Dong Thap Province has proposed a bridge across the Tien River, a Mekong tributary, to boost regional connectivity.

All three expressways connecting HCMC with provinces to its southeast and southwest are suffering frequent congestion, unable to handle the high traffic volumes they experience.

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN), the Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC), the Việt Nam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company (VIDIFI), and other service providers to realise the Prime Minister's request on completing automatic non-stop toll collection (ETC).

An expressway system connecting the southeast region, including HCM City, and the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, is expected to be completed by 2030.

The Thai government has approved expediting negotiations to open a bus route connecting three countries via route R12 from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand to Thakhek, Laos and on to the central province of Hà Tĩnh in Việt Nam.

Hà Nội's Department of Transport has proposed the municipal People's Committee to allow passenger cars with 24 seats or more, official vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks to use Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes in the capital.

The National Assembly has approved funding for the first phase of construction of two expressways in the south and one in the south-central region.

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to spend VND85.8 trillion ($3.67 billion) on Ring Road No.4 to connect Hanoi with neighboring provinces.

The National Assembly on Thursday agreed to spend nearly VNĐ45 trillion (US$1.9 billion) building more than 188 kilometres of highway in the Mekong Delta.

The company building HCMC's metro line No.1 has reported a theft of 13,000 rail clamps and several cables to the police.