HCM City bans trucks during rush hour in urban areasThe HCM City People’s Committee has issued regulations to ban trucks during rush hours in urban areas of the city in an effort to ease traffic congestion. HCM City has banned trucks from roads during rush hours in many parts of the city. From August 1, light trucks will not be allowed to enter the city’s urban area during peak hours from 6am to 9am and from 4pm to 10pm. These include rescue trucks, dump trucks, some vehicles such as trucks that need to do repair work on electrical equipment, and heavy trucks for key construction projects. Public buses in HCM City carry about 306 million passengers a year.
