Driver fined $492 for changing tire on expressway in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:59 05/09/2025A driver has been fined VND13 million (US$492) for illegally stopping his vehicle on a major expressway in northern Vietnam to change a tire, a traffic police officer said on Thursday.
Re-evaluating Vietnam’s expressway design: A call to action after fatal crashes
In-Depth 16:30 20/07/2025Expressways are meant to be key drivers of socio-economic development, but the decision to build some of them with only two lanes per direction, without emergency stopping lanes, has raised concerns over safety, efficiency, and long-term investment effectiveness.
Emergency lanes, surveillance cameras proposed for expressway following fatal crash in Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:04 16/07/2025Authorities in Lam Dong Province have urged relevant ministries to invest in emergency lanes and a comprehensive surveillance system along Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway following a recent deadly traffic accident that claimed three lives.
Driver carrying 45 passengers caught driving with high breath alcohol level on Vietnam expressway
Vietnam News 09:00 13/07/2025A bus driver transporting 45 passengers was caught with high breath alcohol concentration on the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway in southern Vietnam on Saturday morning.
View of underway $423mn expy for Vietnam-China trade
Vietnam News 15:30 05/05/2025The under-construction VND11-trillion (US$423-million) Huu Nghi – Chi Lang Expressway in Cao Loc District, Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam is taking shape and is envisioned to hold strategic importance for trade between Vietnam and China when it is in place.
$251mn needed for Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway expansion
Vietnam News 20:13 21/04/2025The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction has proposed that the government allocate over US$251 million from the state budget to expand a section of the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway from four to eight or ten lanes.
Trash litters southern Vietnam expy post-Tet travel
Vietnam News 14:16 23/02/2024Trash and foul odors blanket large stretches of a major freeway in Vietnam following the Lunar New Year travel season
4 killed in crash between truck and wrong-way motorbikes in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 08:30 15/02/2024The accident was attributed to the two motorbikes traveling in the wrong direction on an expressway
Green light given for phase 1 of Ho Chi Minh City expressway extension near Cambodian border
Vietnam News 09:17 30/06/2023The expressway will extend 50 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Cau District in Tay Ninh Province, just five kilometers short of the Vietnam-Cambodia border
Hundred-kilometer-long expy sections in Vietnam have no gas stations, rest stops
Vietnam News 08:17 06/06/2023Many drivers and commuters have expressed dissatisfaction regarding the issue
In Vietnam, drivers speed on unopened expressways
Vietnam News 15:44 24/04/2023Many drivers travel at high speed, disregarding workers who are still busy completing construction
Vietnam legislature approves $3.6bn investment in three major expressway projects
Vietnam News 12:24 17/06/2022The three projects are expected to be implemented during the 2022-27 period
