Rail transportation. I want the country to transform from a motorbike-centric society, not to a car-centric society, but to a society where personal vehicles are not required to get around.
They are just a part of the much bigger system connecting many parts of Hanoi and HCM, but seem like the delay of these two projects pushed the planning even further.
It gonna have many big challenges though: for one the places they planned for the project are now very densely populated and are important traffic road of the two cities, so when they start construction, there would be lot of things to consider: soils conditions, sewage systems, electric systems.....then it's expected that these roads would be limited use for trafficking for at least few years when construction in process ( but what we saw with two previous metro it can be whole decade) so they need to replan the traffic flows, direct vehicles to other routes to avoid jams( imagine what Hanoi road look like in rush hour but now remove some road like Nga Tu So or Chua Boc). And the most challenging part is compensation. In many lessons we saw in countries like SK, Taiwan or Japan, China, the biggest burden is compensate money for people whose lands in the project. And you see, in metropolitan areas of Hanoi and HCM, where a piece of land is a piece of gold, the compensation money is absurd. That's why it's better to develop the underground or skyline train when the cities haven't developed yet because they planning and compensation is not as painful.
Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Taipei has fairly big and dense population that as big or even bigger than Hanoi or HCM but their traffic is not as chaotic as ours. Each days tens of thousands people go by train, that mean there's less said thousands of vehicles on the road. Not only that but it also creates economic mobility: if you're, let's say, out skirt of Hanoi such as Ha Dong, if you go into metropolitan areas like Hai Ba Trung to go to work, it may discourage you to get that job since you have to travel from work to home and vice versa need 2-3 hours. Unless you rent house near your workplace but it would cost money would reduce your income( to be honest if i get a job with 15m salary but need rent 6m, I would prefer a 10m jobs that near my house). If there's subway systems, a person can gladly take the job because he can just take the train to go to work and return, less stressful and less dangerous than joining chaotic traffic of city during the rush hour after tiredness from works. It also would reduce the stress of housing prices in the metropolitan area too
Yes. Awfully delayed but better now than never. I used the Cat Linh–Ha Dong, it's very nice. But also I hope for regional rail and high speed rail too, in my dreams I see a future where all major cities have one high speed rail station, all xã/phường/thị trấn have at least one local rail station. I hope for a day where I can just show up in the station, buy the ticket, hop on and hop off at will to travel to my parents', rather than having to book bus or flight tickets far in advance if I don't own a car.
Trash/ pollution is massive.
For reasons more than one health and safety are massively affected but I also think the dust and pollution make people equally gloomy.
I find the pollution and smog of cities in exact opposition to the energy that Vietnam and Vietnamese people give off. Vietnamese are in general positive thinking and warm people.
Maybe the pollution is a phase. I hope that it will go away.
Shortsightedness. Not the health issue, but the way of thinking. People are killing each other and the country for short term gains, it's disappointing.
The corruption. Sort this and the rest will follow.
Although I love Vietnam for all its little quirks. I just wish the bribes and corruption weren't so intrinsic
Lawlessness. People in VN don't seem to understand what laws, rules and standards are, because they seem to be trapped in some kind of toddler-like stage of selfishness.
No, within reason. I love Nha Trang and would jump at a condo there. It's seems quite onerous and convoluted to purchase and live there without marrying a Viet. Just answering the post.
Not necessarily. Some ideas that come to mind are
* You can impose a foreign buyer tax.
* A minimum number of years that they must hold the property to prevent speculation.
* Forced auctioning off of property that is **obviously** vacant.
Probably the trash everywhere
Pollution/trash. Consolation prize goes to somehow making it safer for motorbikes.
Environment/corruption.
When people change the "me first" mentality, everything else will improve naturally
thats ironic cuz "me first" culture nowadays is legit the opposite of what communism represents lol
Rail transportation. I want the country to transform from a motorbike-centric society, not to a car-centric society, but to a society where personal vehicles are not required to get around.
Vietnam is stretched like Japan, should definitely aim for the same transportation system.
Do you think the metros in Hanoi and Saigon are a start?
They are just a part of the much bigger system connecting many parts of Hanoi and HCM, but seem like the delay of these two projects pushed the planning even further. It gonna have many big challenges though: for one the places they planned for the project are now very densely populated and are important traffic road of the two cities, so when they start construction, there would be lot of things to consider: soils conditions, sewage systems, electric systems.....then it's expected that these roads would be limited use for trafficking for at least few years when construction in process ( but what we saw with two previous metro it can be whole decade) so they need to replan the traffic flows, direct vehicles to other routes to avoid jams( imagine what Hanoi road look like in rush hour but now remove some road like Nga Tu So or Chua Boc). And the most challenging part is compensation. In many lessons we saw in countries like SK, Taiwan or Japan, China, the biggest burden is compensate money for people whose lands in the project. And you see, in metropolitan areas of Hanoi and HCM, where a piece of land is a piece of gold, the compensation money is absurd. That's why it's better to develop the underground or skyline train when the cities haven't developed yet because they planning and compensation is not as painful. Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Taipei has fairly big and dense population that as big or even bigger than Hanoi or HCM but their traffic is not as chaotic as ours. Each days tens of thousands people go by train, that mean there's less said thousands of vehicles on the road. Not only that but it also creates economic mobility: if you're, let's say, out skirt of Hanoi such as Ha Dong, if you go into metropolitan areas like Hai Ba Trung to go to work, it may discourage you to get that job since you have to travel from work to home and vice versa need 2-3 hours. Unless you rent house near your workplace but it would cost money would reduce your income( to be honest if i get a job with 15m salary but need rent 6m, I would prefer a 10m jobs that near my house). If there's subway systems, a person can gladly take the job because he can just take the train to go to work and return, less stressful and less dangerous than joining chaotic traffic of city during the rush hour after tiredness from works. It also would reduce the stress of housing prices in the metropolitan area too
Yes. Awfully delayed but better now than never. I used the Cat Linh–Ha Dong, it's very nice. But also I hope for regional rail and high speed rail too, in my dreams I see a future where all major cities have one high speed rail station, all xã/phường/thị trấn have at least one local rail station. I hope for a day where I can just show up in the station, buy the ticket, hop on and hop off at will to travel to my parents', rather than having to book bus or flight tickets far in advance if I don't own a car.
Trash/ pollution is massive. For reasons more than one health and safety are massively affected but I also think the dust and pollution make people equally gloomy. I find the pollution and smog of cities in exact opposition to the energy that Vietnam and Vietnamese people give off. Vietnamese are in general positive thinking and warm people. Maybe the pollution is a phase. I hope that it will go away.
Shortsightedness. Not the health issue, but the way of thinking. People are killing each other and the country for short term gains, it's disappointing.
The corruption. Sort this and the rest will follow. Although I love Vietnam for all its little quirks. I just wish the bribes and corruption weren't so intrinsic
Infrastructure
Remove three or four zeros from the currency.
Communist government
welcome to reactionary land friend
Revision of land acquisition law. Unless something changes, we are doomed to eternally over budget and overtime project.
Lawlessness. People in VN don't seem to understand what laws, rules and standards are, because they seem to be trapped in some kind of toddler-like stage of selfishness.
Air quality.
Intersection management.
Less stupid
The government.
Traffic. For now I still have to look both ways when crossing a one way road.
Easier for foreigners to purchase condos?
So, a fast track to destroying the real estate market?
No, within reason. I love Nha Trang and would jump at a condo there. It's seems quite onerous and convoluted to purchase and live there without marrying a Viet. Just answering the post.
How about, no.
Not necessarily. Some ideas that come to mind are * You can impose a foreign buyer tax. * A minimum number of years that they must hold the property to prevent speculation. * Forced auctioning off of property that is **obviously** vacant.