Getting Around & Transport– category –

For just two days — November 7 and 8 — CPR practice equipment was placed at two Hanoi metro stations. At Cat Linh station (ga Cát Linh) and National University station (ga Đại học Quốc gia), members of the public and passengers tried chest compressions on mannequins, with the equipment scoring their technique on the spot. VnExpr...

On the morning of November 3, Ly Van Thanh (24) rode his motorbike from Bac Ninh to Lao Cai (referred to in the original as "former Yen Bai") to pick up a female passenger and take her to Hanoi. The distance was 238 km, the fare was over 2 million dong (equivalent to over approximately 12,400 yen at 161.8 dong per yen), and he held the handlebars for 6 hours. Along the way...

According to figures compiled by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction (Sở Xây dựng), foreign organizations and individuals signed purchase contracts for 3,297 units in commercial residential projects in the city, of which 316 had been issued ownership certificates. VnExpress reported on November 4, 2026. The official name of the certificate is "land use...

A tax demand notice arrived for land, and when she logged into an app to pay it, she found she had a travel ban placed on her. The reader submission published in VnExpress's legal advice column on November 7 opens with this single line. The sender identified herself as a woman named Minh Thu. Lending one's name as the legal representative of a locally incorporated company in Vietnam...

Vietnamese electric vehicle taxi service Green SM is automatically applying a 25% discount to all app-booked rides. The promotion began at midnight on November 8, 2026, and runs through the end of February 28, 2027. At the time this article was published, the discount was already active. The year-end busy season and the 2027 Tet (Lunar New Year)...

The Traffic Infrastructure Maintenance Division (Ban Duy tu các công trình hạ tầng giao thông), under the Hanoi Department of Construction (Sở Xây dựng Hà Nội), has completed investment preparation and begun construction to widen roadways on seven routes in the city. VnExpress reported on November 7, 2026. The routes targeted include Giang Vo (Gi...

The Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center handed prizes to 10 students at the Saigon Bus Terminal (Ben Thanh ward) on the afternoon of November 6. The selection criterion was "valid ride count" from October 1 to 15. First place went to Tran Thanh Luong of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport (UTH)...

Thirteen Ho Chi Minh City bus routes had their routes changed on November 6 and 7 and have already begun operating under the new alignments. From 10:00 on the 6th, Trục Trung tâm Street (also known as Đại lộ Đại học — University Boulevard) was fully closed, and part of Liên khu 3 Street (Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm) was also blocked. The center...

Household electricity tariffs in Vietnam have been calculated under a 5-tier rather than 6-tier structure since November 1, 2026. Vietnam Electricity (EVN) reduced the average retail unit price by 2% under Decision 1305/QĐ-EVN dated October 30, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade set the unit price schedule by customer category under Decision 2892/QĐ-BCT dated October 31. Average...

In Tan Hung Ward (phường Tân Hưng, formerly District 7) in Ho Chi Minh City, there are four streets with the same name. The name is "Đường số 1"—streets numbered sequentially, equivalent in English to "Street No. 1." Because the name is not a proper noun derived from a person's name or place name, having identical names side by side gives no visual clue from the signage alone...