 targets

Transport financing vital for 2050 targets

While the Ministry of Transport is pushing for green transport to achieve net-zero emissions in Vietnam, the sector is still struggling to secure funding for its initiatives.
airlines join forces to support typhoon victims

Airlines join forces to support typhoon victims

In the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, Vietnamese airlines are waiving transportation fees, fuel surcharges, and related costs for relief goods destined for the storm-stricken areas in northern Vietnam.
ba ria vung tau targets high quality business tourism

Ba Ria-Vung Tau targets high-quality business tourism

The global business tourism sector is rapidly growing, driven by increasing demand for services. The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, with its array of high-end hotels and excellent transport connections to Ho Chi Minh City, is set to become a major player in this burgeoning market.
big firms seeing potential in logistics

Big firms seeing potential in logistics

Many foreign companies are bolstering investments in Vietnam’s logistics market to tap into the burgeoning cross-border trade transportation.
mot takes the wheel in ev promotion

MoT takes the wheel in EV promotion

The Ministry of Transport has proposed policies to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, which are expected to significantly advance the greening of Vietnam’s road transport sector.
price incentives can electrify transport

Price incentives can electrify transport

Ensuring sufficient electricity demand and incentives on electricity prices can promote the electrification of transport, contributing to accelerating the net-zero process by 2050.
vietnam formulates policies to promote shift to evs

Vietnam formulates policies to promote shift to EVs

Vietnam is gearing up to create more policies to encourage the sustainable development of the transportation sector, with a focus on electric vehicles (EVs).
deputy pm calls on chinese firm to boost infrastructure cooperation with vietnam

Deputy PM calls on Chinese firm to boost infrastructure cooperation with Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Executive Director of the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Wang Haihuai in Hanoi on August 28, asking the firm to make practical proposals for infrastructure, construction, transport, and agricultural cooperation to help realise the high-level agreements between the two Parties and countries.
long road ahead to green the vehicle industry

Long road ahead to green the vehicle industry

Greening the automotive industry in Vietnam is the only way towards its sustainable development, a conference on the issue has heard.
supporting a green strategy for the automotive industry

Supporting a green strategy for the automotive industry

With 6.5 million cars and 74 million motorcycles, Vietnam is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from road transport in Southeast Asia, following Indonesia. Emissions from road vehicles in the country are rising rapidly, with an average annual increase of about 15 per cent over the past decade.
financing the energy transition for southeast asia

Financing the energy transition for Southeast Asia

It is unusual to feel nostalgia when you glimpse the future. Seeing an electric rickshaw for the first time, I could not help but smile remembering the spluttering sound of rickshaws which filled the crowded Indian streets of my youth. New electric models are quickly becoming a more common sight in those parts of Southeast Asia which share that three-wheeled transport tradition.
barriers must be removed for vital transport infrastructure

Barriers must be removed for vital transport infrastructure

The government has demanded site clearance for national transport projects to be accelerated, in order to boost public investment disbursement.
pm orders stronger efforts to speed up site clearance for key transport projects

PM orders stronger efforts to speed up site clearance for key transport projects

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed to issue an official dispatch asking for drastic efforts, the highest sense of responsibility and the engagement of the entire political system to speed up site clearance for national key transport projects.
ports poised for more growth amid ferocious competition

Ports poised for more growth amid ferocious competition

Marine transportation is currently navigating turbulent times. Patrick Lenain, senior associate at the Council on Economic Policies, notes how Vietnam’s ports are ready for progress amid the fierce competition.
fesco to launch shipping line between vietnam and malaysia

FESCO to launch shipping line between Vietnam and Malaysia

FESCO Transportation Group, one of the largest logistics companies in Russia, launched FESCO Intra Asia Service (FIAS) on August 15, a regular shipping line between Vietnam and Malaysia to expand foreign trade routes.