Minister urges transport firms to lower fares; Building sites cleaned up before Tet; HCM City holds outdoor games on traffic-safety education; New weighing system proposed to check overloading; 400 malaria cases reported in Gia Lai

Quarry collapse kills three in Thanh Hoa; Rash truck driver kills 2; Two women missing from capsized ship; Da Nang firms fail to cut transport fees; Multidimensional poverty standards; Health ministry tells hospitals to cut overcrowding

 The Ministry of Finance has established three inspectorates to inspect freight rates and fares in five provinces and cities including Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai from today January 28.

 Hanoi increases treatment for mental health patients; Hotline helps to restore public trust in local healthcare sector; Budget cuts puts Thang Long Bridge at risk; Transport Ministry to tighten control over transport fees

Ha Long Shipbuilding Co, Ltd handed over fisheries surveillance ship KN-781 to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force in northern Quang Ninh province on June 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As road transport grows more costly, businesses are wringing their hands because of the lack of alternatives. The movement of goods by railways and waterways, they say, still offer no viable competition to land transport.