Getting Around & Transport– category –

The Ben Luc–Long Thanh Expressway (57.8 km in total), which cuts east–west across the southern side of Ho Chi Minh City, has entered its final phase of construction with a target of full opening on 30 September. Work began in July 2014, and the project stalled at around 80% completion due to funding and regulatory issues — twelve years on from the start of construction. Now...

Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (Bộ Công Thương) and the Ministry of Finance revised retail fuel prices from 15:00 on September 24, bringing the main biofuel grade E10 RON95-III to VND 27,080 per liter. That is VND 1,450 higher than the previous retail price, a rise of 5.67% according to VnExpress's English edition. Yet over that same one-week period, global product prices had actually fallen for some grades...

An article published on September 24, 2026 reported remarks by the chairman of Vietnam Railways (VNR) regarding a light rail transit (LRT) system under construction on Phu Quoc Island. The line is 17.59 km long, the project cost is approximately VND 9 trillion, and it will connect the airport to the APEC conference venue in about 20 minutes. Because the article mentions a February 2027 deadline, it may be mistaken for the opening date...

On the afternoon of September 24, unloading began at Cai Cui Wharf in Can Tho—the main city of the Mekong Delta—from a container ship that had arrived from Nanning Port in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The vessel, named BBG Nan Ning Bo Run and registered in Panama, had brought in 153 units (containers) of general cargo. Living in Vietnam, you...

Speed limits on Nhat Tan Bridge, which connects central Hanoi with Noi Bai International Airport, will change from September 27. The Hanoi Department of Construction announced the change on September 24, and it affects only Lane 1, the lane closest to the median. The limit is not going up but down—from 90 km/h to 80 km/h, a reduction of 10 km/h. The measure is not permanent; it is set for six months...

Vietnamese railway company VinSpeed has signed an all-in-one contract worth up to 1 billion euros (approximately USD 1.15 billion, approximately ¥182 billion) with Germany's Siemens Mobility. Reuters reported the deal on September 22, and the Vingroup side has confirmed the report and the figure. The scope covers Hanoi – Quang Ninh (...

The first wide-body aircraft of an airline less than one year old has landed on Vietnam's southernmost island of Phu Quoc. Sun PhuQuoc Airways (SPA) took delivery of its first Airbus A330 at Phu Quoc International Airport on Tuesday, September 22. It is the first of 8 aircraft the airline plans to receive between September 2026 and April 2027...

If you are planning to travel by train for Tết 2027, it is worth checking the refund conditions before securing your tickets. Vietnam's railway operator has set the refund fee at 30% for the peak period of Tết Đinh Mùi 2027. The railway describes this as three times the normal rate, intended to curb bulk buying and resale...

All 134 bus routes in Ho Chi Minh City can be ridden for 0 dong until December 31, 2026. The fare-free service began on July 1, and at a meeting with voters held on September 24, the city's Party Secretary Tran Luu Quang mentioned the current deadline of December 31 and the fact that a ban on gasoline-powered vehicles has not been...

The Vietnamese government has approved a plan to connect the national digital ID app VNeID to the electronic ID platforms of Singapore and Laos. The decision was signed on September 22 by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung. The connected platforms are Singapore's Singpass and Laos's LAeID. At Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport and Ho...